- Readers
Digest UK Production
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS GBPC-6A
- Stereo & Electronic Reprocessed
Monaural
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
- Perry Como - The
Romantic Como GBPC-6A/S1
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6841
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2441/42
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
Side 1 —
-
Fly
Me to the Moon (
In Other Words )
- Words and Music by Bart Howard
-
- Santa
Lucia
- Original
Italian melody by Teodoro Cottrau , 1850
- Musical
adaptation by Nick Perito with
Italian/English lyrics adapted by Ray Charles
-
- Scarlet
Ribbons
- Music by Evelyn Danzig and lyrics by Jack Segal , 1949
-
- 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
-
- Together Forever ( from the Broadway
musical "I Do! I Do!" )
- Music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones
-
- Souvenir
d'Italie
- Music by Lelio Luttazzi and English lyrics
by Carl Sigman
- Original
Italian lyrics by Giulio Scarnicca and Renzo Tarabusi , 1957
-
-
Side 2 —
- ( The )
Hawaiian Wedding Song
(
Ke Kali Nei Au )
- Music by Charles E. King
- with English lyrics by Al Hoffman and
Dick Manning, 1959
- Original written in
1926 by Charles E. King
- with Hawaiian words and title
"Ke Kali Nei Au"
-
- Funny How Time Slips Away
- Words and Music
by Willie Nelson, 1962
-
-
Slightly
Out of Tune ( Desafinado )
- Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim
- with original lyrics by Newton Mendonça, 1962
- English lyrics by Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh
-
- Quiet
Nights of Quiet Stars ( Corcovado )
- Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by
Gene Lees and Buddy Kaye
-
- Lollipops and
Roses
- Words and
Music by Tony Velona, 1962
-
- How
Insensitive ( Insensatez )
- Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by
Vinicius De Moraes
- English lyrics by Norman Gimbel
-
- Perry Como - The
Romantic Como GBPC-6A/S1
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6841
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2441/42
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
-
-
-
- Perry Como - Como's
Big Hits GBPC-6A/S2
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6842
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2443/44
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
Side 1 —
- Don't
Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes ( with The Ramblers
)
- ~ recorded by Perry in
November, 1952
- Words and Music by Slim
Willet, 1952
-
- Delaware
- Words and Music by Irving Gordon
- With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers
- Recorded December 28, 1959, New York, Produced by
Charles Grean
-
- Prisoner of
Love
- ~ introduced and featured by Russ
Columbo in 1931
- Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill
- with lyrics by
Leo Robin, 1931
-
- Hot
Diggity ( Dog
Ziggity Boom )
- ~ Adapted from Alexis Chabrier's
1st theme of España, Rhapsody for Orchestra
- Words and Music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1956
-
- Magic
Moments
- ~ recorded by Perry in December,
1957
- Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics
by Hal David , 1958
-
- Papa Loves
Mambo
- ~ recorded by Perry in
August, 1954
- Words and Music by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning and
Bix Reichner 1954
Side 2 —
- It's
Impossible
- Original music and Spanish lyrics by Canache Armando Manzanero,
1970
- with English lyrics by
Sid Wayne
-
- Raindrops
Keep Fallin' On My Head
- Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1969
-
- Something
- Words and Music by George Harrison
-
- ( They Long to
Be ) Close to
You
- Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1970
-
- I
Think I Love You
- Words and Music by Tony Romeo, 1970
-
- A
House is Not a Home
- Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1964
-
- Perry Como - Como's
Big Hits GBPC-6A/S2
