PERRY COMO
SINGS
MERRY CHRISTMAS
MUSIC
RCA VICTOR LPM-1243
( G2PP-4127/28 )
MONAURAL LONG PLAY
ASSEMBLED IN 1956
Side
One
~
recordings
circa 1953
'Twas The
Night Before Christmas Poem by Clement Clarke Moore with
original music by Ray Charles With String Ensemble
directed by Mitchell Ayres ( The )
Twelve Days of Christmas Traditional Christmas Music With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus God
Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Traditional Christmas Music With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S Music by Eddy Arnold and lyrics by Jenny Lou Carson, 1949 With Mitchell Ayres
and His Orchestra Joy
To The World Words and Music by Isaac Watts and George F. Handel With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus Rudolph
the Red Nosed Reindeer Words and Music by Johnny Marks , 1949 With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus Frosty
the Snowman Words and Music by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins, 1950 With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra & Chorus ( The )
Christmas Song ( Merry Christmas To You ) Music by Mel Tormé and lyrics by Robert Wells, 1946 With Mitchell Ayres
and His Orchestra
Side
Two
~
recordings
circa 1946 / 47
That
Christmas Feelin' ~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin and
George Weiss With Russ Case and His
Orchestra I'll
Be Home For Christmas ~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" Words and Music by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon and
Buck Ram With Russ Case, his
Orchestra and Chorus Silent
Night ~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" Words and Music by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber With Organ and Choir
conducted by Russ Case O
Come All Ye Faithful ( Adeste Fideles )
~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" Latin Hymn translated
by Frederick Oakeley With Organ and Choir
conducted by Russ Case Jingle
Bells ~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" Words and Music by J.S. Pierpoint With Russ Case, his
Orchestra and Chorus White
Christmas ~ added in 1947 Words and Music by Irving
Berlin,
1942 With Mixed Chorus and
Lloyd Shaffer's Orchestra Recorded July 10, 1947, New York Santa
Claus Is Comin' To Town ~
dropped
in 1961 Words and Music by Haven Gillespie and
J. Fred Coots , 1934 ~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" With Russ Case and his
Orchestra and The Satisfiers Winter
Wonderland Words and Music by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith ~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" With Russ Case and His
Orchestra and The Satisfiers
O
Little Town of Bethlehem
~
dropped in 1947 Words and Music by Phillips Brooks and
Lewis H. Redner ~ from the Musical Smart Set "Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas
Music" With Organ and Choir
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Side
One
~
with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus and String
Ensemble
Produced by Henri René
Original
Release 1953 in 10" LP format RCA Victor album
"Around the Christmas Tree" RCA Victor LPM-3133
Released simultaneously as two
45 RPM Extended Play Albums EPA-496, titled
"Around
the Christmas Tree," and EPA-497, titled
"Christmas Joy" in 1953.
Side Two
~
with Russ Case and His Orchestra, Organ and Mixed Choir,
recorded August 1, 6, 20 and 22, 1946.
This
set was released in several formats under the title
"Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music. "
The
original compilation included "O
Little Town of Bethlehem " , recorded
during the 1946 sessions,
which was substituted in the
1951 compilation, RCA Victor LPM-3023, with Irving
Berlin’s "White Christmas,"
recorded with
Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra.
In 1961, the RCA Victor album was re-released as RCA
Camden CAL-660 excluding the 1946 version of
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town ( with the
Satisfiers ) " With the release of the RCA
Camden version,
two of the original 1946 tracks
were now withdrawn from commercial release.
RCA VICTOR LPM-1243
( G2PP-4127/28 )
MONAURAL LONG PLAY
ASSEMBLED IN 1956
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