PERRY COMO - I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

PERRY COMO

SONGWRITERS: BUCK RAM; KIM GANNON & WALTER KENT

COUNTRY: ITALYXU. S. A.

ALBUM: PERRY COMO SINGS MERRY CHRISTMAS MUSIC

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: CHRISTMAS SONG

YEAR: 1953

 

               Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (/ˈkoʊmoʊ/; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943.

       He recorded primarily vocal pop and was renowned for recordings in the intimate, easy-listening genre pioneered by multi-media star Bing Crosby.

           "Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. In the official RCA Records Billboard magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all."

         Como received five Emmys from 1955 to 1959, a Christopher Award (1956) and shared a Peabody Award with good friend Jackie Gleason in 1956. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1990 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1987. Posthumously, Como received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006. He has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio, television, and music.

            Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music was Perry Como's first Christmas album, originally issued by RCA Victor as a 78 RPM album set in 1946. The original release included "O Little Town of Bethlehem" which was replaced in 1947 by Irving Berlin's famous song "White Christmas". This album, along with Como's later stereophonic Christmas albums, Season's Greetings from Perry Como and The Perry Como Christmas Album, from 1959 and 1968 respectively, are among the all-time best-selling Christmas albums. RCA has reissued Merry Christmas Music several times.

I'll be home for Christmas

you can plan on me

Please have snow and mistletoe

and presents on the tree!

 

Christmas Eve will find me

where the love light gleams

I'll be home for Christmas

if only in my dreams!

 

Christmas Eve will find me

where the love light gleams

I'll be home for Christmas

if only in my dreams!