Young Perry Como ~ 1981 Japanese Compilation

RCA JAPAN RJL-2015 ~ 16

MONAURAL

ASSEMBLED 1981

Side: 1

Goodbye Sue

~ Perry's first recording for RCA Victor from June, 1943

original flip side "There'll Soon Be a Rainbow"

and re-released on "B" side of "Temptation" in 1945

Words and Music by Jimmy Rule, Lou Ricca and Jules Loman, 1943

Recorded a cappella during the American Federation of Musicians ( AFM )

recording ban with Mixed Chorus

Long Ago ( And Far Away )

~ a double charted single from February, 1944,

the "B" flip side to "I Love You"

from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Cover Girl"

Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics Ira Gershwin, 1944

Recorded a cappella during the American Federation of Musicians ( AFM )

recording ban with Mixed Chorus

If I Loved You

~ double charted single from May, 1945,

on the "A" side of "I'm Gonna Love That Gal ( Like She's Never Been Loved Before )"

from the Musical Show "Carousel"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1945

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case

I'm Gonna Love That Gal ( Like She's Never Been Loved Before )

~ double charted single from May, 1945, on the "B" side of "If I Loved You"

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

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

~ double charted single from October, 1945,

with flip side "You Won't Be Satisfied ( Until You Break My Heart )"

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

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

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case and The Satisfyers ( Satisfiers )

They Say It's Wonderful

~ double charted single from April, 1946,

with flip side "If You Were the Only Girl"

from the musical production "Annie Get Your Gun" and Published 1946

Words & Music by Irving Berlin

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case

Surrender

~ a double charted single from April, 1946,

with flip side "More Than You Know"

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss , 1946

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case

Chi-baba Chi-baba ( My Bambino Go to Sleep )

~ a double charted single from April, 1947,

with flip side "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"

Music by Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Mack David, 1947

Orchestra conducted by Lloyd Shaffer with The Satisfiers

Side: 2

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

~ a charted single from May, 1947,

with flip side "When Tonight Is Just a Memory"

from the 20th Century-Fox Picture "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" 1947

Music by Joe Howard and Harold Orlob, lyrics by Frank Adams

and Will Hough and Published 1909

Rambling Rose

~ a popular single for Perry from December, 1947,

with flip side "There Must Be A Way"

Music by Joseph Burke and lyrics by Joseph Allan McCarthy Jr. 1948

Orchestra conducted by Lloyd Shaffer with The Satisfiers

Far Away Places

~ a popular single for Perry from December, 1948

nineteen weeks on "Your Hit Parade" in 1949 for Crosby, Whiting & Perry

Words and Music by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney, 1948

With Orchestra Conducted by Henri René

N'yot, N'yow ( The Pussycat Song )

~ a charted a cappella single for Perry from December, 1948,

with The Fontane Sisters

with flip side "Roses of Picardy"

Words and Music by Dick Manning

Forever and Ever

~ a double charted single from January, 1949,

with flip side "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore"

Music and original German lyrics by Franz Winkler

English lyrics by Malia Rosa, 1949

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore

~ a double charted single from January, 1949,

with flip side "Forever and Ever"

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

Some Enchanted Evening

~ a double charted single from March, 1949,

with flip side "Bali Ha'i"

from the 1949 Stage musical "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Bali Ha'i

~ a double charted single from March, 1949,

with flip side "Some Enchanted Evening"

from the musical production "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

Side: 3

"A"— You're Adorable

~ a No. 1 hit single from March, 1949,

the "B" flip side to "When Is Sometime?"

Music by Sidney Lippman with lyrics by Fred Wise

and Buddy Kaye, 1948

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

A Dreamer's Holiday

~ charted single from August, 1949,

with flip side "The Meadows of Heaven"

one of Perry's popular 1949 singles, charting at No. 3

Music by Mabel Wayne and lyrics by Kim Gannon , 1949

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

I Wanna Go Home ( With You ) ( alternate take )

~ recorded by Perry in August, 1949

Words and Music by Jack Joyce and Joe Candullo

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo ( The Magic Song )

~ charted single from November, 1949,

with flip side "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"

from the 1950 Walt Disney film "Cinderella"

Music by Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Mack David

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

Hoop-Dee-Doo

~ double charted single from March, 1950,

with flip side "On The Outgoing Tide"

Music Milton de Lugg and lyrics by Frank Loesser

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

Patricia

~ double charted single from March, 1950,

with flip side "On The Outgoing Tide"

Words and Music by Benny Davis

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

You're Just In Love ( I Wonder Why )

~ charted single from September, 1950,

with flip side "It's a Lovely Day Today"

from the 1950 Broadway musical "Call Me Madam"

Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1950

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

~ a double charted single from November, 1950,

with flip side "Zing Zing - Zoom Zoom"

Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves

and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Side: 4

Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom

~ a double charted single from December, 1950, with flip side "If"

Music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Charles Tobias, 1951

With Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by the Composer Sigmund Romberg

Tulips and Heather

~ a double charted single from December, 1951,

with flip side "Please Mr. Sun"

Words and Music by Milton Carson

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Maybe ( with Eddie Fisher )

~ a double charted single from May, 1952,

with flip side "Watermelon Weather"

Words and Music by Allan Flynn and Frank Madden , 1940, 1952

both songs with Eddie Fisher & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Say You're Mine Again

~ a double charted single from January, 1953,

with flip side "I Confess"

Words and Music by Charles Nathan and Dave Heisler , 1953

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and The Ramblers

No Other Love

~ a double charted single from May, 1953,

with flip side "Keep It Gay"

~ from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1953

With Henri René's Orchestra and Chorus

You Alone ( Solo Tu )

~ a double charted single from August, 1953,

with flip side "Pa-Paya Mama"

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman, 1953

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Wild Horses

~ a double charted single from January, 1953,

with flip side "I Confess"

Words and Music by Johnny Burke ( under the pseudonym K.C. Rogan )

Adapted from "Wilder Reiter" ( "Wild Horseman" ) by Robert Schumann

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Pa-Paya Mama

~ a double charted single from August, 1953,

with flip side "You Alone ( Solo Tu )"

Words and Music by Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel and George Sandler

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and The Ramblers

Previously unreleased take of "I Wanna Go Home ( With You )

RCA JAPAN RJL-2015 ~ 16

MONAURA

1981

Two record set RCA Japan compilation.

Many tracks available for first time since original release.

All tracks Monaural

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RCA JAPAN RJL-2015 ~ 16

MONAURAL

ASSEMBLED 1981

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