Santo Natale (Merry Christmas) (Hoffman-Manning-Nardone) by David Whitfield, orchestra and chorus conducted by Stanley Black
Perhaps the more often-heard CD reissue version of this #2 UK hit (top-30 U.S.) is a truncated re-master beginning with a fade-in effect rather than the cold opening that we had always heard on the popular Whitfield hit. Here is the original 1954 single.
THE 1954 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1954 (some were recorded in 1953).