Genre: POP
Bing Crosby called Perry Como the "man who invented casual". 131 hits in the billboard pop charts from 1943 to 1974 made the crooner one of the most successful American superstars. His name was soon mentioned in the same breath as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin - and deservedly so. Born in 1912 as Pierino Como in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, he initially worked as a hairdresser and even ran his own salon. His musical career began in the early 1930s as a vocalist for the bands of Freddy Carlone and Ted Weems. From the mid-1940s on he also starred in several films. In 1942 Weems dissolved his orchestra and just when Como was about to give up his career as a singer, two TV producers hired him as the presenter of the program "Chesterfield Supper Club”. which led to successful appearances in theaters and nightclubs. In 1945 he had his first hit as a singer with the pop ballad "Till the End of Time". Perry Como was the first singer ever to sell more than a million copies each of ten of his albums. Perry Como died on May 12, 2001 at his home in Jupiter, Florida, just six days before his 89th birthday.
Tracklist:
CD 1
■ MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY (1962)
CAL-694
& MITCHELL AYRES & HIS ORCHESTRA
& THE RAY CHARLES SINGERS
1. Make Someone Happy 2.20
(Comden / Green / Styne)
2. I Concentrate On You (Porter) 3.11
3. KoKoMo (I Love You So) 2.40
(Wilson / Porter / Levy)
4. Gone Is My Love (Vance / Carr) 2.42
5. You Are in Love (Howard) 2.38
6. Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba 2.57
(My Bambino Go to Sleep)
(David / Hoffman / Livingston)
7. Easter Parade (Berlin) 2.32
8. Kentucky Babe (Herny / Buck / Geibel) 3.05
9. I Wonder Who´s Kissing Her Now 3.15
(Hough / Adams / Howard)
10. I Love You Truly (Bond) 3.19
■ BY REQUEST (1962)
LPM-2567
& MITCHELL AYRES & HIS ORCHESTRA
& THE RAY CHARLES SINGERS
11. Maria (Bernstein / Sondheim) 3.26
12. Lollipops and Roses (Velona) 2.42
13. The Sweetest Sounds (Rodgers) 2.46
14. More Than Likely (Van Heusen / Cahn) 2.53
15. “Moonglow” and the Theme 3.26
from “Picnic” (DeLange / Mills / Hudson)
16. My Favourite Things 2.56
(Rodgers / Hammerstein)
17. Once Upon a Time (Adams / Strouse) 3.49
18. Can´t Help Falling in Love 3.07
(Peretti / Creatore / Weiss)
19. What´s New (Burke / Haggart) 3.03
20. Somebody Cares 3.17
(Reardon / Schweikert / Robba)
21. I´ll Remember April 3.02
(Raye / DePaul / Johnston)
22. Moon River (Mancini / Mercer) 3.23
Total Time 67.12
CD 2
■ SING TO ME MISTER C. (1961)
LPM-2390
& MITCHELL AYRES & HIS ORCHESTRA
1. THEME: Sing to Me Mr. C. (Charles) 0.40
& The Ray Charles Singers
2. MEDLEY: All by Myself (Berlin) 6.07
– I´ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
(Lerner / Loewe) – So in Love (Porter)
3. MEDLEY: Say It Isn´t So (Berlin) 7.24
– Blue Skies (Berlin) – Here´s That
Rainy Day (Burke / Heusen)
4. MEDLEY: All I Do Is Dream of You 6.35
(Brown / Freed) – Gigi (Lerner / Loewe)
– The Way You Look Tonight (Kern / Fields)
5. THEME: Sing to Me Mr. C. (Charles) 0.39
& The Ray Charles Singers
6. MEDLEY: Thank Heaven for Little Girls 6.22
(Lerner / Loewe) – You Were Ment for Me
(Brown / Freed) – A Fellow Needs a Girl
(Rodgers / Hammerstein)
7. MEDLEY: You Alone (Solo Tu) 6.08
(Allen / Stillman) – I´m Gonna Sit Right Down
and Write Myself a Letter (Ahlert / Young)
Portrait of My Love (Ornade / West)
8. MEDLEY: Smile (Chaplin/Turner/Parsons) 9.01
– How Deep Is the Ocean (Berlin) – This
