A Sentimental Date With Perry Como ~ LPM-3035

a sentimental date

with PERRY

sings eight great songs

RCA VICTOR LPM-3035 ( E2VL-4469/70 )

MONAURAL RECORDINGS

ASSEMBLED IN 1952

Side One ( 45 RPM Record 1 Sides A & B )

When Day Is Done

~ a German song originally titled "Madonna, Du Bist Schöner als der Sonnenschein!"

Music and original German lyrics by Robert Katscher , 1926

English lyrics by B.G. DeSylva

Carolina Moon

~ best remembered as the theme song of Morton Downey,

who used it on his radio shows and public appearances.

Music by Joe Burke and lyrics by Benny Davis , 1929

What'll I Do?

~ featured in "Big City", 1948, sung by Danny Thomas

Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1924

If We Can't Be The Same Old Sweethearts ( We'll Just Be The Same Old Friends )

~ featured by Andy Russell and The Pied Pipers in the mid-forties

Music by James V. Monaco and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy , 1915

Side Two ( 45 RPM Record 2 Sides A & B )

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows ( with The Satisfiers )

~ melody adapted from Chopin's "Fantaisie Impromptu in C# Minor

Music by Harry Carroll and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, 1917, 1946

Love Me Or Leave Me ( with The Satisfiers )

~ from the 1928 Stage musical "Whoopee"

Music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn

Body and Soul

~ from the United Artists Film "Body and Soul"

Music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Robert B. Sour, Edward Heyman, and Frank Eyton

When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver ( I Will Love You Just The Same )

~ a popular song on radio with leading recording by "Bud and Joe Billings"

Music by Peter De Rose and lyrics by Charles Tobias , 1930

With Russ Case and His Orchestra, with the exception of "Body and Soul" with Lloyd Shaffer

Recorded July 10th & 11th and September 25th & 30th, 1947 with the exception of "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" which was recorded in 1945.

RCA 78 RPM 4 RECORD MUSICAL SMART SET P-187 ( 8 SONGS )

RECORD NOS. 20-2660 / 2661 / 2662 / 2663 ( circa 1947 / 48 )

RCA 45 RPM 3 RECORD MUSICAL SMART SET WP-187 ( 6 SONGS )

RECORD NOS. 47-2843 / 2844 / 2845 ( circa 1949 )

RCA 45 RPM EP SET EPB-3035 ( 2 DISC ) ( 8 SONGS )

RECORD NOS. 547-0033/34 ( E2PW-0173/74/75/76 )

( circa 1952 )

RCA 10" LPM-3035 ( E2VL-4469/70 ) ( 8 SONGS )

ASSEMBLED 1952

RCA 12" LPM-1177 ( F2PP-7422/3 ) ( 12 SONGS )

ASSEMBLED 1956

| Original 12" Version | Original 45 RPM Box Set | 45 RPM Extended Play | 78 RPM Smart Set |

| Original 10" Version Notes | Original 12" Version Notes |

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