a sentimental date

with PERRY

sings eight great songs

 

RCA VICTOR MUSICAL SMART SET P-187

MONAURAL RECORDINGS

ASSEMBLED CIRCA 1947/48

 

Record One ( RCA-78RPM-20-2660 Sides A & B )

 

When Day Is Done

~ a German song originally titled "Madonna, Du Bist Schöner als der Sonnenschein!"

Music and original German lyrics by Robert Katscher , 1926

English lyrics by B.G. DeSylva

 

When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver ( I Will Love You Just The Same )

~ a popular song on radio with leading recording by "Bud and Joe Billings"

Music by Peter De Rose and lyrics by Charles Tobias , 1930

 

Record Two ( RCA-78RPM-20-2661 Sides A & B )

 

Carolina Moon

~ best remembered as the theme song of Morton Downey, who used it on his radio shows and public appearances.

Music by  Joe Burke and lyrics by Benny Davis , 1929

 

Body and Soul

~ from the United Artists Film "Body and Soul"

Music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Robert B. Sour, Edward Heyman, and Frank Eyton

 

Record Three ( RCA-78RPM-20-2662 Sides A & B )

 

What'll I Do?

~ featured in "Big City", 1948, sung by Danny Thomas

Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1924

 

Love Me Or Leave Me  ( with The Satisfiers )

~ from the 1928 Stage musical "Whoopee"

Music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn

 

Record Four ( RCA-78RPM 20-2663 Sides A & B )

 

If We Can't Be The Same Old Sweethearts ( We'll Just Be The Same Old Friends )

~ featured by Andy Russell and The Pied Pipers in the mid-forties

Music by James V. Monaco and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy , 1915

 

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows ( with The Satisfiers )

~ melody adapted from Chopin's "Fantaisie Impromptu in C# Minor

Music by Harry Carroll and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, 1917, 1946

 

With Russ Case and His Orchestra, with the exception of "Body and Soul" with Lloyd Shaffer

Recorded July 10th & 11th and September 25th & 30th, 1947 with the exception of "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" which was recorded in 1945.

 

 

 

RCA 78 RPM 4 RECORD MUSICAL SMART SET P-187 ( 8 SONGS ) 

RECORD NOS. 20-2660 / 2661 / 2662 / 2663 ( circa 1947 / 48 )

 

RCA 45 RPM 3 RECORD MUSICAL SMART SET WP-187 ( 6 SONGS ) 

RECORD NOS. 47-2843 / 2844 / 2845 ( circa 1949 )

 

RCA 45 RPM EP SET EPB-3035 ( 2 DISC ) ( 8 SONGS )

RECORD NOS. 547-0033/34 ( E2PW-0173/74/75/76 ) ( circa 1952 )

 

RCA 10"  LPM-3035 ( E2VL-4469/70 )  ( 8 SONGS )

ASSEMBLED 1952

 

RCA 12"  LPM-1177 ( F2PP-7422/3 )  ( 12 SONGS )

ASSEMBLED 1956

| Original 12" Version | Original 10" Version | Original 45 RPM Box Set | 45 RPM Extended Play |

| Original 10" Version Notes | Original 12" Version Notes |

| 1940s | Early 50s | Late 50s | Early 60s | Late 60s | Early 70s | Late 70s | 1980s |

George Townsend

HQV Selekt Group

3 Seaview Avenue

Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2G3

Canada

 

Telephone: (902) 698-9848

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