Saturday Night With Mr. C. ~ LSO-1004 Released 1958

RCA VICTOR LOP/LSO-1004( J2PY-3426/27 ); STEREO-ORTHOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY; MAY / JULY 1958; With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra; & The Ray Charles Singers; Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews; Recorded February 12 ~ 20 & March 5 ~ 12, 1958; Produced by Joe Reisman; Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Side One; Opening Theme: Dream Along With Me Time :40; Words and Music by Carl Sigman; Accentuate the Positive Time 2:53; Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer , 1944; It Could Happen To You Time 2:47; ~ from the 1944 Paramount film "And the Angels Sing"; Music by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke , 1944; Love Letters Time 2:00; ~ from the 1945 Paramount film "Love Letters"; Music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman, 1945; Letters Theme: We Get Letters & Dear Perry Time :28; Words and Music by Ray Charles; Almost Like Being In Love; ~ from the musical production "Brigadoon" 1947, 1954; Music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Little Man You've Had A Busy Day; Music by Mabel Wayne and lyrics by Maurice Sigler and Al Hoffman 1934; ( The ) Gypsy In My Soul; ~ from the University of Pennsylvania Mask & Wig revue "Fifty-Fifty"; Music by Clay Boland and lyrics by Moe Jaffe, 1938; ( The ) Whiffenpoof Song; ~ featured in the 1944 Air Force film "Winged Victory"; Music by Tod B. Galloway and lyrics by Meade Minnigerode with George S. Pomeroy, 1909, 1936; Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Time 2:20; ~ from the 1930 revue "Rhythm-Mania"; Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, 1930; Red Sails in the Sunset Time 3:05; ~ featured in the Stage musical "Provincetown Follies"; Music by Hugh Williams ( Will Grosz ) and lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy, 1935; Birth of the Blues Time 3:22; Music by Ray Henderson with lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown , 1926; When I Fall in Love Time 2:58; ~ featured in the 1957 film "Istanbul"; Music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman, 1952; Come Rain or Come Shine Time 3:18; from the Stage musical "St. Louis Woman"; Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1946; Letters ( medley ): Time 10:21; Letters Theme: Dear Perry Time :14; Words and Music by Ray Charles; You Made Me Love You ( I Didn't Want to Do It ); ~ featured in the 1955 Hollywood musical "Love Me or Leave Me"; Music by James V. Monaco and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy , 1913; I May Be Wrong ( But I Think You're Wonderful ); ~ from the musical comedy "John Murray Anderson's Almanac"; Music by Harry Sullivan and lyrics by Harry Ruskin, 1929; Like Someone In Love; ~ from the Hollywood musical "Belle of the Yukon"; Music by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke , 1944; Vaya Con Dios ( May God Be With You ); Words and Music by Larry Russell, Buddy Pepper and Inez James, 1953; It Had To Be You Time 2:34; ~ from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Show Business"; Music by Isham Jones and lyrics by Gus Kahn, 1924, 1944; Twilight on the Trail Time 3:34; ~ from the 1936 Paramount film "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"; Music by Louis Alter and lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell, 1936; Closing Theme: You Are Never Far Away Time :40; Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Allan Roberts; Begin the Beguine; ~ from the 1935 Stage musical "Jubilee"; Words and Music by Cole Porter; Album produced by Joe Reisman; With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers.; Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews; Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson; Total Recorded Time Approximately 49:00 ( including "Come Rain or Come Shine" ); Perry’s first full stereo recordings were made between February 12th and March 12th, 1958; Recorded at RCA Victor's Studio A, 155 East 24th Street, New York City; The original RCA Victor release of this set was LOP/LSO-1004 which was later changed to LPM/LSP-1971.; All stereo pressings of "Saturday Night With Mr. C." excluded the track "Come Rain or Come Shine" despite having the title clearly printed on the jacket. It is assumed that this 'cut' had something to do with space limitations within the new stereo format LP recording. This song was re-released in 1967 within the RCA Camden compilation "Hello, Young Lovers," CAS-2122 (e), but the stereo version was electronically reprocessed from monaural.
: The first known release of " Come Rain or Come Shine" in real stereo was in 1989 within a CD compilation titled "The Harold Arlen Songbook" RCA 9936-2-R ( VA ), featuring songs of the composer Harold Arlen by various artists. Strangely, a companion CD released at the same time, "The Johnny Mercer Songbook" RCA 9788-2-R ( VA ), featuring songs composed by Johnny Mercer, contained the same selection in monaural.; "The Johnny Mercer Songbook" RCA 9788-2-R ( VA ) ~ MONAURAL ( 1989 ); "The Harold Arlen Songbook" RCA 9936-2-R ( VA ) ~ LIVING STEREO ( 1989 ); | 1940s | Early 50s | Late 50s | Early 60s | Late 60s | Early 70s | Late 70s | 1980s |