A Very Merry Christmas

A Very Merry Christmas
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

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.

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

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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Discography
Studio albums	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' Bobby Vinton's All-Time Greatest Hits The Many Moods of Bobby Vinton Bobby Vinton Polka Album The Best of Bobby Vinton Ballads of Love Mr. Lonely: His Greatest Songs Today 16 Most Requested Songs The Best of Bobby Vinton
Singles	"Roses Are Red (My Love)" "Rain Rain Go Away" "Trouble Is My Middle Name" "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" "Long Lonely Nights" "L-O-N-E-L-Y" "Satin Pillows" "Tears" "Dum-De-Da" "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 Him Is to Love Him" "The Days of Sand and Shovels" "My Elusive Dreams" "Why Don't They Understand" "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"