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".
Track listing
Personnel
- Robert Morgan - producer
- Stan Applebaum - arranger, conductor
- Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor
- Hugo Winterhalter - arranger, conductor
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1964 | The Billboard 200 | 13 |
Singles – Billboard
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1964 | "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 23 |
| 1964 | "Dearest Santa" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |