A Perry Como Christmas

~ Release by Perry Como (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Caroling, 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)
4:53
2Love in a Home
recording of:
Love in a Home
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Gene de Paul
3:51
3The Christmas Symphony
3:34
4There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
recording of:
There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
writer:
Mickey J. Addy and Carl Sigman
publisher:
Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
3:18
5Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
2:21
6Christmas 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
2:49
7Christmas Eve
2:48
8What Love Is Made Of
recording of:
What Love Is Made Of
writer:
Jack Segal (US songwriter), Eddie Snyder and Paul Vance (US songwriter and producer)
2:35
9My Favorite Things
cover recording of:
My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) 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)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:59
10The Bells of St. Mary's
recording of:
The Bells of St. Mary’s
lyricist:
Douglas Furber (in 1917)
composer:
A. Emmett Adams (in 1917)
2:50
11(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1968)
recording of:
Home for the Holidays
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)
2:58
12The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
3:37
13The Father of Girls
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA/Ariola International (not for release label use! precursor of Bertelsmann Music Group aka BMG, 1985–87) (in 1968)
recording of:
The Father of Girls
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter)
3:35
14Turn Around
producer:
Chet Atkins and Andy Wiswell
cover recording of:
Turn Around
lyricist:
Harry Belafonte
composer:
Alan Greene and Malvina Reynolds
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs and Clara Music Publ. Corp.
2:31
15Here 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)
31:38
16All Through the Night
recording of:
All Through the Night (Boulton lyrics)
lyricist:
Harold Boulton (in 1884)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25778)
version of:
Ar hyd y nos (All Through the Night, traditional Welsh air (no lyrics))
2:30
17I 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
3:13
18Love Is Spreading All Over the World
recording of:
Love Is Spreading Over the World
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Neil Sedaka
publisher:
Neil Sedaka Music (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Careers
2:33
19I Know What God Is
3:05
20O Holy Night
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
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”)
3:04
21The Story of the First 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)
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)
10:03
22Ave Maria
4:22