Relaxing With Perry Como ~ LPM-1176 Released 1956

RCA VICTOR LPM-1176

MONAURAL MATRIX NO. F2PP-7439/40

ASSEMBLED IN 1956

Side One

Prisoner of Love

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1946

~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931

Because

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1948

~ featured by Mario Lanza in "The Great Caruso", 1951

Music by Guy d'Hardelot and lyrics by Edward Teschemacher, 1902

When You Were Sweet Sixteen ( with The Satisfiers )

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1947

~ from the Bing Crosby Productions, Inc., Picture "The Great John L."

Words and Music by James Thornton and Published 1898

Far Away Places

~ a #4 Charted Hit for Perry in 1949

Words and Music by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney, 1948

Black Moonlight

~ from the motion picture musical "Too Much Harmony"

Music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Sam Coslow, 1933

While We're Young ( with Chorus )

Music by Alec Wilder and Morty Palitz with lyrics by Bill Engvick , 1943

Side Two

Song of Songs

~ An English translation of the French song "Chanson du Coeur Brise"

Music by Harold Vicars and lyrics by Clarence Lucas , 1914

Original French lyrics by Maurice Vancaire

'Till the End of Time

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1945

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

Words and Music by Ted Mossman and Buddy Kaye, 1945

Temptation

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1945

~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"

Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed , 1933

~ a Gold Record for Perry in 1951

Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934

If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

~ introduced in the stage musical "Revenge with Music"

Music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz, 1934

Over The Rainbow ( with Sally Sweetland )

~ from the Hollywood musical "The Wizard of Oz"

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg , 1939

from the 1952 RCA Victor 10" LP "TV Favorites" LPM-3013

all others from the 1953 RCA Victor 10" LP "Supper Club Favorites" LPM-3044

By 1956 the 10" LP was being replaced by the new 12" LP format having twelve tracks in place of eight. This album compilation is a direct expansion of Perry's 1953 LP "Supper Club Favorites" with the addition of four songs taken from his 1952 LP "TV Favorites" and re-titled "Relaxing With Perry Como". Three songs from "TV Favorites" were moved to the expanded version of "Perry Como Sings Broadway Hits" while "I Concentrate On You" was excluded from re-release until Perry's 1962 RCA Camden album "Make Some One Happy".

All tracks monaural.