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."Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 76, no. 49, December 5, 1964, p. 25. worldradiohistory.com. 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
Personnel Robert Morgan - producer Stan Applebaum - arranger, conductor Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor Hugo Winterhalter - arranger, conductor
Charts Album – Billboard (North America) YearChartPosition1964The Billboard 20013
Singles – Billboard (North America) YearSingleChartPosition1964"The Bell That Couldn't Jingle"The Billboard Hot 100231964"Dearest Santa"The Billboard Hot 1008
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