A Perry Como Christmas

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Caroling, Caroling / The First Noel / Hark! the Herald Angels Sing / Silent Night
medley including a recording of:
Caroling, Caroling
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)
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)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
medley including a recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
medley including a recording of:
The First Noël
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)
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”)
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:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Williamson Music Company 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 (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 (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)
recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
writer:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
writer:
Mel Tormé ("The Velvet Fog") (from 1944 until 1945) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Warner Chappell Ltd. and E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
3:37
13The Father of Girls
recording of:
The Father of Girls
writer:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter)
3:35
14Turn Around
2:31
15Here We Come A-Caroling / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
performer:
The Ray Charles Singers
medley including a recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing
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
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:38
16All Through the Night
recording of:
All Through the Night (Boulton lyrics)
lyricist:
Harold Boulton (in 1884)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Ar hyd y nos (traditional Welsh air (no lyrics))
2:30
17I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever
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 (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
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
performer:
The Ray Charles Singers
10:03
22Ave Maria
4:22