PERRY COMO

RCA CAMDEN SET VOL. 2

 

RCA CAMDEN CDS-1091 / CDS-1101 / CDS-1137

STEREO / ELECTRONIC STEREO

 

Record One Side 1

 

I Had the Craziest Dream

~  recorded by Perry in February, 1957, for the album "We Get Letters"

from the 20th Century Fox film "Springtime in the Rockies"

Music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mack Gordon , 1942

 

It Had to Be You

~  recorded by Perry in February, 1958, for the album "Saturday Night With Mr. C."

from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Show Business"

Music by Isham Jones and lyrics by Gus Kahn, 1924, 1944

 

Door of Dreams

~  recorded by Perry in February, 1955, following the sessions for "So Smooth"

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman

 

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

 

I Found a Million Dollar Baby ( In a Five and Ten Cent Store )

~  a popular single for Perry from February, 1951

featured in the 1941 Warner Brothers film "Million Dollar Baby"

Music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon

 

Record One Side 2

 

Say It Isn't So

~  recorded by Perry in May, 1961, for the album "Sing To Me Mr. C."

Perry recorded an unreleased version in June, 1956

Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1932

 

If I Could Be With You ( One Hour Tonight )

~  recorded by Perry in June, 1956, during early sessions for "We Get Letters"

This is believed to be the first release of this recording

featured in the 1953 Hollywood musical "The Jazz Singer"

Music by James P. Johnson and lyrics by Henry Creamer , 1930

 

It's the Talk of the Town

~  recorded by Perry in January & February, 1955, for the album "So Smooth"

featured by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra

Music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Marty Symes with Al J. Neiburg, 1933

 

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

~  recorded by Perry in October, 1949, popular flip side to "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"

from the 1950 Walt Disney film "Cinderella"

Music by Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Mack David, 1949

 

Magic Moments 

~  popular American & UK single from December, 1957, flip side to "Catch a Falling Star"

Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1958

 

Record Two Side 1

 

Kiss Me And Kiss Me And Kiss Me ( Tre Volte Baciami )

~  a popular  single for Perry from January, 1959, and flip side to "Tomboy"

Original music by Luciano Beretta with Italian lyrics by Arturo Casadei

English lyrics Al Hoffman and Dick Manning

 

Here's To My Lady

~  a popular  single for Perry from September, 1951, and flip side to "If Wishes Were Kisses"

Music by Rube Bloom and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1951

 

You'll Always Be My Lifetime Sweetheart

~  a popular single for Perry from January, 1955, and flip side to "Ko-Ko-Mo ( I Love You So )"

Music by Robert "Bobby" Day with lyrics by Johnny Burke ( under the pseudonym K.C. Rogan )

Arranged by Joe Reisman

 

Carolina Moon

~ recorded in July, 1947, and released as a flip side to "Haunted Heart" in 1948

also included within one of Perry's first album compilations "A Sentimental Date"

Music by Joe Burke and lyrics by Benny Davis , 1929

 

Somebody Loves Me

~ recorded in June, 1956, and released within Perry's 1957 album "We Get Letters"

this song was featured in the 1955 film "Pete Kelly's Blues"

Music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and B.G. DeSylva, 1924

 

Record Two Side 2

 

Juke Box Baby

~  a popular double charted single for Perry from February, 1956, and flip side to "Hot Diggity ( Dog Ziggity Boom )"

Music by Joe Sherman and lyrics Noel Sherman, 1956

Arranged by Joe Reisman

 

Mandolins In The Moonlight

~  a popular double charted single for Perry from September, 1958, and flip side to "Love Makes The World Go 'Round"

Words and Music by George Weiss and Aaron Schroeder

Arranged by Joe Reisman

 

I Know~ real stereo

~  a popular charted single for Perry from May, 1959, with flip side "You Are In Love"

Words and Music by Carl Stutz and Edith Lindeman

 

Island of Forgotten Lovers~ real stereo

~  a popular flip side from Perry's 1962 single "Caterina"

Words and Music by Dick Manning and Kay Twomey

 

That Old Gang of Mine

~  a single release from January, 1951, with flip side "I Found a Million Dollar Baby ( In a Five and Ten Cent Store ) "

featured in the Stage musical "Ziegfield Follies of 1923"

Music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon

 

Record Three Side 1

 

The Sweetest Sounds

~ from the Stage musical "No Strings"

Words and Music by Richard Rodgers, 1962

 

My Favorite Things

~ from "The Sound of Music" 1959, 1965

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

Fly Me to the Moon  ( In Other Words )

Words and Music by Bart Howard

 

I'll Remember April

~ from the 1942 Western Musical Comedy "Ride 'em Cowboy"

Music by Gene DePaul and lyrics by Patricia Johnston, and Don Raye

 

( The ) Hawaiian Wedding Song ( Ke Kali Nei Au )

Music by Charles E. King

with English lyrics by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1959

Original written in 1926 by Charles E. King

with Hawaiian words and title "Ke Kali Nei Au"

 

In The Still of The Night

~ from the 1937 Hollywood musical "Rosalie"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

 

Record Three Side 2

 

Sunrise Sunset ( from the Broadway and musical production "Fiddler on the Roof" )

Music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

 

This is All I Ask

Words and Music by Gordon Jenkins, 1963

 

When I Lost You

~ This song was composed the year Mr. Como was born. Irving Berlin wrote

this ballad after the death of his young bride, who died shortly after their honeymoon.

It had a tremendous sheet music sale and remains one of Berlin's most moving songs.

Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1912

 

The Songs I Love

Music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn

 

( The ) Shadow of Your Smile  ( Love theme from "The Sandpiper" ) 

Music by Johnny Mandel with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, 1965

Arranged by Torrie Zito

 

We Kiss In A Shadow

~ from the 1951 Stage musical "The King and I"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

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