Nearly Was Mine (Rodgers / Hammerstein)
9. You Are Never Far Away from Me 0.52
(Allen / Roberts)
■ FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART (1961)
LPM-2343
& MITCHELL AYRES & HIS ORCHESTRA
10. When You and I Were Young Maggie 2.18
(Traditional)
11. Young at Heart (Leigh / Richards) 2.54
12. I Was Young and Foolish (Manning) 2.41
13. Too Young (Dee / Lippman) 2.33
14. You Make Me Feel so Young 2.33
(Gordon / Myrow)
15. Like Young (Webster / Previn) 2.51
16. Hello Young Lovers (Hammerstein /Rodgers) 2.46
17. Especially for the Young (Curtis/Weisman) 2.12
18. Too Young to Go Steady (Adamson/McHugh) 2.25
19. While We´re Young (Wilder/Palitz/Engvick) 2.53
20. Young Love (Joyner / Cartey) 2.38
21. When Hearts Are Young 2.19
(Wood / Romberg /Goodman)
Total Time 75.33
CD 3
■ DREAMER´S HOLIDAY (1960)
CAL-582
1. My Love and Devotion (Carson) 2.52
2. To Know You (Is to Love You) 2.41
(Roberts / Allen)
3. The Rose Tatoo 2.52
(Brooks / Byrne / Warren)
4. Kewpie Doll (Tepper / Bennett / McShann) 2.36
5. The Things I Didn´t Do (Jay / Kosloff) 3.08
6. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Nolan) 3.19
7. Just Born (To Be Your Baby) 2.32
(Dixon / Smith)
8. Ivy Rose (Hoffman / Manning) 3.11
9. Watchin´ the Trains Go By 2.50
(Seymoure / Goodhart)
10. Rollin´ Stone (Gordon) 3.14
■ SEASON´S GREETINGS FROM
PERRY COMO (1959)
LPM-2066
11. Home for the Holidays (Stillman / Allen) 2.53
12. Winter Wonderland (Smith / Felix) 3.24
13. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Marks) 2.53
14. The Christmas Song (Torme / Wells) 3.31
15. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 2.40
(Gillespie / Coots)
16. White Christmas (Berlin) 3.07
17. Here We Come A-Caroling / We wish 1.33
you a Merry Christmas (Traditional)
18. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 2.53
(Traditional)
19. O Holy Night (Traditional) 2.59
20. MEDLEY: The Story of the First Christmas 10.00
O Little Town of Bethlehem / Come, Come,
Come to the Manger / The First Noel
Oh Come, All Ye Faithful / We Three Kings
of Orient Are / Silent Night (all Traditional)
Total Time 65.48
CD 4
■ PERRY COMO´S WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MUSIC HALL (1959)
CAL-511
1. Door of Dreams (Stillman / Allen) 3.05
2. Love of My Life (Porter) 2.47
3. Roses of Picardy (Weatherly / Wood) 3.05
4. Keep It Gay (Hammerstein / Rodgers) 2.07
5. All Through the Day (Hammerstein / Kern) 3.16
6. Why Did You Leave Me (Kaye / Nelson) 3.13
7. Dreamer´s Holiday (Gannon / Wayne) 3.16
8. So Far (Hammerstein / Rodgers) 3.17
9. A Fellow Needs a Girl 3.30
(Hammerstein / Rodgers)
10. I Wanna Go Home (with You) 2.16
(Candullo / Joyce)
11. When You´re Smiling 2.14
(Fisher / Goodwin / Shay)
12. If Wishes Were Kisses (Stock / Drake) 2.58
■ COMO SWINGS (1959)
LPM-2010
13. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 2.57
14. I´ve Got You under My Skin (Porter) 2.11
15. Route 66 (Troup) 3.50
16. Dear Hearts and Gentle People 2.48
(Fain / Hilliard)
17. Mood Indigo (Ellington / Ills / Bigard) 3.10
18. Donkey Serenade (Friml) 2.42
19. To Know You Is to Love You 2.16
(Allen / Roberts)
20. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis 3.06
(Russell / Brooks)
21. Honey Honey (Stock / Belline) 1.59
22. Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella 3.02
(On a Rainy Day) (Kahal / Wheeler / Fain)
23. Linda (Lawrence) 2.45
24. Begin the Beguine (Porter) 3.27
Total Time 70.04
CD 5
■ SATURDAY NIGHT WITH MISTER C.
