The Complete RCA Christmas Collection

~ Release by Perry Como (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Copyright: This compilation ℗ 2013 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-06 01:16 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Christmas Bells
recording of:
Christmas Bells (on 1967-08-24)
writer:
Ray Stevens (US singer‐songwriter & comedian)
2:43
2Love Is a Christmas Rose
recording of:
Love Is a Christmas Rose (on 1967-08-24)
writer:
Leon Carr and Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
2:02
3Christmas Eve
2:44
4Do You Hear What I Hear
background vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers
recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear? (on 1968-08-03)
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
writer:
Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
43:13
5Christ Is Born
recording of:
Christ Is Born (on 1968-08-06)
lyricist and composer:
Domenico Bartolucci (Italian composer)
additional writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:50
6The Little Drummer Boy
recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (on 1968-08-03)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
3:35
7There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas
recording of:
There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas (on 1968-08-03)
writer:
Mickey J. Addy and Carl Sigman
publisher:
Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
2:50
8O Holy Night
recording of:
O Holy Night (on 1968-08-03)
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”)
33:40
9Caroling, 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)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
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:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
4:50
10Silver Bells
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1968)
recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song) (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2:26
11Toyland
recording of:
Toyland (on 1968-08-06)
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
cover recording of:
Toyland
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
librettist:
Glen MacDonough
part of:
Babes in Toyland
3:11
12Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
2:47
13Ave Maria (1968)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’) (on 1968-08-01)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
4:42
14Some Children See Him
recording of:
Some Children See Him (on 1968-08-06)
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc.
3:43
15Christmas 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
2:47
16I 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
3:10