''A Very Merry Christmas'' is Bobby Vinton's ninth studio album and first Christmas album, released in October

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. 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 ''

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'' editorial policy, it was held off the regular

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chart, but reached #13 on the Christmas Albums chart."Christmas Records." Billboard, vol. 76, no. 49, December 5, 1964, p. 25. worldradiohistory.com. 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 *

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- arranger, conductor *Ray Ellis - arranger, conductor *Hugo Winterhalter - arranger, conductor

Charts

Album – ''Billboard'' (North America) Singles – ''Billboard'' (North America)

References

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