(1958) CAL-511
1. Accentuate the Positive 2.04
(Mercer / Arlen)
2. It Could Happen to You 2.41
(Van Heusen / Burke)
3. Love Letters (Heyman / Young) 1.56
4. MEDLEY: Almost Like Being in Love 8.05
(Loewe / Lerner) / Little Man You´ve Had
a Busy Day (Sigler / Hoffman / Wayne)
Gypsy in My Soul (Jaffe / Boland)
/ Whiffenpoof Song
(Galloway / Minnigerode / Pomeroy)
5. Between the Devil and the Deep 2.18
Blue Sea (Koehler / Arlen)
6. Red Sails in the Sunset 3.00
(Kennedy / Williams)
7. Birth of the Blues 3.19
(DeSylva / Brown / Henderson)
8. When I Fall in Love (Heyman / Young) 2.53
9. Come Rain or Come Shine 3.12
(Arlen / Mercer)
10. MEDLEY: You Made Me Love You 10.02
(Monaco / McCarthy) / I May Be Wrong
(Ruskin / Sullivan) / Like Someone in Love
(Van Heusen / Burke) / Vaya Con Dios
(Russell / Pepper / James)
11. It Had to Be You (Kahn / Jones) 2.30
12. Twilight on the Trail (Mitchell / Alter) 2.57
■ WHEN YOU COME TO THE END OF
THE DAY (1958) LPM-1885
13. He´s Got the Whole World in His Hands 2.05
(Traditional)
14. Whither Thou Goest (Singer) 2.46
15. No Well on Earth (Hilliard / Mann) 2.34
16. Only One (Skylar / Glazer / Ackers) 3.10
17. Scarlet Ribbons (Segal / Danzig) 3.37
18. I May Never Pass This Way Again 2.08
(Wizell / Melsher)
19. A Still Small Voice (Stillman / Weisman) 2.53
20. In the Garden (Miles) 3.06
21. May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You 2.46
(Wilson)
22. Prayer for Peace (Gimbel / Acquaviva) 2.59
23. All Through the Night (Traditional) 2.28
24. When You Come to the End 3.13
of the Day (Kahn / Westphal)
Total Time 79.28
CD 6
■ COMO´S GOLDEN RECORDS (1958)
LPM-1981
1. Don´t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 2.39
(Willet) #1 – 1952
2. Moon Talk (Hoffman / Manning) #28 – 1958 2.36
3. Love Makes the World Go Round 2.50
(Jones) #33 – 1958
4. Catch a Falling Star 2.27
(Vance / Pockriss) #1 – 1958
5. Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) 3.03
(Adamson / McHugh) #3 – 1945
6. Juke Box Baby 2.10
(Sherman / Sherman) #10 – 1956
7. Papa Loves Mambo 2.38
(Hoffman / Manning / Reichner) #4 – 1954
8. Tina Marie (Merrill) #5 – 1955 2.33
9. Round and Round 2.32
(Stallman / Shapiro) #1 – 1957
10. Because 2.47
(Teschemacher / d´Hardelot) #4 – 1948
11. Mi Casa, Su Casa (My House Is Your House) 2.58
(Hoffman / Manning) #50 – 1957
12. Mandolins in the Moonlight 2.42
(Weiss / Schroeder) #47 – 1958
13. Magic Moments 2.40
(David / Bacharach) #4 – 1958
14. Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) 2.20
(Hoffman / Manning) #1 – 1956
■ PERRY COMO SINGS JUST FOR YOU
(1958) CAL-440
15. “A” – You´re Adorable 2.24
(Lippman / Kaye / Wise)
16. Let´s Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (Berlin) 2.51
