1959 studio album by Perry Como
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Season's Greetings from Perry Como , originally released in 1959 , was Perry Como 's sixth RCA Victor 12-inch long-play album and the fourth recorded in stereophonic sound , as well as his first major full-length Christmas album .[2] [3]
The album is warm and relaxed, featuring lush renditions of "Winter Wonderland", "The Christmas Song", "O Holy Night" and seven other Christmas tunes (including a re-recording of Como's own 1954 hit, "Home for the Holidays"). Como is accompanied on the tracks by Mitchell Ayres ' orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers .
Track listing
Side One
"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays " (Words and music by Robert Allen and Al Stillman )
"Winter Wonderland " (Words and music by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith )
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer " (Words and music by Johnny Marks )
"The Christmas Song " (Words and music by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells )
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town " (Words and music by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots )
"White Christmas " (Words and music by Irving Berlin )
Side Two
"Here We Come A-Caroling "/"We Wish You a Merry Christmas " (Traditional arranged by Ray Charles )
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen " (Traditional Christmas music)
"O Holy Night " (Words and music by Adolphe Adam )
"O Little Town of Bethlehem " (Words and music by Phillips Brooks and Lewis Redner )
"Come, Come, Come to the Manger" (Traditional Christmas music adapted by Mitchell Ayres)
"The First Noël " (Traditional Christmas music)
"O Come All Ye Faithful " (Latin hymn translated by Frederick Oakeley)
"We Three Kings of Orient Are " (Adapted by Mitchell Ayres and Jack Andrews)
"Silent Night " (Words and music by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber )
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