A Very Merry Christmas

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. The album was reissued on CD in 1995, and again in 2015 as the expanded A Very Merry Christmas: The Complete Epic Christmas Collection.

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

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
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