17. I´m Confessin´ (That I Love You) 2.50
(Neiburg / Daugherty / Reynolds)
18. Forever and Ever (Winkler / Rose) 3.20
19. You Won´t Be Satisfied 2.10
(Until You Brake My Heart) (James / Stock)
20. Long Ago (And Far Away) (Gershwin / Kern) 3.09
21. It´s Only a Paper Moon 2.05
(Arlen / Rose / Harburg)
22. There Never Was a Night so Beautiful (Rox) 3.04
23. You Alone (Solo Tu) (Stillman / Allen) 2.49
24. My One and Only Heart (Stillman / Allen) 2.55
25. Macheta (Schertzinger) 2.56
26. I Love You (Porter) 3.06
Total Time 71.24
CD 7
■ WE GET LETTERS (1957)
LPM-1463
1. Swinging Down the Lane (Kahn / Jones) 2.08
2. It´s Easy to Remember (Rodgers / Hart) 3.12
3. South of the Border (Kennedy / Carr) 2.15
4. That´s What I like (Axton / Axton) 2.36
5. Honey, Honey (Bless Your Heart) 2.39
(Belline / Stock)
6. Angry 2.19
(Brunies / Cassard / Brunies / Mecum)
7. They Can´t Take That Away from Me 2.27
(Gershwin / Gershwin)
8. S´posin (Razaf / Denniker) 3.33
9. I Had the Craziest Dream 2.33
(Warren / Gordon)
10. ´Deed I Do (Rose / Hirsch) 1.55
11. Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin) 3.17
12. Sleepy Time Gal 2.15
(Lorenzo / Alden / Egan / Whiting)
■ DREAM ALONG WITH ME (1957)
CAL-403
13. Me and My Shadow 2.53
(Rose / Jolson / Dreyer)
14. Without a Song (Rose / Eliscu / Youmans) 3.12
15. More Than You Know 3.18
(Rose / Eliscu / Youmans)
16. Blue Skies (Berlin) 2.18
17. My Melancholy Baby 2.57
(Norton / Watson / Burnett)
18. Girl of My Dreams (Clapp) 3.10
19. Chincherinchee (Jerome) 2.24
20. If I Loved You (Hammerstein / Rodgers) 3.14
21. They Say It´s Wonderful (Berlin) 2.33
22. I´ve Got a Feeling I´m Falling 2.06
(Rose / Link / Waller)
23. Oh, How I Miss You Tonight 3.12
(Davis / Burke / Fisher)
24. Dream Along with Me 2.51
(I´m on My Way to a Star) (Sigman)
Total Time 66.05
CD 8
■ I BELIEVE (1956)
LPM-1172
1. I Believe (Drake / Graham / Shirl / Stillman) 3.22
2. Onward, Christian Soldiers 3.26
(Sullivan / Sabine / Gould)
3. Goodnight, Sweet Jesus (Curry) 2.33
4. Act of Contrition (Leahy) 2.22
5. Ave Maria (Schubert) 4.41
6. The Rosary (Rogers / Nevin) 3.02
7. Eli, Eli (Traditional) 4.02
8. Kol Nidrei (Traditional) 3.59
9. Nearer, My God to Thee (Adams / Mason) 2.41
10. Abide with Me (Lyte / Monk) 2.49
11. The Lord´s Prayer (Malotte) 2.53
12. Bless This House (Taylor / Brahe) 2.53
■ PERRY COMO SINGS HITS
FROM BROADWAY SHOWS (1956)
LPM-1191
13. A Bushel and a Pack (Loesser) 2.43
14. You´re Just in Love (I Wonder Why) 2.55
(Berlin)
15. Marrying for Love (Berlin) 3.31
16. It´s a Lovely Day Today (Berlin) 2.41
17. Summertime (Gershwin / Gershwin) 3.33
18. You´ll Never Walk Alone 2.48
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
19. Some Enchanted Evening 3.27