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6842
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2443/44
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
- Perry Como - The
Swinging Como GBPC-6A/S3
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6843
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2445/46
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
Side 1 —
- I've
Got You Under My Skin ( 1959
Version )
- ~ from the
1936 Hollywood musical "Born to Dance"
- Words and
Music by Cole Porter
-
- Everybody's
Talking ( 1970 'Live'
Version )
- ~ from the movie "Midnight
Cowboy"
- Words and Music by Fred Neil, 1969
-
- ( The )
Father of Girls ( 1968 Album
Version )
- Words and Music by Ervin M. Drake
-
- Let a
Smile Be Your Umbrella ( On a Rainy Day )
- Music by Sammy Fain with lyrics by Irving Kahal
- and
Francis Wheeler , 1928
-
- Hello,
Young Lovers ( 1960 Version )
- ~ from the 1951 Stage musical
"The King and I"
- Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
, 1951
-
- If I
Had a Hammer ( 1970
'Live' Version )
- Music and lyrics Lee Hays and Pete Seeger, 1958, 1962, 1963
-
-
Side 2 —
- Snowbird
- Words and Music by Gene MacLellan, 1970
-
- El
Condor Pasa
- Original English Lyrics by Paul Simon
- Arrangement of 18th Century Peruvian
folk melody by Jorge Milchberg
- Notated in 1916 by Daniel Alomias
Robles
-
- Everybody
is Looking for an Answer
- Words and Music by Evangeline Seward
-
- You
Came A Long Way From St. Louis
- Music by John Benson Brooks with lyrics by
Bob Russell , 1948
-
- We've
Only Just Begun
- Words and Music by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, 1970
-
- What's New
?
- Music by Bob Haggart with lyrics by Johnny Burke 1939
-
- Perry Como - The
Swinging Como GBPC-6A/S3
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6843
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2445/46
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
- Perry Como - Como at
Home GBPC-6A/S4
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6844
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2447/48
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
Side 1 —
- May
The Good Lord Bless And Keep You
- Words and
Music by Meredith Willson
-
- When
You Come to The End of The Day
- Music by Frank C. Westphal and lyrics by
Gus Kahn
-
- I May
Never Pass This Way Again
- Words and
Music by Murray Wizel and Irving Melcher
-
- I
Believe
- Words and Music by Ervin Drake,
- Irvin Graham,
Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman
-
- Whither
Thou Goest
- Music and
Lyrics Guy Singer, 1954
-
- Bless
This House
- Words and Music by Helen Taylor
- and May H. Morgan
( a.k.a. Brahe ), 1927
Side 2 —
- Nearer
My God To Thee
- Words and Music by Sarah F. Adams
- and Lowell Mason
-
- A
Still Small Voice
- Music by Ben Weisman and lyrics by Al Stillman
-
- Abide
With Me
- Music by William Henry Monk
- with
lyrics by Henry Francis Lyte,
1861
-
- The
Rosary
- Words and Music by Robert Cameron Rogers
- and
Ethelbert Nevin
-
- Only
One
- Words and
Music by Sunny Skylar, Tom Glazer, and Andrew Ackers
-
- Prayer
For Peace
- Music by Nick Acquaviva with English Lyrics
by Norman Gimbel
-
- Perry Como - Como at
Home GBPC-6A/S4
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6844
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2447/48
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original
Compilation 1971
- Perry Como - Como In
Love GBPC-6A/S5
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6845
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2449/50
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original Compilation 1971
Side 1 —
- 'Till
the End of Time
- ~ adapted from Chopin's Polonaise
No. 6 in A Flat Major
- Words and Music by Ted Mossman and Buddy Kaye, 1945
-
- Because
- ~ 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 )
- ~ from the Bing Crosby Productions, Inc.,
Picture "The Great John L."
