Dreamer's Holiday 1960 RCA Camden
 
Perry Como
Dreamer's Holiday
 
RCA CAMDEN
CAL- 582 MONAURAL ( L3PP-1231/32 )
CDN-149 MONAURAL UK VERSION
ASSEMBLED 1960 / UK 1961
An RCA Victor Statement about RCA Camden Records
RCA Camden Compilation
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & The Western-Ayres
Background vocals by The Ray Charles Singers,
The Fontane Sisters, The Sons of the Pioneers
and Ray Charles
 
Side One
 
My Love and Devotion
~ recorded by Perry in July, 1952
this song charted at No. 22,  a popular "B" flip side to "Sweethearts Holiday"
Words and Music by Milton Carson
 
To Know You  ( Is To Love You ) ( with The Fontane Sisters )See note below
~ Perry's first recording of this song from September, 1952
this song charted at No. 19,  with flip side "My Lady Loves To Dance"
Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Allan Roberts , 1952
 
( The ) Rose Tattoo
~ a popular single for Perry in Japan from September, 1955
inspired by the Paramount-Wallis film "The Rose Tattoo"
Music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Jack Brooks
 
Kewpie Doll ( with Ray Charles )Originally recorded in Stereo
~ a popular single for Perry from March, 1958
un-credited duet with Perry's Choral Director, Ray Charles
Words and Music by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett
 
The Things I Didn't Do
~ a popular single for Perry from September, 1954
this song charted at No. 22,  a popular "B" flip side to "Papa Loves Mambo"
Words and Music by Fred Jay, Ira Kosloff and Irving Reid
 
Side Two
 
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
 
Just Born ( To Be Your Baby )Originally recorded in Stereo
~ a popular single for Perry from July, 1957, flip side with "Ivy Rose"
Words and Music by Luther Dixon and Billy Dawn Smith
 
Ivy RoseOriginally recorded in Stereo
~ a popular single for Perry from July, 1957, flip side with "Just Born ( To Be Your Baby )"
Words and Music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning
 
Watchin' the Trains Go By
~ recorded in August, 1950, flip side to Perry's popular "Patricia"
Words and Music by Tot Seymour and Al Goodhart
 
Rollin' Stone ( with The Fontane Sisters )
~ double charting single from August, 1951, with flip side "With All My Heart And Soul"
Words and Music by Irving Gordon ( composed Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" )
 
Originally recorded in Stereo~ originally recorded in stereo binaural two-track
 
NotationNotes: ~ the original RCA Camden release mistakenly credits "To Know You ( Is To Love You )" 
as a duet with Betty Hutton but, in fact, Perry sings it with The Fontane Sisters. Hutton recorded
two songs with Perry just one year prior to this recording, in September, 1950, the hit single
"A Bushel and a Peck" and flip side "She's a Lady".  This listing error has continued even to
the present with release of the 1999 double CD "Greatest Hits" compilation. As a matter of interest,
Perry recorded this song for a second time in real stereo for the 1959 RCA Victor album
"Como Swings" as an un-credited duet with his Choral Director Ray Charles. That was the second
un-credited performance of Charles on a Como recording, the first being "Kewpie Doll" as noted above.
Dreamer's Holiday ~ circa 1960
 
Perry's fourth RCA Camden Compilation, 1960
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & The Western-Ayres
Background vocals by The Ray Charles Singers,
The Fontane Sisters, The Sons of the Pioneers
and Ray Charles ( Perry's Choral Director )
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