Merry Christmas Musical Smart Set 1946/47

PERRY

COMO SINGS

Merry Christmas Music

RCA VICTOR MUSICAL SMART SET 78RPM P-161 ( 1946/47 )

ORIGINAL MONAURAL RECORDINGS

RCA 78RPM 20-1968 A/B

That Christmas Feelin'

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss

With Russ Case and His Orchestra

Winter Wonderland

Words and Music by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith

With Russ Case and His Orchestra and The Satisfiers

RCA 78RPM 20-1969 A/B

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Words and Music by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon and Buck Ram

With Russ Case, his Orchestra and Chorus

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

Words and Music by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots , 1934

With Russ Case and his Orchestra and The Satisfiers

RCA 78RPM 20-1970 A/B

Silent Night

Words and Music by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber

With Organ and Choir conducted by Russ Case

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 conducted by Russ Case

RCA 78RPM 20-1971 A/B

O Come All Ye Faithful ( Adeste Fideles )

Latin Hymn translated by Frederick Oakeley

With Organ and Choir conducted by Russ Case

Jingle Bells

Words and Music by J.S. Pierpoint

With Russ Case, his Orchestra and Chorus

White Christmas ~ substituted in 1947

Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1942

With Mixed Chorus and Lloyd Shaffer's Orchestra

Recorded July 10, 1947, New York

~ 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 1947 and subsequent compilations with Irving Berlin’s "White Christmas," recorded with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra that year.