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'(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays'
Single by Perry Como
B-side'Silk Stockings'
ReleasedDecember 1954
RecordedNovember 16, 1954
VenueWebster Hall, New York City
GenreChristmas, pop
Length2:46
LabelRCA Victor
Composer(s)Robert Allen
Lyricist(s)Al Stillman
Perry Como singles chronology
'Papa Loves Mambo'
(1954)
'(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays'
(1954)
'A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba (Dig You Later)'
(1955)

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'(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays' is a popular song, commonly associated with the Christmas and holiday season.

The music was composed by Robert Allen, while the lyrics were written by Al Stillman.[1] The song was published during 1954.

Perry Como versions[edit]

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Free mac cleaner apps. The best-known recordings of 'Home for the Holidays' were made by Perry Como, who recorded the song twice, both times accompanied by Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers.

Facebook likelet anyone like your page on facebook. The first recording of 'Home for the Holidays', arranged by Joe Reisman, was made on November 16, 1954. It was released as a single for Christmas that December by RCA Victor.[2] The flip side was 'Silk Stockings' (which scored in the Cash Box magazine top 50). In the United States, 'Home for the Holidays' peaked at number eight on Billboard magazine's Most Played by Jockeys chart (in the issue dated January 8, 1955) and at number 18 on Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart (in the issue dated January 1, 1955).[3] The next Christmas the song was released again, with 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' as the flip side.[4] The same recorded version was released in the United Kingdom by HMV,[5] with the flip side 'Tina Marie'. This recording has appeared on many compilation albums over the years and remains a Christmas radio regular.

Como's second recording of 'Home for the Holidays', in stereo and with a different musical arrangement by Joe Lipman, was made on July 15, 1959. It was released as a 33rpm single,[6] with flip side 'Winter Wonderland', by RCA Victor in the U.S. and as a 45rpm single by HMV in the UK.[7] This 1959 version was also included on the album Season's Greetings from Perry Como and has appeared on many compilations, as well as being played on some radio stations during the holidays.

Other versions[edit]

In 1968, Robert Goulet covered the song for his holiday album, Robert Goulet's Wonderful World Of Christmas.

Perhaps the most iconic version of the song, other than the original Perry Como version, is the Carpenters’ recording on their 1984 LP release, An Old Fashioned Christmas.

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In 1987, the Muppets sang it in the ABC special, A Muppet Family Christmas.

In 1992, Joe Pass recorded a jazz guitar instrumental cover for his holiday album Six-String Santa.

In January 2000, a Garth Brooks version, from Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas, reached No. 63 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[8]

In 2010, Mandy Barnett recorded the song for her holiday album, Winter Wonderland.

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On December 1, 2011, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon directed about six singing and dancing mall performances of 'Home for the Holidays' by Carly Foulkes and 100 Chicago-area women in magenta dresses at the Woodfield Mall. It was used in a television commercial for T-Mobile starting on December 12. [9]

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A 2011 duet between Cyndi Lauper and Norah Jones did well on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 11 and at No. 22 on the Adult Contemporary Radio Airplay Chart in the U.S.[10][citation needed]

References[edit]

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  1. ^http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858594093/
  2. ^Catalog No. 20-5950-B on 78rpm and 47-5950-B on 45rpm
  3. ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 29. ISBN0-89820-161-6.
  4. ^RCA 20-6321-A and 47-6321-A
  5. ^Catalog No. POP-103
  6. ^RCA catalog No. VP-2066
  7. ^Catalog number RCA-1215
  8. ^'There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays (song by Garth Brooks) Music VF, US & UK successes charts'. www.musicvf.com.
  9. ^McGlynn, Tim (December 9, 2011). 'Schaumburg High School students in T-Mobile ad'. Daily Herald. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  10. ^'Cyndi Lauper Home For The Holidays Chart History'. Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2019.

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