Perry Como
Legendary Singers
Temptation
( 1945 )
~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"
Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed , 1933
If I Loved You
from the Musical Show "Carousel"
Music by Richard Rodgers
with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1945
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
( 1947 Version )
~ from the 20th Century-Fox Picture "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" 1947
Music by Joe Howard and Harold Orlob,
with lyrics by Frank Adams and Will Hough, 1909
Prisoner of Love
~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931
Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill
with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931
Catch a Falling Star
~ first certified "Gold" record by R
.I.A.A. in 1958
Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance
Wanted
~ recorded by Perry in
December, 1953
Words and Music by Lois Steele and Jack Fulton , 1954
Till the End of Time
~ adapted from Chopin's Polonaise No. 6 in A Flat Major
Words and Music by Ted Mossman and Buddy Kaye, 1945
No Other Love
~ from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"
Words and Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1953
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
( with The Satisfiers )
~ from the Bing Crosby Productions, Inc., Picture "The Great John L."
Words and Music by James Thornton and Published 1898
You're Just In Love
( I Wonder Why ) ( with The Fontane Sisters )
~ from the 1950 Broadway musical "Call Me Madam"
Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1950
Some Enchanted Evening
~ from the 1949 Stage musical "South Pacific"
Music by Richard Rodgers
with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
( with The Ramblers )
Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952
Surrender
Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin
and George Weiss , 1946
Forever and Ever
Music and original German lyrics by Franz Winkler
English lyrics by Malia Rosa, 1949
Far Away Places
Words and Music by Alex Kramer
and Joan Whitney, 1948
Hot Diggity
( Dog Ziggity Boom )
~ Adapted from Alexis Chabrier's 1st theme of Espaņa, Rhapsody for Orchestra
Words and Music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1956
"A" You're Adorable
Music by Sidney Lippman and lyrics by Fred Wise and Buddy Kaye, 1948
If
( 1950 )
~
a Gold Record for Perry in 19
51
Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934
Round and Round
Words and Music by Joe Shapiro
and Lou Stallman, 1956
Ko-Ko-Mo
( I Love You So )
Words and Music by Eunice Levy, Jake Porter
and Forest Wilson , 1955
They Say It's Wonderful
~ from the musical production "Annie Get Your Gun" and Published 1946
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
Magic Moments
Music by Burt Bacharach
with lyrics by Hal David , 1958
ALL TRACKS MONAURAL
1 DISC 22 TRACKS TIME 65:49
CAPITOL RECORDS CDL-9153 2LGD-04 Original Release 1988
Produced for Time-Life Music in cooperation with Capitol Records, Inc.
Recording Producer: Michael Brooks
Production Coordinator: Brian Miller
Creative Director: Don Sheldon
Art Director: Robin Bray
Analog recordings Re-mastered at RCA Studios, New York and half-speed mastered by Trutone Records, Haworth, New Jersey
Vinyl Pressings by Electrosound, Inc., Shelbyville, Indiana
Digital Mastering for Compact Disk by Alan Moy and Scott Hull at Masterdisk, New York
All tracks in Monaural
Album notes by Robert Jones
A Perry Como Discography
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