Twilight On the Trail

~ from the 1936 Paramount film "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"

Music by Louis Alter and lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell, 1936

Famous Music

Arranged by Jack Andrews

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and the Ray Charles Singers

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

Recording Time 3:01 ( excluding theme )

Recording Time 3:34 ( including theme )

Recorded March 6th, 1958 ~ Matrix No. J2PB-1900 Take 3

SESSION MUSICIANS & CHORAL

March 6, 1958

A&R Joe Reisman

Orchestra

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

Sax ~ Harry Terrill

Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman

Sax ~ Abraham Richman

Sax ~ Stanley Webb

Sax ~ Philip Zolkind

Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman

Violin ~ Raoul Poliakin

Violin ~ Jack Zayde

Violin ~ Tosha Samaroff

Violin ~ Mac Ceppos

Violin ~ Felix Orlewitz

Violin ~ Max Hollander

Violin ~ Harry Melnikoff

Violin ~ Samuel Rand

Violin ~ Harry Glickman

Violin ~ Fred Buldrini

Violin ~ Maurice Hershaft

Viola ~ Isadore Zir

Viola ~ Howard Kay

Viola ~ Leon Frengut

Cello ~ Maurice Brown

Cello ~ Lucien Schmit

Cello ~ Harvey Shapiro

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Anthony Mottola

Guitar ~ Danny Perri

Drums ~ Don Lamond

Drums ~ Philip Kraus

Drums ~ Jack Saunders

Bass ~ Robert Haggart

Harp ~ Gloria Agostini

Organ ~ Mel Wechsler

Choral

Contractor: Ray Charles

Lois Winter

Sue Singleton

Trudy Packer

Carla Houston

Kathleen Wallace

Joyce De Young

Anne Ryan

Bernice Massi

Alan Sokoloff

James Stuart

James Tushar

Warren Hayes

Robert Harris

James Stover

Robert Spiro

Herbert Davidson

Robert Hartman

David Vogel

Leonard Stea

Lee Book

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: RCA-UK EP "Perry Como In Person" EPA-9687 MONO 1960

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

Dear Perry ~ The Perry Como Show ( UK Release )

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Notes: ~ sung by Fuzzy Knight in the 1936 drama "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" starring Henry Fonda and Fred MacMurray which was the first outdoor film in full Technicolor. It was the title song in the 1941 film "Twilight on the Trail" starring William Boyd who later became known as Hopalong Cassidy. Bing Crosby had a hit recording for Decca which was a favorite of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A gift to the President, through Mrs. Roosevelt, of Alter's manuscript and Crosby's record are now part of the collection of the FDR Museum in Hyde Park, New York. Perry Como performed this song on his television show within a segment reserved for songs of reflection which usually came at the end of the show. The sentiment expressed within this song is very similar to "When You Come to the End of the Day" which also came to be an end of show theme and the title of Mr. Como's next album following the recorded sessions for "Saturday Night With Mr. C." These songs were among the first full stereophonic recordings made by Mr. C. in 1958.