- Words and Music by James Thornton and Published
1898
-
- Maria
- ~ from the 1957 Broadway musical
production "West Side Story"
- Music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim, 1957
-
- The Sweetest
Sounds
- ~ from the
Stage musical "No Strings"
- Words and
Music by Richard Rodgers, 1962
-
- I'll Remember
April
- ~ from the
1942 Western Musical Comedy "Ride 'em Cowboy"
- Music by Gene DePaul and lyrics by Patricia Johnston, and
Don Raye
-
-
Side 2 —
- Yesterday
- Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1966
-
- Somebody Cares
- Words and
Music by Johnny Robba, Frank Reardon and Ernest G. Schweikert
-
- Look
to Your Heart ( from the TV
production "Our Town" )
- Music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by
Sammy Cahn
-
- Sweet Adorable You
- Words and Music
by Thomas Baker Knight
-
- Once
I Loved ( Amor e Paz )
- Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by
Vinicius De Moraes
- English lyrics by Ray Gilbert
-
- My
Cup Runneth Over ( from the Broadway
musical "I Do! I Do!" )
- Music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones
-
- Perry Como - Como In
Love GBPC-6A/S5
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6845
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers
2449/50
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original Compilation 1971
-
-
-
- Perry Como - Como
Sings the Show Stoppers GBPC-6A/S6
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6846
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers 2451/52
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original Compilation 1971
Side 1 —
- Moon River
- ~ from the
1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
- Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer
-
- Sunrise
Sunset ( from the Broadway
and musical production "Fiddler on the Roof" )
- Music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
-
- How
to Handle a Woman ( from the Broadway
and musical production "Camelot" )
- Music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by
Alan Jay Lerner
-
- Try
to Remember ( from the musical
production "The Fantasticks" )
- Music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones
-
- ( The
) Shadow of
Your Smile ( Love theme from
"The Sandpiper" )
- Music by Johnny Mandel with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster,
1965
- Arranged by Torrie Zito
-
- When
You're in Love ( from the film
"Seven Brides and Seven Brothers" )
- Music by Gene De Paul and lyrics by Johnny Mercer
-
-
Side 2 —
- Moonglow and Theme
from "Picnic"
- ~ from the
1956 film "Picnic"
- Words and
Music by Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, and Irving Mills 1934, 1956
- Theme from
"Picnic" Words by Steve Allen and Music by George Duning 1956
-
- My Favorite Things
- ~ from
"The Sound of Music" 1959, 1965
- Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
-
- Days
of Wine and Roses
- ~ from the 1962 film "Days
of Wine and Roses"
- Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1962
-
- Carnival
- ~ from
the film "Black
Orpheus"
- Music by Luiz Bonfa and lyrics by Antonio Mariz, 1960
-
- Can't Help Falling
In Love
- Words and
Music by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore ( Hugo & Luigi
)
-
- What
Kind of Fool Am I ?
- ~ from the 1961 Stage Musical
"Stop the World I Want to Get Off"
- Music by Leslie Bricusse and lyrics by
Anthony Newley
-
-
Electronically
Reprocessed Stereo
-
- Perry Como - Como
Sings the Show Stoppers GBPC-6A/S6
- Readers
Digest UK Production 1971
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS RDS-6846
STEREO
- Matrix Numbers 2451/52
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
- Original Compilation 1971
-
-
-
-
- Readers
Digest UK Production
-
- RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS GBPC-6A
-
- Stereo & Electronic Reprocessed
Monaural
-
- Sources and Mastering Unknown
-
- Original
Compilation 1971
-
- Selections in this compilation
are from the following
- feature RCA
Victor albums:
- I Believe
- Bless this House
- Nearer My God to Thee
- Abide with Me
- The Rosary
-
- Compilation Produced
by Charles Grean
- Originally Assembled in 1956
- Don't Let the Stars Get In Your
Eyes
- Delaware
- Prisoner of Love
- Hot Diggity ( Dog Ziggity Boom
)
- Magic Moments
- Papa Loves Mambo
- 'Till the End of Time
- Because
- When You Were Sweet Sixteen
-
- Original Compilation
Assembled in 1958
- Added
to UK Compilation in 1970
- Scarlet Ribbons
- May the Good Lord Bless
and Keep You
- When You Come to the End of the
Day
- I May Never Pass this Way Again
Wither Thou Goest
- A Still Small Voice
- Only One
- Prayer for Peace
-
- Produced
by Joe Reisman
- with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
& The Ray
Charles Singers
- Arrangements
by Joe Reisman, Jack Andrews and Joe Lipman
- Recorded
in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York,
- on April 30, May 1,
June 18, 19, and 23, 1958
- Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
I've Got You Under My Skin
Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
( On a Rainy Day )
You Came a Long Way from St.
