1st RECORDING OF: (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays - Perry Como (1954 version)

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Here is Perry’s original feel-good 1954 Christmas hit. In 1959, RCA Victor had him record a differently-arranged stereo version that dropped the brassy big band open in favor of a more low-key intro (listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT8pIpzDX0g ). For decades, that later release was the only one that RCA would issue on its various holiday music compilations.

Billboard Chart Peaks: 8 (radio play), 18 (sales)

The original single was issued on RCA Victor 5950 - (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (Al Stillman-Robert Allen) by Perry Como, orchestra & chorus conducted by Mitchell Ayres, arranged by Joe Reisman, recorded November 16, 1954

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