Greatest Christmas Songs | 
| Artist: Perry Como
Label: RCA
Category: Music
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 3351
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 67790
UPC: 078636779027
EAN: 0078636779027
ASIN: B00000JY9Q
Release Date: August 24, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Perry Como, Blane, Ralph | | • | Christmas Bells - Perry Como, Stevens, Ray | | • | White Christmas - Perry Como, Berlin, Irving | | • | Frosty the Snowman - Perry Como, Rollins, Henry | | • | Christ Is Born - Perry Como, Bartolucci, Domenic | | • | Do You Hear What I Hear? - Perry Como, Regney, Noel | | • | Silver Bells - Perry Como, Evans, Ray | | • | It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como, Willson, Meredith | | • | Winter Wonderland - Perry Como, Bernard, Felix | | • | There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas - Perry Como, Addy, Mickey | | • | The Christmas Song - Perry Como, Torme, Mel | | • | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Perry Como, Coots, J. Fred | | • | O Holy Night - Perry Como, Adam, Adolphe | | • | The Twelve Days of Christmas - Perry Como, Traditional | | • | Some Children See Him - Perry Como, Hutson | | • | Love Is a Christmas Rose - Perry Como, Shuman | | • | (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como, Allen, Robert [Song | | • | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Perry Como, Connor, Thomas | | • | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Perry Como, Marks, Johnny | | • | The Little Drummer Boy - Perry Como, Davis, Katherine | | • | Ave Maria - Perry Como, Schubert, Franz |
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A Perry Como Christmas is the audio equivalent of a Norman Rockwell painting. Like Nat "King" Cole and Bing Crosby, whom Como fondly emulated, Como defined for many Americans what the holidays sounded like through the '50s and '60s. With the advent of widespread television, Como practically became the man for wholesome holiday pleasure and entertainment. Greatest Christmas Songs will reestablish that fact for many who've put on a Como record every season. This collection brings together many of his classic seasonal recordings and some tracks even collectors will be delighted to find, including "Some Children See Him," recorded in 1954 but left off The Perry Como Christmas Album. At 21 cuts, complete with engaging liner notes, this is an essential collection of Como Christmas greats that the immortal baritone presents for the end of the century and the beginning of another. Call it a pop-cultural milestone that will never go out of style. --Martin Keller
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Good value-for-money! October 18, 1999
George Townsend (Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
This compact disc is worth every penny and more despite the fact that it's claim of being Perry's "Greatest Christmas Songs" is hardly credible! The only flaw with this set is what it might have been had BMG tried to create a definitive collection of Perry's "Merry Christmas Music". It should have been a 2 or 3 CD box set. The remastering and "remixing" is well done and with unusual sensitivity by someone named Mike Hartry who "remixed" several tracks. This set almost completes Perry's popular 1968 "Christmas Album" and this will frustrate fans who would have liked to have the "whole" album. The songs from Perry's "Merry Christmas Music" compilation and his 1959 "Season's Greetings" are not as rare as these people seem to think but Perry's delightful rendition of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" certainly is, as are the two singles from 1967 and the unreleased song from 1968, and even Perry's 1954 single version of "Home For the Holidays" ( which BMG fails to mention, by the way, for those who might have expected the 1959 popular stereo version ). The definitive collection of Perry Como Christmas Songs is still beyond our grasp but this CD is a first step.
 Covers the Sacred and Secular with love of the season. October 25, 1999
Kent Peters (Knoxville, TN)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I was born in 1953 and grew up listening to Perry Como as a kid. I've loved every type of music from hard rock to classical, but I am in love with Christmas music. Perry Como always had a great show, and to the young people of today, it was a time when the entire family would sit to enjoy not just musical talent, but a theme. A theme of family unity. I recently saw Mr. C. (his nickname) perform a Christmas concert in Ireland in 1993. Although his hearing is going, his voice is still smooth as silk. Singers of his ilk and breed are fast leaving. Since Sinatra died, it's very important to hold on to performers like Perry Como. Is he a square? I'd say that by today's standards...he is. But, in a timeless way, he is a standard of what Christmas music should be. His music was performed with a choir with a fire in the fireplace, a Christmas tree and all the trimmings. If I could get in my time machine and return to 1959 to hear one of the top Christmas balladeers from all time...I'd be ecstatic! Enjoy!!
Which versions? October 20, 1999
George Townsend (Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
As good as this compilation is, it's clear that BMG didn't do their homework. The author seems to think that Perry's 1953 ( included here ) version of Mel Torme's "Christmas Song" is rare but, in fact, it's not! What's rare is Perry's 1946 version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" recorded with The Satisfiers ( not included here ) which was cut from the "Merry Christmas Music" compilation in 1961 when the RCA Victor album was down-graded to RCA Camden. Rarer still, is Perry's 1946 version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" which was cut in 1947 to make room for "White Christmas" recorded that year ( not included here ) and also not included is the 1946 version of "Winter Wonderland" which was a million seller for Perry and The Satisfiers! The author speaks about The Satisfiers working with Perry on his early television shows but, in fact, that was The Fontane Sisters who were popular regulars on his show and common performers on his records. The Fontane Sisters recorded "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" with Perry and made it a popular hit. Unfortunately, BMG appears to have missed "A Lot" both for their printing of the song title, the mirror image of Perry on the cover, and the selection content of this album. But, it's a great album inspite of them, and hopefully it's the first installment of the box set!
THE VERY BEST OF PERRY COMO'S HOLIDAY HITS August 13, 2001
Kim K. (Bayonne, New Jersey)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Whether there are certain songs missing or not; this is the perfect collection of Perry Como Christmas music. Since we've lost Perry back in May; you can be sure all Como fans will definitely be thinking of him this holiday season & make it a point to put his beautiful music on the stereo or in the car's cd-player. Christmas won't be the same knowing Perry Como is no longer on this planet; but we all owe him a debt of gratitude for many years of bringing such joy to all of his fans via his music & television shows & holiday specials. Very highly recommended.
 need the 1968 xmas album November 25, 1999
jon nida (minneapolis)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Other reviewers are correct: this is a very good compilation. However, we still need the all of the songs from the 1968 Christmas Album re-released on CD (preferably together). Maybe next year?
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