RCA CAMDEN CAL-440 / CAS-440 (e)

ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO

ORIGINAL RELEASE 1958, 1964, 1972

RCA Camden compilation

With the Orchestras of Russ Case, Lew Martin,

Hugo Winterhalter and Mitchell Ayres

Original recordings from the 1940s and early 1950s

 

"Irving Berlin, who is in a position to know about such things, once said that songs should be written to be heard rather than to be sung. This is a fine and subtle distinction — but it is a distinction that is made illuminatingly clear by Perry Como. More than any other singer of popular songs, Como has a happy faculty for giving the impression that he is really not singing at all, that nothing actually stands in the way between the listener and the song." ~ from the original 1958 album jacket notes

Side One

 

"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

 

Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk

~  a double charted single from May, 1949, the "B" flip side to "Just One Way To Say I Love You"

from the 1949 Broadway musical production "Miss Liberty"

Words and Music by Irving Berlin

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

 

I'm Confessin' ( That I Love You )

~  a double charted single from December, 1944, the "B" flip side to "I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do)"

Music by Doc Dougherty and Ellis Reynolds and lyrics by Al J. Neiburg , 1930

With Orchestra Conducted by Lew Martin

 

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

 

You Won't Be Satisfied ( Until You Break My Heart ) ( with The Satisfiers )

~  a double charted single from October, 1945, with flip side "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"

Words and Music by Freddy James and Larry Stock, 1946

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case and The Satisfiers

 

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

 

Side Two

 

It's Only a Paper Moon

from the 1933 Theatre play "The Great Magoo"

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Billy Rose , 1933

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

There Never Was a Night So Beautiful

~  a double charted single from January, 1954, the "B" flip side to "Hit and Run Affair"

Words and Music by John Rox

With Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra

 

You Alone ( Solo Tu )

~  a double charted single from August, 1953, the "B" flip side to "Pa-paya Mama"

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman, 1953

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

 

My One and Only Heart

~  a double charted single from March, 1953, with flip side "Say You're Mine Again"

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman

With Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra

 

Marcheta

~  recorded December, 1947, and released as the 1950 "B" flip side to "So Long Sally"

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case

 

I Love You

~  a double charted single from February, 1944, with flip side "Long Ago (And Far Away)"

from the 1944 Stage musical "Mexican Hayride"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

 

Recorded during the American Federation of Musicians ( AFM ) recording ban

Vocal with unidentified mixed chorus only

 

 

All tracks recorded monaural and electronically reprocessed for stereo

Perry's 2nd  RCA Camden compilation circa 1958

| Original Album Notes |  Front Cover | Back Cover |

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

| Electronically Reprocessed Stereo |

RCA CAMDEN CAL-440 / CAS-440 (e)

ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO

ORIGINAL RELEASE 1958, 1964, 1972

 

This is a High Fidelity Recording

It is distinguished by these characteristics: 1. Complete frequency range.

2. Uniform response across the record. 3 A minimum of noise and

distortion.

A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

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First Edition Summer 1992

Second Edition Christmas 1993

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25th Anniversary Revision November, 2017

Digital Upgrade August, 2018

November 2024 Revised Edition

 

 

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