Magic Moments

Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1958

Famous Music Corp. & Casa David Music Co.

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

Recording Time 2:41

Recorded December 03, 1957, Matrix No. H2PB 8173 Take 8-A

| Alternate Lyrics |

Single release: RCA-45/78RPM-47/20-7128

Single Flip Side: "Catch a Falling Star"

US Chart Position No. 4

UK Single release: RCA-78RPM-1036 ( February 1958 )

Single Flip Side: "Catch a Falling Star "

UK Chart Position No. 1

Italian Best Seller 1958

RCA Gold Standard Series 78/45-RPM-420/447-0816

Single Flip Side: "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"

RCA ITALIANA Single release: NR-0667

Single Flip Side: "Catch a Falling Star "

GERMANY Single release: RCA-45RPM-74-16-380 ( 1973 )

Single Flip Side: "Catch a Falling Star "

Collectables Single release: COL-045287

Single Flip Side: "Round and Round"

Single release: RCA Special Products URC-1097 ( 1985 )

Single Flip Side: "Catch a Falling Star"

Portugal Single release: RCA-45RPM-PB-9262

Single Flip Side: "The Hands of Time ( Brian's Song )"

In the 1950s, Burt Bacharach, a piano accompanist for top-name singers, was a struggling songwriter. The only trouble was that his songs were so original and so different from regular popular songs that few publishers would hear them, let alone publish them. But 1957 was Bacharach's year. Teamed with lyricist Hal David, he produced two hits, "The Story of My Life", a song with a 52-bar chorus and some notes to be whistled by the singer, and "Magic Moments", a much simpler song with an intriguing melody and a happy lilt. Perry's lovely million-seller has created many magic moments for listener's ever since.

( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 )