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]
| Season's Greetings from Perry Como | ||||
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| Released | October 1959 | |||
| Recorded | July 13, 14 and 15, 1959 | |||
| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Charles Grean, Lee Schapiro | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
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
editSide 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)
Charts
edit| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[4] | 110 |
References
edit- ^ Season's Greetings from Perry Como at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Season's Greetings from Perry Como". Kokomo. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "Seasons Greetings from Perry Como-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (1/2)..." Billboard on Twitter. Retrieved December 7, 2021.