The Best of 

Perry Como

~ Reader's Digest ( UK )

 

Magic Moments   released here in monaural

Music by Burt Bacharach

with lyrics by Hal David , 1958

 

Prisoner of Love ~ 1946 Version

~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill

with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931

 

Till the End of Time

~ adapted from Chopin's Polonaise No. 6 in A Flat Major

Words and Music by Ted Mossman and Buddy Kaye, 1945

 

Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes ( with The Ramblers )

Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952

 

Surrender

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin

and George Weiss , 1946

 

Love Makes the World Go 'Round

Words and Music by Ollie Jones

 

Hot Diggity  ( Dog Ziggity Boom )  ( Dog Ziggity Boom )  alternate 'take'

~ Adapted from Alexis Chabrier's 1st theme of España, Rhapsody for Orchestra

Words and Music by Al Hoffman

and Dick Manning, 1956

 

Catch a Falling Star    released here in monaural

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss

and Paul Vance

 

Idle Gossip

Music by Joseph Meyer

with lyrics by Floyd Huddleston

 

If  ~ 1950

Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves

and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934

 

Wanted

~  recorded by Perry in December, 1953

Words and Music by Lois Steele and Jack Fulton , 1954

 

More

Music by Alex Alstone

with lyrics by Tom Glazer

 

Mandolins In the Moonlight  released here in monaural

Words and Music by George Weiss

and Aaron Schroeder

 

Delaware   released here in monaural

Words and Music by Irving Gordon

 

ORIGINALS RECORDED IN STEREO ( RELEASE HERE IN MONAURAL ONLY )

ALTERNATE 'TAKE' FROM ORIGINAL RECORDING SESSION ( RELEASE HERE NOT CONFIRMED )

 

READER'S DIGEST UK 14 TRACKS ( 1 DISK ) 1990

RECORD NUMBER LTWF-A-7-202

14 TRACKS

        | 1998 UK Box Set | 1999 North America Box Set |

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A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

| Site Links | All Albums |  All Songs | The Recording Sessions |

First Edition Summer 1992

Second Edition Christmas 1993

Web Page Edition Christmas 1997

25th Anniversary Revision November, 2017

Digital Upgrade August, 2018

Easter 2023 Revised Edition

 

 

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