Perry Como ~ Round and Round & Other Hits

Perry Como

Round and Round

& Other Hits

Round and Round

Words and Music by Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman, 1956

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Ray Charles

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers

Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, January 15, 1957

US Chart Position No. 1

Hot Diggity ( Dog Ziggity Boom )

~ Adapted from Alexis Chabrier's 1st theme of España, Rhapsody for Orchestra

Words and Music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1956

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, February 2, 1956

US Chart Position No. 1

Prisoner of Love

~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931

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

With Russ Case and His Orchestra

Produced by Eli Oberstein and Herb Hendler

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, December 18, 1945

US Chart Position No. 1

Wild Horses

~ a double charted single from January, 1953, with flip side "I Confess"

Words and Music by Johnny Burke ( K.C. Rogan )

Adapted from "Wilder Reiter" ( "Wild Horseman" ) by Robert Schumann

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Produced by Dave Kapp and Hy Grill

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, January 6, 1953

US Chart Position No. 6

Catch a Falling Star

~ first certified "Gold" record by R.I.A.A. in 1958

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at Studio A, New York City, October 9, 1957

US Chart Position No. 1

Papa Loves Mambo

Words and Music by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning and Bix Reichner 1954

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Chorus

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York, August 31, 1954

US Chart Position No. 4

Temptation

~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"

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

With Orchestra Conducted by Ted Steele

Produced by Lew Martin

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, March 27, 1945

US Chart Position No. 15

Dream On Little Dreamer

~ from the 1965 RCA Victor album "The Scene Changes"

Words and Music by Jan Crutchfield and Fred Burch

with The Anita Kerr Quartet

Arranged by Anita Kerr

Produced by Chet Atkins

Recorded in RCA Victor's "Nashville Sound" Studio,

Nashville, Tennessee, February 11, 1965

Recording Engineer: Chuck Seitz and William Vandevort

Perry Como was cutting hair in his own barber shop in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania long before he decided to put his appealing baritone voice to work cutting records. He hung up the clippers for good in 1933 to join the Freddy Carlone Band and performed with Ted Weems from 1936-42.

A local CBS radio affiliate was impressed enough with Como's romantic style to give him a chance on the air in 1942, and the singer secured a record deal the following year, scoring his first chart single with "Good-bye Sue." From there it didn't take long for Como to develop a large fan base which earned him a total of 14 number-one singles through the 40s, 50s and 60s, including "Round And Round," which charted for 29 weeks beginning on 2-23-57 and peaked at number one for two weeks. He hosted his own successful TV series through the 50s and 60s and remains an active performer today.