Christmas Medley

Adapted by John A. Richards with musical arrangements by Mitchell Ayres

Medley includes: O Little Town of Bethlehem; O Come All Ye Faithful; Silent Night

 

Recorded July 13, 1959   ~   Matrix No. K2PB 4544 Take 1+  

 

This perennial favorite was written in 1934 by Dick Smith and Felix Bernard.

One of the first recordings of "Winter Wonderland" was by Guy Lombardo and

His Royal Canadians (Decca 294) in 1934. The next year, Ted Weems and His Orchestra,

with vocal by Parker Gibbs, had a popular recording (Columbia 2976). Guy Lombardo

with the Andrews Sisters had a million-seller with "Winter Wonderland" (Decca 23722)

in 1946, as did Perry Como for RCA Victor (RCA 1968) that same year. Collective sales

of "Winter Wonderland" by all artists through the years has exceeded 45 million copies.

Perry Como recorded the song again in his 1959 RCA Victor stereophonic album

"Season's Greetings from Perry Como" LPM/LSP-2066.

 

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Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers

Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews

Recorded July 13, 1959

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

George Townsend

HQV Selekt Group

3 Seaview Avenue

Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2G3

Canada

 

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