A Very Merry Christmas

A Very Merry Christmas
Studio album by
Bobby Vinton
ReleasedOctober 1964
GenresPop, Christmas
Length31:26
LabelEpic
ProducerRobert Morgan
Bobby Vinton chronology
Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
(1964)		 A Very Merry Christmas
(1964)		 Mr. Lonely
(1964)

A Very Merry Christmas is Bobby Vinton's ninth studio album and first Christmas album, released in October 1964. Vinton had released a four-track Christmas EP which entered the charts the previous year, containing none of the tracks included on A Very Merry Christmas. Due to Billboard editorial policy, it was held off the regular Top LPs chart, but reached #13 on the Christmas Albums chart.[1] The album was reissued on CD in 1995, and again in 2015 as the expanded A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection.

There were two singles to come from this album: "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" and "Dearest Santa".

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Christmas Chopsticks"Heider2:12
2."The Bell That Couldn't Jingle"Burt Bacharach, Lawrence Kusik2:20
3."Do You Hear What I Hear"Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne2:53
4."Dearest Santa"Bonnie Boyd, Michael Dunn2:52
5."The Greatest Gift"Bobby Vinton, Lloyd2:28
6."Christmas in Killarney"James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, Frank Weldon2:27
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Peppermint Stick Parade"Manning, Lenwood Morris1:52
2."Christmas Angel"Bobby Vinton, Lloyd2:45
3."The Christmas Tree"Goodwin3:04
4."Three Wise Men, Wise Men Three"Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne2:40
5."White Christmas"Irving Berlin2:37
6."My Christmas Prayer"Lyn Duddy, Jerry Bresler3:16

Personnel

  • Robert Morgan - producer
  • Stan Applebaum - arranger, conductor
  • Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor
  • Hugo Winterhalter - arranger, conductor

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1964 The Billboard 200 13

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1964 "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" The Billboard Hot 100 23
1964 "Dearest Santa" The Billboard Hot 100 8

References

  1. ↑ "Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 76, no. 49, December 5, 1964, p. 25. worldradiohistory.com.
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