The Whiffenpoof Song

( The ) Whiffenpoof Song

~ featured in the 1944 Air Force film "Winged Victory"

Music by Tod B. Galloway and lyrics by Meade Minnigerode

with George S. Pomeroy, 1909, 1936

Recorded in medley with:

"Almost Like Being In Love" / "Little Man You've Had a Busy Day" / "Gypsy In My Soul"

We Get Letters & "Dear Perry" Medley Arranged by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and the Ray Charles Singers

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

This Song Recording Time 2:25

Full Medley Recording Time 9:42

Recorded February 12th, 1958 ~ Matrix No. J2PB-1596 Take 11

SESSION MUSICIANS & CHORAL

February 12, 1958

A&R Joe Reisman and Ed O. Welker

Orchestra

Leader: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

Sax ~ Harry Terrill

Sax ~ Bernard Kaufman

Sax ~ Wolffe Taninbaum

Sax ~ Philip Zolkind

Trumpet ~ Malven Soloman

Trumpet ~ James Milazzo

Trumpet ~ Bernie Glow

Trumpet ~ Louis Oles

Trombone ~ Robert Byrne

Trombone ~ John D'agostino

Trombone ~ Eddie Bert

Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman

Violin ~ Jack Zayde

Violin ~ Max Hollander

Violin ~ Tosha Samaroff

Violin ~ Harry Glickman

Violin ~ Harry Melnikoff

Violin ~ Mac Ceppos

Violin ~ Samuel Rand

Viola ~ Isadore Zir

Viola ~ Howard Kay

Cello ~ Maurice Brown

Cello ~ Lucien Schmit

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Don Arnone

Guitar ~ Danny Perri

Harp ~ Gloria Agostini

Drums ~ Frank Garisto

Drums ~ Philip Kraus

Bass ~ Pat Merola

Choral

Contractor: Ray Charles

Lois Winter

Sue Singleton

Trudy Packer

Carla Houston

Rae Whitney

Bernice Massi

Joyce De Young

Anne Ryan

Steve Steck

Alan Sokoloff

James Stuart

Jack Brown

Bob Harris

Herbert Davidson

Robert Hartman

Edwin Lindstrom

David Vogel

Leonard Stea

Lee Book

James Steves

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

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

Dear Perry ~ The Perry Como Show ( UK Release )

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Notes: ~ the song originated with a branch of the Yale University Glee Club who called themselves "The Whiffenpoof Society." The name was derived from an imaginary character in Victor Herbert's "Little Nemo." The lyrics of the song are from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Gentlemen Bankers." Rudy Vallee, who attended Yale and the Class of '27, performed the song on radio and records in 1936 and it became a major hit. It was sung in the Air Force film "Winged Victory" 1944.