A Very Merry Christmas

Studio album by Bobby Vinton

Released

October 1964

Genre

Pop, Christmas

Length

31:26

Label

Epic

Producer

Robert Morgan

Bobby Vinton chronology

Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits
(1964)

A Very Merry Christmas
(1964)

Mr. Lonely
(1964)

A Very Merry Christmas was 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 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. Some of the tracks are available on the in-print disc Kissin' Christmas.

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

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Christmas Chopsticks"	Heider	2:12
2.	"The Bell That Couldn't Jingle"	Burt Bacharach, Lawrence Kusik	2:20
3.	"Do You Hear What I Hear"	Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne	2:53
4.	"Dearest Santa"	Bonnie Boyd, Michael Dunn	2:52
5.	"The Greatest Gift"	Bobby Vinton, Lloyd	2:28
6.	"Christmas in Killarney"	James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, Frank Weldon	2:27

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Peppermint Stick Parade"	Manning, Lenwood Morris	1:52
2.	"Christmas Angel"	Bobby Vinton, Lloyd	2:45
3.	"The Christmas Tree"	Goodwin	3:04
4.	"Three Wise Men, Wise Men Three"	Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne	2:40
5.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	2:37
6.	"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)

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

Bobby Vinton

Studio albums	Dancing at the Hop Bobby Vinton Plays for His Li'l Darlin's Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups Blue on Blue There! I've Said It Again Tell Me Why A Very Merry Christmas Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton Sings for Lonely Nights Drive-In Movie Time Bobby Vinton Sings Satin Pillows and Careless Country Boy Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits Please Love Me Forever Take Good Care of My Baby I Love How You Love Me Vinton My Elusive Dreams Sounds of Love Ev'ry Day of My Life Sealed With a Kiss Melodies of Love With Love Heart of Hearts The Bobby Vinton Show Serenades of Love Party Music ~~ 20 Hits The Name Is Love 100 Memories Encore Santa Must Be Polish Bobby Vinton Timeless Great Songs of Christmas As Time Goes By

Live albums	Live at the Copa

Compilations	Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits More of Bobby's Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits of Love Vinton Sings Vinton The Love Album To Each His Own Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits The Bobby Vinton Treasury The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton: Bobby Vinton...in Love Bobby Vinton Sings the Golden Decade of Love K-Tel Presents Bobby Vinton - 20 Greatest Hits Bobby Vinton Autumn Memories Spring Sensations Summer Serenades The Million Selling Records of Bobby Vinton My Song Polka Album Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits His Heart-Touching Magic The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today Greatest Polka Hits of All Time 16 Most Requested Songs The Essence of Bobby Vinton Melody of Love The Ultimate Bobby Vinton Kissin' Christmas: The Bobby Vinton Christmas Album Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Sings Blue Velvet: His Greatest Hits Blue on Blue Bobby Vinton Greatest Hits 20 All-Time Greatest Hits The Legend Love Songs All-Time Greatest Hits The Best of Bobby Vinton The Great Bobby Vinton Because of You: The Love Songs Collection

Singles	"Roses Are Red (My Love)" "I Love You the Way You Are" "Rain Rain Go Away" "Trouble Is My Middle Name" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Over the Mountain (Across the Sea)" "Blue on Blue" "Blue Velvet" "There! I've Said It Again" "My Heart Belongs to Only You" "Tell Me Why" "Clinging Vine" "Mr. Lonely" "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" "Dearest Santa" "Long Lonely Nights" "L-O-N-E-L-Y" "Theme from 'Harlow' (Lonely Girl)" "What Color (Is a Man)" "Satin Pillows" "Tears" "Dum-De-Da" "Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue)" "Coming Home Soldier" "Please Love Me Forever" "Just as Much as Ever" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Halfway to Paradise" "I Love How You Love Me" "To Know You Is to Love You" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "No Arms Can Ever Hold You" "My Elusive Dreams" "Ev'ry Day of My Life" "Sealed With a Kiss" "Hurt" "My Melody of Love" "Beer Barrel Polka" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Moonlight Serenade" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Make Believe It's Your First Time" "You Are Love" "It's Been One of Those Days" "Please Tell Her That I Said Hello" "The Last Rose"

Related articles	Discography

Book:Bobby Vinton

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