Season's Greetings from Perry Como

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Season's Greetings from Perry Como

Overview
Season's Greetings from Perry Como is a Christmas album by Perry Como, released in October 1959 on RCA Victor. It was Como’s sixth RCA Victor 12-inch LP and his first major full-length Christmas album, recorded in stereo. The sessions took place July 13–15, 1959, and the record was produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro. Mitchell Ayres conducted the orchestra, with the Ray Charles Singers providing backup vocals. The album has a warm, relaxed feel and features classic holiday tunes, including a re-recording of Como’s 1954 hit Home for the Holidays. It helped establish Como as a prominent Christmas performer.

Reception and chart performance
- The album reached No. 22 on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1960.
- It also charted at No. 27 in 1961 and reached No. 33 and No. 74 in 1962.
- It reappeared on the charts at No. 110 in 2021.
- AllMusic later gave the album 3 out of 5 stars.

Track listing (condensed)
Side one
- (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
- Winter Wonderland
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- The Christmas Song
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- White Christmas

Side two
- Here We Come A-Caroling / We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
- O Holy Night
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Come, Come, Come to the Manger
- The First Noël
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- We Three Kings of Orient Are
- Silent Night

Credits
- Perry Como – vocals
- Mitchell Ayres – orchestra
- Ray Charles Singers – backing vocals
- Producers – Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

Context
Between 1959 and 1960, Season's Greetings from Perry Como stood as Como’s prominent Christmas offering, followed in his discography by the album For the Young at Heart (1960). The record is remembered for its warm interpretations of beloved holiday classics and its role in shaping Como’s enduring association with Christmas music.