Perry Como at Christmas

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Tracklist

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1’Twas 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
0.53:47
2The Twelve Days of Christmas
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederic Austin (English baritone and composer) (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
3:59
3God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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)
3:32
4C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
2:52
5Joy 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) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
2:40
6Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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)
2:46
7Frosty, 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)
2:20
8The Christmas Song
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
3:37
9That 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.
3:16
10I’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:
James Kimball 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)
2:56
11Silent Night
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
arranger:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Nick Perito
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
3:51
12O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)
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)
2:47