Louis
Produced
by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
with
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Ray Charles
Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, 24th
Street, New York City
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson.
Recorded April 9th,
16th, 23rd & May 21st, 1959
Hello, Young Lovers
Produced
by Hugo & Luigi.
with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and Chorus
Arrangements:
O.B. Masingill
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City.
Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Recorded October
25th, 26th & November 2nd, 15th, 1960
Lollipops and Roses
What's New?
Maria
The
Sweetest Sounds
I'll
Remember April
Somebody Cares
Moon River
Moonglow and Theme
from "Picnic"
My Favorite Things
Can't Help Falling
in Love
Produced
by Hugo & Luigi
With
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers
Recorded
in Webster Hall, New York City
Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Fly
Me to the Moon ( In Other Words )
The
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Slightly Out of Tune
( Desafinado )
Days of Wine and Roses
Carnival
What Kind of Fool Am I?
Perry
Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
Produced
by Hugo & Luigi
Recorded
in Webster Hall, New York City
Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Funny How Time Slips Away
Sweet Adorable You
Perry Como with
The Anita Kerr Quartet
Produced
by Chet Atkins and Arranged by Anita Kerr
Recorded
in RCA Victor's "Nashville Sound" Studio,
Nashville, Tennessee
Recording
Engineers: Chuck Seitz and William Vandevort
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
( Corcovado )
How Insensitive ( Insensatez )
Yesterday
Once I Loved ( Amor e Paz )
The Shadow of Your Smile
What Kind of Fool Am I?
Produced
by Andy Wiswell
Arranged
and Conducted by Nick Perito
Choral
Director: Ray Charles and the Ray Charles Singers.
Recorded
in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City
Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
December 29, 1965 ~ March 1, 1966
Santa Lucia
Arrivederci Roma ( Goodbye to Rome )
Souvenir d'Italie
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
Together Forever
The Father of Girls
Look to Your Heart
My Cup Runneth Over
Sunrise Sunset
How to Handle a Woman
Try to Remember
When You're in Love
Produced
by Andy Wiswell
Arranged
and Conducted by Nick Perito with the Ray Charles Singers
Recorded
in Webster Hall, New York City circa June 1968
Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Released
in "Seattle" compilation album 1969
Everybody's Talking
If I Had a Hammer
Produced
by Ernie Altschuler.
Arranged
and Conducted by Nick Perito.
Special
Material and Musical Consultant: Ray Charles.
Vocal
Accompaniment by The Doodletown Pipers.
Recorded
live at the International Hotel, Las Vegas on June 25,
26, and 27, 1970.
Recording
Engineer: Mickey Crofford
It's Impossible
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Something
( They Long to
Be )
Close to You
I Think I Love You
A House is Not a Home
Snowbird
El Condor Pasa
Everybody Is Looking for
an Answer
We've Only Just Begun
Produced
by Don Costa Productions, Inc.
Conducted
by Nick Perito
Recorded
at the International Hotel, Las Vegas circa November,
1970
Recording
Engineer: Mickey Crofford
Title
track "It's Impossible" produced by Ernie
Altschuler
Arranged
and Conducted by Marty Manning
Recorded
at RCA's Studio A, New York City, May 5/6, 1970
Recording
Engineer: Bob Simpson
Listing, credits
and graphics for "The Best of Perry Como" were
contributed by Matthew Long, England
Other Reader's Digest Box Sets:
-
- A Perry Como
Discography
- & CD Companion
-
-
- First
Edition Summer 1992
- Second
Edition Christmas 1993
- Web
Page Edition Christmas 1997
- Revision Christmas 2011
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