The Essential Perry Como

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Early Years
2▼CD: Memories of the 50s
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1Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
choir vocals:
Hugo Winterhalter Chorus
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and The Ramblers (backup vocalists for two Perry Como singles)
orchestra:
Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1952)
cover recording of:
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Slim Willet
2:45
2Hoop-Dee-Doo
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Fontane Sisters
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1950)
recording of:
Hoop Dee Doo
lyricist:
Milton DeLugg
composer:
Frank Loesser
2:57
3No Other Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Henri René Chorus
orchestra:
Henri René Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1953)
recording of:
No Other Love
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1953)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (from 1952 until 1953)
version of:
Beneath the Southern Cross (Victory at Sea)
3:16
4Maybe
lead vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Eddie Fisher (’50s singer)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1952)
recording of:
Maybe
writer:
Allan Flynn and Frank Madden (US songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins (publisher)
2:52
5Papa Loves Mambo
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1954)
recording of:
Papa Loves Mambo
writer:
Al Hoffman, Dick Manning (American songwriter) and Bickley Reichner
2:45
6Wanted
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Hugo Winterhalter Chorus
orchestra:
Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) (in 1953)
recording of:
Wanted
writer:
Jack Fulton (US jazz trombonist, composer & vocalist) and Lois Steele
3:08
7Say You’re Mine Again
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and The Ramblers (backup vocalists for two Perry Como singles)
orchestra:
Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1953)
recording of:
Say You’re Mine Again
writer:
Dave Heisler and Charles Nathan
2:55
8Hello, Young Lovers
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1961)
recording of:
Hello, Young Lovers (The King and I)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd. and Williamson Music Ltd.
part of:
The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:50
9I May Never Pass This Way Again
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1957)
recording of:
I May Never Pass This Way Again
lyricist:
Murray Wizell
composer:
Irving Melsher
2:09
10Idle Gossip
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1954)
recording of:
Idle Gossip
lyricist:
Floyd Huddleston
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
3:03
11More
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1956)
recording of:
More
lyricist:
Tom Glazer
composer:
Alex Alstone (a.k.a. Siegfried Stein/Gaston Lecoque)
2:39
12Catch a Falling Star
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1957)
recording of:
Catch a Falling Star
writer:
Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance (US songwriter and producer)
2:31
13Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1956)
recording of:
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
writer:
Al Hoffman and Dick Manning (American songwriter)
2:26
14All at Once You Love Her
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1955)
recording of:
All at Once You Love Her (Pipe Dream)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Pipe Dream (1955 stage musical)
2:55
15Dream Along With Me (I’m on My Way to a Star)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1956)
recording of:
Dream Along With Me
writer:
Carl Sigman
2:55
16Magic Moments
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1957)
recording of:
Magic Moments
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and MCA Music Ltd.
2:42
17Kewpie Doll
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1958)
recording of:
Kewpie Doll
writer:
Roy C. Bennett (US songwriter) and Sid Tepper
2:36
18Moonlight Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1956)
recording of:
Moonlight Love (1956 song)
additional lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
additional composer:
Domenico Savino (Italian conductor and composer)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer)
is based on:
Préludes, Livre II, L. 123: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune. Lent (Préludes, Book II: 7. La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune)
3:09
19A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1949)
recording of:
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella, 1950 animated film)
lyricist:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
composer:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Al Hoffman
publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division) and Walt Disney Music Company (music publisher, do not use as release label) (in 1948)
part of:
Cinderella (1950 Disney animated film)
3:07
20Round and Round
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1957)
recording of:
Round and Round
writer:
Joe Shapiro (US songwriter) (in 1956) and Lou Stallman (Songwriter and producer active since the 1950s) (in 1956)
2:37
21Ko ko mo (I Love You So)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1955)
recording of:
Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
writer:
Forest Gene Wilson (in 1954), Eunice Levy (Member of Gene and Eunice) (in 1954) and Jake Porter (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Meridian Music Corp. (in 1954)
2:47
22Juke Box Baby
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Ray Charles Singers
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1956)
recording of:
Juke Box Baby
writer:
Joe Sherman and Noel Sherman
2:14
3▶CD: Favourites Forever!

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manufactured in:the EU (Europe)
photography:Al Fenn (photographer)
liner notes:Robert Ellis (liner note writer)
Justin Webster (Reader’s Digest)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2007)
ASIN:UK: B00223Y8EM [info]