You Are Never Far Away

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Allan Roberts

Roncom Music ASCAP

Full version recorded 1952 ~

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

Recorded in Manhattan Center, New York City

Recording Engineer: unknown

Recording Time 2:50

Recorded July 17, 1952, Matrix No. E2VB-6697 Take 1 - 1A

NOT RELEASED

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Theme version recorded 1958 ~

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and The Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A , 155 E. 24th Street, New York City

Recording Time :35 seconds

Recorded March 12, 1958, Matrix No. J2PB-2061 Take 1

SESSION MUSICIANS & CHORAL

March 12, 1958

A&R Joe Reisman

Orchestra

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

Sax ~ Harry Terrill

Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman

Sax ~ Philip Zolkind

Sax ~ Wolffe Taninbaum

Sax ~ Stanley Webb

Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow

Trumpet ~ James Milazzo

Trumpet ~ Louis Oles

Trumpet ~ Malven Soloman

Trombone ~ Robert Byrne

Trombone ~ John D'agostino

Trombone ~ Thomas Mitchell

French Horn ~ Fred Klein

French Horn ~ John Barrows

Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman

Violin ~ Jack Zayde

Violin ~ Raoul Poliakin

Violin ~ Mac Ceppos

Violin ~ Tosha Samaroff

Violin ~ Felix Orlewitz

Violin ~ Harry Melnikoff

Violin ~ Max Hollander

Violin ~ Maurice Hershaft

Violin ~ Samuel Rand

Violin ~ Harry Glickman

Violin ~ Harry Urbont

Viola ~ Isadore Zir

Viola ~ Howard Kay

Viola ~ Leon Frengut

Viola ~ Soloman Deutsch

Cello ~ Maurice Brown

Cello ~ Lucien Schmit

Cello ~ Harvey Shapiro

Cello ~ Abram Borodkin

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Anthony Mottola

Guitar ~ Danny Perri

Drums ~ Ted Sommer

Drums ~ Philip Kraus

Bass ~ Robert Haggart

Harp ~ Gloria Agostini

Choral

Contractor: Ray Charles

EXACT LINE-UP UNIDENTIFIED

Trudy Packer

Sue Singleton

Carla Houston

Joyce De Young

Anne Ryan McCord

Bernice Massi

Alan Sokoloff

James Stuart

Jack Brown

Robert Harris

James Stover

Robert Spiro

Herbert Davidson

Robert Hartman

David Vogel

Leonard Stea

7½" IPS HALF-TRACK "Saturday Night With Mr. C." CPS-153 STEREO ORTHOPHONIC TAPE JULY 1958

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Saturday Night With Mr. C." LOP / LSO-1004 MONO / STEREO MAY / JULY 1958

Album issue: RCA-UK-LP12 "Dear Perry" RD-27078 MONAURAL 1959

Album issue: Camden-LP12 "You Are Never Far Away" CAS-2201(e) ELECTRONIC STEREO 1968

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Just For You" DPL1-0513 STEREO 1975

Album issue: KELO MUSIC-LP12 "Perry Como" K-TEL NC-503 MONO 1977

Album issue: RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS-LP12 "The Greatest Hits of Perry Como" DVL2-0362 MONO 1979

Saturday Night With Mr. C. ~ stereo half-track recording tape edition

Dear Perry ~ The Perry Como Show ( UK Release )

Sylvania Presents Just For You ~ circa 1975

Perry Como ~ North American K-Tel Compilation

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Theme version recorded 1961 ~

Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra

Recorded May 17th, 1961, at RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Recording Time :40 seconds

Matrix No. M5PW - 2288 Take 1

SESSION MUSICIANS

May 15th & 17th, 1961

A Hugo & Luigi Production

Orchestra

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

Trumpet ~ James Maxwell

Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow

Trumpet ~ Melvin Davis

Trumpet ~ James Milazzo

Trombone ~ Robert Alexander

Trombone ~ John D'agostino

Trombone ~ Urban Green

Sax ~ Harry Terrill

Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman

Sax ~ Abraham Richman

Sax ~ Stanley Webb

Sax ~ Philip Zolkind

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Anthony Mottola

Guitar ~ Danny Perri

Drums ~ Sonny Igoe

Drums ~ Arthur Marotti

Bass ~ Robert Haggart

Harp ~ Margaret Ross

Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman

Violin ~ Mac Ceppos

Violin ~ Jack Zayde

Violin ~ Tosha Samaroff

Violin ~ Harry Urbont

Violin ~ Max Hollander

Violin ~ Harry Melnikoff

Violin ~ Felix Orlewitz

Viola ~ Isadore Zir

Viola ~ Howard Kay

Cello ~ Maurice Brown

Cello ~ Alan Shulman

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Sing To Me Mr. C." LSP-2390 STEREO AUGUST 1961

Sing to Me Mr. C. ~ original album circa 1961

Sing to Me Mr. C. ~ Special UK Version 1971

Orchestral "Closing Theme" version recorded 1970 ~

Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito

Special Material and Musical Consultant: Ray Charles

Produced by Ernie Altschuler

Recorded Live June 25th, 26th, and 27th, 1970 at the International Hotel, Las Vegas

Recording Engineer: Mickey Crofford

Recording time :50 sec.

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas" LSPX-1001 STEREO 1970

Album issue: RCA-JAPAN-LP12 "Perry Como In Person" R4P-5007 DISCRETE 4 CHANNEL STEREO 1970

Album issue: RCA-UK-LP12 "In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas" SF-8159 STEREO 1970

Album issue: RCA-HOLLAND-LP12 "Perry Como In Concert" NL-42976 STEREO U/K

In Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas ~ 1970

Orchestral "Closing Theme" version recorded 1980 ~

Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito

with Vocal Arrangements by Ray Charles

Live recording on location produced by Mike Berniker

Time 31:36 Side A and 28:42 Side B applause and talk included

Recording Engineer: Mike Moran

RCA Mobile Unit: Ron Olson and Tom Brown

Mastering Engineer: Mike Posner

Recorded 'Live' at the Mill Run Theatre, Niles, Illinois, July 29th, 30th, 31st, 1980

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Perry Como Live On Tour" AQL1-3826 STEREO 1981

First record releases: ~ the theme "You Are Never Far Away" has been recorded several times as a closing to Como albums and used many times during closing and program credits for the Perry Como television shows and specials. It was recorded as a closing for Perry's first full stereophonic album, "Saturday Night With Mr. C." released as LSO/LOP 1004 in 1958 and as a closing for the 1961 album "Sing to Me Mr. C." released as LSP/LPM 2390 and it was performed on both "live" albums recorded in 1970 and 1980. The original 1952 recording should have been released in the 1968 RCA Camden compilation "You Are Never Far Away" CAS-2201(e) but inadvertently the short theme from "Saturday Night With Mr. C." was used instead and, adding insult to injury, in monaural or electronically reprocessed stereo only! Unfortunately, this oversight was not corrected with the compact disc release either.

Notes: ~ This song has been the closing theme for Mr. Como's television show from almost the time it was first recorded in 1952. Strangely, though, the full version recording was not released by RCA Victor until it's inclusion in the BMG compact disc box set "Yesterday & Today ~ A Celebration in Song" more than forty years later. On at least one occasion, perhaps forgetting that he had recorded it, Mr. Como has commented that he might one day record the full version, and so it was with considerable surprise that the full version emerged in 1993.