Perry likes to bring a little of the spirit of the unexpected to every song rendition. "As soon' as you begin to know a song too well, it loses something:' says Perry. So if you're ever invited to spend the weekend at his country house, don't expect to hear him booming from the bathtub, or trilling from the woodshed. He likes to come to his songs cold, in the recording studio. He likes to work out his phrasing at the same time the band is working out theirs. The unrivalled freshness and immediacy of his lyrics can be put over only it they are fresh and new to himself. After all, Perry can add a beautiful sound to the most arch lyric in the world. An expression inimitably his own.

Someone, jokingly, attributed Perry's success to his "smooth, relaxed tonsil", Certainly it is the dulcet. effortless quality of tone that sets Perry far apart from the ordinary and has made him one of the world's all-time favourite singers, His cosy informal style, that gives him such poise and ease of expression, pleases audiences everywhere, And above all, Perry seems to enjoy a song just as much as his listeners as he goes from a twinkle to a tear, covering the wide range of emotions in his song selections with an ease and aplomb that are nothing short of sensational.

The charm of real singing that exudes from every Perry Como performance is the sign of a real "pro". It's a rich. warm, human touch that carries over and lifts with an inner strength of his own

No wonder millions of people take Perry into their hearts and homes on records they treasure through the years