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1968 studio album by Perry Como
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The Perry Como Christmas Album is
Perry Como 's 15th
RCA Victor 12" long-play album.
[2]
[3]
Como is accompanied on the album by the
Ray Charles Singers and an orchestra arranged and conducted by
Nick Perito . On two songs, "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", boy choristers from the
Little Church Around the Corner and from
Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan) also participated.
Track listing
Side one
"Christmas Eve" (Music by Gerard Andre Biesel and lyrics by
Ray Charles )
"
Do You Hear What I Hear? " (Words and Music by
Noël Regney and
Gloria Shayne Baker )
"Christ Is Born" (Words and Music by
Domenico Bartolucci and Ray Charles)
"
The Little Drummer Boy " (Words and Music by Henry Onerati,
Katherine Davis and
Harry Simeone )
"There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas" (Words and Music by
Carl Sigman and Mickey J. Addy)
"
O Holy Night " (Words and Music by
Adolphe Charles Adam )
Side two
"Caroling, Caroling" (Words and Music by Wihla Hutson and
Alfred Burt )
"
The First Noël " (Traditional Christmas Music)
"
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing " (Music by
Felix Mendelssohn and lyrics by
Charles Wesley )
"
Silent Night " (Music by
Joseph Mohr and lyrics by
Franz Gruber )
"
Silver Bells " (Music and Lyrics by
Jay Livingston and
Ray Evans )
"Toyland" (Words and Music by
Victor Herbert )
"
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " (Words and Music by
Hugh Martin and
Ralph Blane )
"
Ave Maria " (Original Music by
Franz Schubert )
Como also recorded a rendition of the Wihla Hutson-Alfred Burt composition "Some Children See Him" during the sessions, but this was omitted from the finished album, presumably due to space limitations.
[2] The track remained unreleased until its inclusion on a 1999
CD compilation of Como Christmas recordings.
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