The Complete RCA Christmas Collection

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Annotation

Copyright: This compilation ℗ 2013 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-06 01:16 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1That Christmas Feeling
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-06)
recording of:
That Christmas Feeling (1946 song) (on 1946-08-06)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Perry Como3:13
2I’ll Be Home for Christmas
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-06)
recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (on 1946-08-06)
lyricist:
Kim Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra2:53
3Silent Night
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-20)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 1946-08-20)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Perry Como3:50
4O Come All Ye Faithful
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-20)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1946-08-20)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Perry Como2:44
5Jingle Bells
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-22)
recording of:
Jingle Bells (on 1946-08-22)
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Perry Como2:58
6O Little Town of Bethlehem
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-20)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) (on 1946-08-20)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Perry Como3:02
7Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1946)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-01)
recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (on 1946-08-01)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Perry Como2:20
8Winter Wonderland (1946)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-08-01)
recording of:
Winter Wonderland (on 1946-08-01)
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Perry Como2:30
9White Christmas (1947)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1947-07-10)
recording of:
White Christmas (on 1947-07-10)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Perry Como3:28
10Ave Maria (1949)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’) (on 1949-07-30)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Perry Como4:41
11The Story of the First Christmas
medley including a cover recording of:
Come to the Manger (on 1950-08-16)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
S. P. Waddington
medley including a cover recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1950-08-16)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
medley including a cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) (on 1950-08-16)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
medley including a cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 1950-08-16)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a cover recording of:
The First Nowell (on 1950-08-16)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a cover recording of:
We Three Kings (on 1950-08-16)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Perry Como8:09
12There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
recording of:
There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas (on 1950-08-15)
writer:
Mickey J. Addy and Carl Sigman
publisher:
Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
Perry Como3:15
13The Christmas Symphony
recording of:
Christmas Symphony (on 1950-08-15)
composer:
Joe Candullo, Phil Perry (US R&B/jazz singer, songwriter & musician) and Charles Reade
Perry Como3:31
14It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1963)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 18), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 22), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 23), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 24) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 38)
recording of:
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (on 1951-09-10)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson (in 1951)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Kobalt Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Meredith Willson Music LLC, MPL Communications Australia and MPL Music Publishing
Perry Como with The Fontane Sisters & Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra32:35
15T’was the Night Before Christmas
spoken vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
conductor:
Mitchell Ayres
arranger:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
recording of:
’Twas the Night Before Christmas (Ken Darby version) (on 1953-06-22)
writer:
Clement Clarke Moore
composer:
Ken Darby
is based on:
A Visit From St. Nicholas
Perry Como0.53:45
16The Twelve Days of Christmas
choir vocals:
Mitchell Ayres and His Chorus
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas (on 1953-05-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Perry Como3:59
17God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1953)
choir vocals:
Mitchell Ayres and His Chorus
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
arranger:
Mitchell Ayres and Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (on 1953-05-26)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
Perry Como3:32
18C‐H‐R‐I‐S‐T‐M‐A‐S
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (on 1953-05-05)
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
Perry Como2:52
19Joy to the World
choir vocals:
Mitchell Ayres and His Chorus
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol) (on 1953-05-26)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
Perry Como2:39
20Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1953)
choir vocals:
Mitchell Ayres and His Chorus
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (on 1953-05-21)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
arrangement of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (for voice, choir and orchestra, Elms)
Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra2:46
21Frosty the Snowman
choir vocals:
Mitchell Ayres and His Chorus
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man (on 1953-05-21)
writer:
Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”) and Walter E. Rollins (songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Chappell & Co. (in 1950) and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1950-06-02)
Perry Como2:19
22The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1953)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1953-05-05)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (on 1953-05-05)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Perry Como3:34
23Spoken Introduction to “There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas” – Perry Como Radio Intro #1
Perry Como0:36
24Spoken Introduction to “The Christmas Symphony” – Perry Como Radio Intro #2
Perry Como0:18
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#TitleRatingLength
1I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
recording of:
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (on 1953-05-21)
lyricist and composer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly, E. H. Morris & Co. Ltd., Herman Music, Inc., Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Regent Music (BMI)
2:25
2(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays (1954)
recording of:
Home for the Holidays (on 1954-11-16)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist)
publisher:
Charlie Deitcher Productions, Inc., Kitty Anne Music Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
2:51
3Ave Maria (1959)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’) (on 1959-10-16)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
4:24
4(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 38) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 46)
recording of:
Home for the Holidays (on 1959-07-14)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist)
publisher:
Charlie Deitcher Productions, Inc., Kitty Anne Music Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
42:55
5Winter Wonderland (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recording of:
Winter Wonderland (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
33:25
6Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
arrangement of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (for voice, choir and orchestra, Elms)
2:54
7The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
3:32
8Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recording of:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
2:42
9White Christmas (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recording of:
White Christmas (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
3:10
10Here We Come A‐Caroling / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
medley including a recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
medley including a recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
31:35
11God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
2:54
12O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recording of:
O Holy Night (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
43:01
13The Story of the First Christmas (1959)
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
producer:
Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
choir vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-07-13 until 1959-07-15)
medley including a cover recording of:
Come to the Manger (on 1959-07-13)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
S. P. Waddington
medley including a cover recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1959-07-13)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
medley including a cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) (on 1959-07-13)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
medley including a cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 1959-07-13)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a cover recording of:
The First Nowell (on 1959-07-13)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
medley including a cover recording of:
We Three Kings (on 1959-07-13)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
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#TitleRatingLength
1Christmas Bells
recording of:
Christmas Bells (on 1967-08-24)
writer:
Ray Stevens (US singer‐songwriter & comedian)
2:43
2Love Is a Christmas Rose
recording of:
Love Is a Christmas Rose (on 1967-08-24)
writer:
Leon Carr and Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
2:02
3Christmas Eve
2:44
4Do You Hear What I Hear
background vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear? (on 1968-08-03)
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
43:13
5Christ Is Born
recording of:
Christ Is Born (on 1968-08-06)
lyricist and composer:
Domenico Bartolucci (Italian composer)
additional writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:50
6The Little Drummer Boy
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (on 1968-08-03)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
3:35
7There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
recording of:
There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas (on 1968-08-03)
writer:
Mickey J. Addy and Carl Sigman
publisher:
Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
2:50
8O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night (on 1968-08-03)
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
33:40
9Caroling, Caroling / The First Noel / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Silent Night
medley including a recording of:
Caroling, Caroling (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
medley including a recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (on 1968-08-01)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël (on 1968-08-01)
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
4:50
10Silver Bells
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1968)
recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song) (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2:26
11Toyland
recording of:
Toyland (on 1968-08-06)
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
cover recording of:
Toyland
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
3:11
12Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
2:47
13Ave Maria (1968)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’) (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
4:42
14Some Children See Him
recording of:
Some Children See Him (on 1968-08-06)
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc.
3:43
15Christmas Dream
recording of:
A Christmas Dream (from the 1974 film “The Odessa File”) (on 1974-08-07)
writer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre) and Tim Rice
2:47
16I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever
recording of:
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever (from 1981-12 until 1982-03)
lyricist:
Richard Burton Matheson (Author)
composer:
Nick Perito
3:10