Perry Como
Album: Merry Christmas Music
Rating: * * *
Release Date: 1957
Label: 	RCA Victor
	Pickwick International

Tracklist (Übersicht)
 1 'Twas the Night Before Christmas 3:46
 2 The Twelve Days of Christmas 4:01
 3 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 3:33
 4 C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S 2:55
 5 Joy to the World 2:41
 6 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 2:47
 7 Frosty the Snowman 2:21
 8 The Christmas Song 3:35
 9 That Christmas Feeling 3:17
10 I'll Be Home for Christmas 2:56
11 Silent Night 3:53
12 O Come All Ye Faithful 2:48
13 Jingle Bells 3:01
14 White Christmas 3:28
15 Winter Wonderland 2:29


Tracklist (ausführlich)

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 conducted by Russ Case

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1957	Merry Christmas Music	 	Pop Albums	8
1958	Merry Christmas Music	 	Pop Albums	9