A Very Merry Christmas (Bobby Vinton album)

Infobox Album | Name = A Very Merry Christmas
Type = Album
Artist = Bobby Vinton


Released = October 1964
Genre = Pop, Christmas
Length = 31:26
Label = Epic
Producer = Robert Morgan
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5
Last album = "Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits"
(1964)
This album = "A Very Merry Christmas"
(1964)
Next album = "Mr. Lonely"
(1965)

"A Very Merry Christmas" was Bobby Vinton's ninth studio album and first Christmas album, released in November of 1964. Vinton had released a four-track Christmas EP which charted the previous season. None of the tracks from that disc were included on "A Very Merry Christmas". Due to Billboard editorial policy, it was held off the regular Billboard LP listings. It reached #13 on a Christmas version of the Billboard Hot 200 list of popular albums. The CD, not currently in print, is a valuable collectors' item.

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

Track listing

ide 1

# Christmas Chopsticks - (Heider) - 2:12
# The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - (Burt Bacharach, Lawrence Kusik) - 2:20
# Do You Hear What I Hear - (Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne) - 2:53
# Dearest Santa - (Bonnie Boyd, Michael Dunn) - 2:52
# The Greatest Gift - (Bobby Vinton, Lloyd) - 2:28
# Christmas in Killarney - (James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, Frank Weldon) - 2:27

ide 2

# Peppermint Stick Parade - (Manning, Lenwood Morris) - 1:52
# Christmas Angel - (Bobby Vinton, Lloyd) - 2:45
# The Christmas Tree - (Goodwin) - 3:04
# Three Wise Men, Wise Men Three - (Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne) - 2:40
# White Christmas - (Irving Berlin) - 2:37
# My Christmas Prayer - (Lyn Duddy, Jerry Bresler) - 3:16

Album credits

*Produced by: Robert Morgan
*Arranged and conducted by: Stan Applebaum, Ray Ellis, Hugo Winterhalter

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)