A Sentimental Date 45 RPM Smart Set

a sentimental date

with PERRY

PERRY COMO

Sings Six Great Favorite Songs

RCA VICTOR WP-187

45 RPM 3 RECORD SMART SET

RCA 47-2843 / 2844 / 2845

MONAURAL

RECORDINGS 1949

Record One

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

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

Record Two

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

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

Record Three

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

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

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.

A Sentimental Date With Perry Como ~ 1952

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

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