The Sound of Children at Christmas ~ Hugo & Luigi with Their Children's Chorus

Hugo & Luigi

With Their Children's Chorus

LSP-2254 STEREO

1960

Produced by Hugo & Luigi

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Side One

Choir Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas — ( Traditional )

The First Noël ( Traditional )

Silver Bells

~ from the picture "The Lemon Drop Kid" with Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell

Music & lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

The Twelve Days of Christmas

~ traditional Christmas Carol

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

~ from the film "Meet Me in St. Louis" sung by Judy Garland to Margaret O'Brien

Words and Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane , 1944

Choir Medley: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! — ( Felix Mendelssohn and Charles Wesley )

Good King Wenceslas — ( Traditional )

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen ( Traditional )

The Sleigh

Music & lyrics by R. Kuntz

Side Two

The Little Drummer Boy

Words and Music by Henry Onerati, Katherine Davis and Harry Simeone, 1958

Choir Medley: Deck the Halls — ( Traditional )

Adeste Fideles ( Latin Hymn translated by Frederick Oakeley )

Winter Wonderland

Words and Music by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith

White Christmas

Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1942

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

~ anonymous Christmas Carol

Choir Medley: Silent Night — ( Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber )

Jingle Bells ( J.S. Pierpoint )

included within the 1968 compilation "Home for the Holidays"

The Sound of Children at Christmas ~ circa 1960

Home for the Holidays ~ compilation circa 1968

| Home for the Holidays | Gene Lees Notes |

"The Sound of Children at Christmas"

Hugo & Luigi with Their Children's Chorus

RCA Victor LSP-2254

Produced by Hugo & Luigi

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City, 1960

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Hugo & Luigi produced five of Perry's most memorable RCA Victor albums, beginning with "For The Young at Heart" which was recorded during the late fall of 1960, and ending with "The Songs I Love" which was recorded during the spring of 1963. A very special Christmas album, "The Sound of Children at Christmas," was recorded sometime during 1960 just prior to their close involvement with Perry and his recordings. In 1968 a special compilation album titled "Home for the Holidays" was released which included several tracks from Hugo & Luigi album in combination with some of Perry's previously released Christmas songs plus his original recording of "Ave Maria" recorded nineteen years earlier at the Church of Incarnation, New York City, and one of his earliest recordings with Mitchell Ayres and Ray Charles. The 1968 compilation had very limited distribution but it acquired many fans throughout the years following. A complete listing of this special compilation, as well as the original Hugo & Luigi 1960 album, is included here for the benefit of those who found enjoyment from these recordings. As a matter of interest, the Hugo & Luigi sessions were recorded in Webster Hall with Bob Simpson as recording engineer. Webster Hall was the recording facility for a great many of Perry's recordings and Bob Simpson engineered more of his recordings than any other. Bob Simpson is said to have been a personal "favourite" of Perry and he was one of RCA Victor's premier engineers.