South of the Border ( Down Mexico Way )

South of the Border
( Down Mexico Way )

Words and Music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr, 1939

Schapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc.

With "Como's Little Combo" a section of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 3, 155 East 24th Street, New York City

A&R Producer: Ed O. Welker

Recording Engineer: not listed

Final Recording Time 2:16

Recorded February 12, 1957 ~ Matrix No. H2PB 1539 Take 5

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross ( Sax )

Trumpet ~ Mel Davis

Sax ~ Abraham Richman

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Danny Perri

Guitar ~ Anthony "Tony" Mottola

Bass ~ Jack Lasberg

Drums ~ Terry Snyder

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "We Get Letters" LPM-1463 MONO SEPTEMBER 1957

Album issue: RCA-45RPM EP "We Get Letters Vol. 1" EPA 1-1463 MONO SEPTEMBER 1957

. . . a cross-section of the requests that Perry Como sings on his weekly TV show. The style is relaxed, the backgrounds ( by a section of the Mitchell Ayres' orchestra known during the recording sessions as "Como's Little Combo" ) are light and easy, and Perry's singing is, as always, superb.