Supper Club Favorites Original Musical Smart Set

Perry Como

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RCA VICTOR P-237 78RPM BOX SET

RCA VICTOR WP-237 45RPM BOX SET

MONAURAL RECORDINGS

ASSEMBLED 1948 & 1949 ( 78 & 45 )

Record One ( 47-2886 / 20-3298 )

Prisoner of Love

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1946

~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931

Temptation

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1945

~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"

Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed , 1933

Record Two ( 47-2887 / 20-3299 )

Because

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1948

~ featured by Mario Lanza in "The Great Caruso", 1951

Music by Guy d'Hardelot and lyrics by Edward Teschemacher, 1902

'Till the End of Time

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1945

~ adapted from Chopin's Polonaise No. 6 in A Flat Major

Words and Music by Ted Mossman and Buddy Kaye, 1945

Record Three ( 47-2888 / 20-3300 )

When You Were Sweet Sixteen ( with The Satisfiers )

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1947

~ from the Bing Crosby Productions, Inc., Picture "The Great John L."

Words and Music by James Thornton and Published 1898

Song of Songs

~ An English translation of the French song "Chanson du Coeur Brise"

Music by Harold Vicars and lyrics by Clarence Lucas , 1914

Original French lyrics by Maurice Vancaire

This well-known compilation of hit singles first appeared ( as yet unconfirmed ) in 1948 as a 3-disc box-set of RCA's 78RPM format recordings and released a year later on their new format 7" 45RPM records. The six-song collection was expanded in 1952 within the label's reluctant adoption of the Columbia 10" LP format and then again in 1956 within a twelve-song compilation titled "Relaxing With Perry Como". Both albums were also released within RCA Victor's own 45RPM Extended Play format albums which were intended to compete with the long-play album format without success. By the end of the 1950s, the LP became the industry format of choice for albums whilst the 45 became the industry format of choice for commercial singles.

All tracks in this compilation were monaural.