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
20. Bali Ha´I (Hammerstein II / Rodgers) 3.32
21. Hello Young Lovers 3.17
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
22. We Kiss in a Shadow 3.14
(Hammerstein II / Rodgers)
23. My Heart Stood Still (Hart / Rodgers) 3.08
24. All at Once You Love Her 2.49
(Rodgers / Hammerstein II)
Total Time 77.08
CD 9
■ A SENTIMENTAL DATE WITH
PERRY COMO (1956)
LPM-1177
1. When Day Is Done (DeSylva / Katscher) 3.07
2. Carolina Moon (Davis / Burke) 3.09
3. What´ll I Do (Berlin) 3.00
4. If We Can´t Be the Same Old Sweethearts, 2.58
We´ll Just Be the Same Old Friends
(Monaco / McCarthy Jr.)
5. Blue Room (Rodgers / Hart) 3.29
6. With a Song in My Heart (Rodgers / Hart) 2.11
7. I´m Always Chasing Rainbows 3.03
(Carroll / McCarthy Jr.)
8. Love Me or Leave Me (Kahn / Donaldson) 2.37
9. Body and Soul 3.07
(Heyman / Eyton / Green / Sour)
10. When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver 3.07
(I Will Love You Just the Same)
(Tobias / deRose)
11. Lies (Springer / Barris) 2.28
12. No Other Love (Rodgers / Hammerstein) 3.12
■ RELAXING WITH PERRY COMO (1956)
LPM-1176
13. Prisoner of Love 3.29
(Robin / Gaskill / Columbo)
14. Because (Teschenmacher / d´Hardelot) 2.50
15. When You Were Sweet Sixteen (Thornton) 3.11
16. Far Away Places (Kramer / Whitney) 2.56
17. Black Moonlight (Johnson / Coslow) 3.13
18. While We´re Young 2.53
(Wolder / Palitz / Engvick)
19. Song of Songs (Lucas / Moya) 2.45
20. Till the End of Time (Kaye / Mossman) 3.09
21. Temptation (Freed / Brown) 2.45
22. If (Evans / Hargreaves / Damerell) 3.07
23. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You 2.55
(Dietz / Schwartz)
24. Over the Rainbow (Harburg / Arlen) 3.13
Total Time 72.38
CD 10
■ SO SMOOTH (1955)
LPM-1085
1. It´s a Good Day (Barbour / Lee) 1.42
2. As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) 3.13
3. I´ve Got the World on a String 2.20
(Arlen / Koehler)
4. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart) 2.37
5. For Me and My Gal 2.32
(Goetz / Leslie / Meyer)
6. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 2.46
(Koehler / Arlen)
7. Breezin´ Along with the Breeze 2.17
(Simons / Whiting / Gillespie)
8. It´s the Talk of the Town 3.37
(Livingston / Seymes / Neiburg)
9. You Do Something to Me (Porter) 1.54
10. It Happened in Monterey (Wayne / Rose) 3.02
11. One for My Baby (Arlen / Mercer) 3.38
12. In the Still of the Night (Porter) 2.45
■ PERRY COMO SINGS HIS FAVOURITE
SONGS OF WORSHIP (1952)
WP-293
13. Mother Dear, O Pray for Me (Traditional) 3.09
14. Holy God We Praise Thy Name (Traditional) 2.43
15. Prayer of Thanksgiving (Traditional) 2.37
16. Rock of Ages (Traditional) 2.57
Total Time 44.22