| RCA VICTOR LPM-3124 MONAURAL LONG PLAY ASSEMBLED IN 1953 Perry Como With Betty Hutton and The Fontane Sisters Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus It has often been asked: how do songs from Broadway musicals differ from ordinary popular tunes? For although they may have similar style and arrangement, the Broadway melody often displays a verve and descriptiveness denied to other popular favorites. The reason is at least twofold: first, show numbers are the product of today's most widely experienced composers; second, such music is written in a context, a whole musical production which individual songs must support and exemplify. Perry Como is an ideal performer of brilliant music from the Great White Way. His style is both intimate and versatile enough to capture every tuneful situation. And for those who have seen or heard these Berlin, Loesser and Rodgers-Hammerstein productions, the Perry Como approach will prove a guaranty of renewed enjoyment. In the year 1950 appeared two smash musical successes: Frank Loesser’s "Guys and Dolls," based on the novel characterizations of Damon Runyon, and Irving Berlin’s "Call Me Madam." From the first, Perry here sings "A Bushel and a Peck" in a sparkling duet with Betty Hutton, while from the second he interprets "Marrying for Love," " You’re Just in Love" and "It’s a Lovely Day Today" — the last two with The Fontane Sisters. As an exponent of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Perry lends his adaptable styling to "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Bali Ha’i" from "South Pacific," and to "Hello, Young Lovers" and "We Kiss in a Shadow" from the popular 1951 musical "The King and I." |
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