Perry Como In Italy ~ LSP-3608 Released 1966

RCA VICTOR LSP-3608 ( TPRS-4219/20 )

STEREO DYNAGROOVE

ORIGINAL RELEASE 1966

Produced by Andy Wiswell

Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito

The Alessandro Alessandroni Singers Directed by Ray Charles

Recorded in the RCA Italiana Studios, Rome, Italy.

Recording Engineer: Pino Mastroianni

May 9 - 19, 1966

Side 1

Souvenir d'Italie

Music by Lelio Luttazzi and English lyrics by Carl Sigman

Original Italian lyrics by Giulio Scarnicca and Renzo Tarabusi , 1957

Oh Marie

Original Italian melody arranged and adapted by Ray Charles and Nick Perito

Additional Italian adaptation by Edoardo DiCapua

Cominciamo ad amarci

Music by Gino Mescoli and Italian lyrics by Vito Pallavicini

Love Theme from "La Strada" ( Traveling Down a Lonely Road )

Music and original Italian lyrics by Nino Rinaldi Rota and Michele Galdieri , 1954

English lyrics by Don Raye

Forget Domani

~ from the MGM Motion Picture "The Yellow Rolls Royce"

Words and Music by Riziero Ortolani and Norman Newell

Anema e core

Music by Salve D'Esposito with Italian lyrics by Tito Manlio , 1954

English lyrics by Manny Curtis and Harry Akst

Side 2

Un giorno dopo l'altro ( One Day is Like Another )

Music by Luigi Tenco and lyrics by Earl S. Shuman

Santa Lucia

Original Italian melody by Teodoro Cottrau , 1850

Musical adaptation by Nick Perito with Italian/English lyrics adapted by Ray Charles

E Lei ( To You )

Original Italian Words and Music by Ugo Calise with Italian/English lyrics adapted by Ray Charles

Toselli's Serenade ( Dreams and Memories )

Music by Enrico Toselli with English lyrics by Carl Sigman

O Marenariello

~ an original Italian melody

Arranged and adapted by Ray Charles and Nick Perito

with additional Italian adaptation by Salvatore Gambardella

Arrivederci Roma ( Goodbye to Rome )

~ featured in the 1958 Hollywood musical "Seven Hills of Rome"

Music by Renato Ranucci with Italian lyrics by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini

English lyrics by Carl Sigman

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