A Very Merry Christmas


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".

Personnel

  • Robert Morgan - producer
  • Stan Applebaum - arranger, conductor
  • Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor
  • Hugo Winterhalter - arranger, conductor

Charts

Album – Billboard
YearChartPosition
1964The Billboard 20013

Singles – Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
1964"The Bell That Couldn't Jingle"The Billboard Hot 10023
1964"Dearest Santa"The Billboard Hot 1008