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BOOK OF THE MONTH
CLUB, INC.
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1984 Compilation
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RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS
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Assembled 1984
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- Side One
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- '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
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- Prisoner of
Love
- ~ introduced and featured by Russ
Columbo in 1931
- Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill
- with lyrics by
Leo Robin, 1931
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- If
- ~ a
Gold Record for Perry in 1951
- Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves
- and
Stanley J. Damerell , 1934
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- Don't
Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes ( with The Ramblers
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- Words and Music by Slim
Willet, 1952
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- Wanted
- ~ recorded by Perry in
December, 1953
- Words and Music by Lois Steele and Jack Fulton , 1954
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- Round and
Round
- ~ recorded by Perry in
January, 1957
- Words and Music by Joe Shapiro
and Lou Stallman, 1956
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- Catch
a Falling Star
- ~ first certified "Gold"
record by R.I.A.A. in 1958
- Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance
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- Side Two
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Lazy Weather
( with whistling Elmo
Tanner )
- Music by Peter De Rose and
lyrics by Jo Trent, 1927
- Recorded May 15, 1936 for
Decca No. 822
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- Until Today
- Music by J. Fred Coots and
Oscar Levant
- with lyrics by Benny Davis, 1936
- Recorded July 6, 1936 for
Decca No. 895
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- ( Trouble Ends ) Out Where the Blue
Begins
- Music and lyrics by Cliff
Friend, 1936
- Recorded September 27, 1936
for Decca No. 959
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- 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
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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
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- Temptation
( 1945 )
- ~ from the MGM film "Going
Hollywood"
- Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by
Arthur Freed , 1933
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- Side Three
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A
Garden In the Rain
- ~ a popular single for Perry from
March, 1946, released again in 1947
- With the
Orchestra of Russ Case and The Satisfiers
- Music by Carroll Gibbons and lyrics by
James Dyrenforth, 1929
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- My Blue
Heaven
- ~
unreleased track from March, 1946,
recorded same day as "Blue Skies"
- Music by Walter
Donaldson with lyrics by George
Whiting , 1927
- With Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
- and with the Satisfiers ( not
confirmed )
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- I
Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
(
1947 version )
- ~ 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
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- What'll
I Do?
- ~ featured in "Big City",
1948, sung by Danny Thomas
- Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1924
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- 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
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- I've
Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin'
(
with The Satisfiers )
- ~ recorded by Perry in October,
1947
- sung by Helen Morgan in the Hollywood musical
"Applause"
- Music by Thomas "Fats" Waller and
Harry Link with lyrics by Billy Rose
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- Side Four
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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
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- 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
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- Far Away
Places
- ~ a
#4 Charted Hit for Perry in 1949
- Words and Music by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney, 1948
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Blue
Room
- ~ from the 1948 M-G-M film
"Words and Music"
- Words and Music by Rodgers and Hart,
1926
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- 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
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"A"
You're Adorable
- ~ a No. 1 hit single from
March, 1949, the "B" flip side to "When Is Sometime?"
- Music by Sidney Lippman and lyrics by Fred Wise and
Buddy Kaye,
1948
- With Mitchell
Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters
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- Side Five
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- A
Bushel and A Peck ( with Betty Hutton
)
- Introduced by
Vivian Blaine in the musical production "Guy's and
Dolls"
- Words and Music by Frank Loesser, 1950
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- If You Were Only Mine
- ~ uncharted single
"B" side from April, 1950, with flip side "Let's Go To
Church (Next Sunday Morning)"
- Music by Isham Jones and lyrics by Charles Newman , 1932
- With Mitchell Ayres and His
Orchestra
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Tumbling
Tumbleweeds
(
and Sons of the Pioneers with the Western-Ayres )
- ~ one
two songs with this group from December, 1950, flip side with "You
Don't Kno' What Lonesome Is"
- the "Western-Ayres" is a
country component of the Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
- Words and Music by Bob Nolan, 1934
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- Side Six
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- Black
Moonlight
- ~ from the motion picture musical
"Too Much Harmony"
- Music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by
Sam Coslow, 1933
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- Watermelon Weather
- ~ a double charted single from
May, 1952, with flip side "Maybe"
- Music by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics
by Paul Francis Webster
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra and Eddie Fisher
- Produced by Dave Kapp
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- No Other Love
- ~ a No. 1 Charted Single for
Perry recorded in May, 1953
- from the 1953 Stage Musical
"Me and Juliet"
- Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
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- Ko
Ko Mo ( I Love
You So )
- ~ a charted single from January, 1955,
with flip side "You'll Always Be My Lifetime Sweetheart"
- Words and Music by Eunice Levy, Jake Porter and
Forest Wilson , 1955
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers
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- My
Funny Valentine
- ~ featured in the 1955
Hollywood musical "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"
- Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by
Lorenz Hart, 1937
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- One
For My Baby ( and One More for
the Road )
- ~ featured in the 1955
Hollywood musical "Young at Heart"
- Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1943
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- Side Seven
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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
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- As
Time Goes By
- ~ from the 1931 Stage
musical "Everybody's Welcome" and the 1942 film
"Casablanca"
- Words and Music by Herman Hupfeld
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- South
of The Border
- Words and Music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr, published 1939
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- More
- ~ a double charting single from May,
1956, with flip side "Glendora"
- Music by Alex Alstone and lyrics by
Tom Glazer
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers
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- Magic
Moments
- ~ recorded by Perry in December,
1957
- Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics
by Hal David , 1958
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- Side Eight
( These tracks are STEREO )
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Moon River
- ~ from the
1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
- Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer
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- Yesterday
- Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1966
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- Raindrops
Keep Fallin' On My Head
- Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1969
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- Bridge
Over Troubled Water
- Words and Music by Paul Simon
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Michelle
( Alternate take )
- Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1966
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- Send In the
Clowns
- ~ from the 1973 Stage
musical "A Little Night Music"
- Words and Music by Stephen Sondheim, 1973
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first documented release of "My Blue Heaven" and the first album
release for
- "Watermelon Weather" and "If You Were Only
Mine"
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Book-of-the-Month
Club Records,
11-7775
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Book-of-the-Month
Club
Inc.
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Produced by RCA
Special Products Division
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Re-mastering
Engineer: [unknown]
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Original
Compilation Release 1984
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