Easy Listening ~ 1970 Camden Release

Perry Como

EASY LISTENING

RCA CAMDEN CXS-9002 (e)

ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED STEREO

ASSEMBLED IN 1970 / 1985

Two record set produced by Ethel Gabriel

With the Orchestras of Mitchell Ayres,

Lloyd Shaffer, Henri René, Russ Case and Hugo Winterhalter.

Vocal accompaniment by the Ray Charles Singers and Chorus

Re-mastered by Ernie Oelrich.

Side 1

Hello, Young Lovers ( 1960 )

~ from Perry's 1961 RCA Victor album "For The Young At Heart"

from the 1951 Stage musical "The King and I"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , 1951

I Concentrate On You

~ from Perry's 1952 RCA Victor album "TV Favorites"

from the Hollywood musical "Broadway Melody of 1940"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

Love Letters

~ from Perry's 1958 RCA Victor album "Saturday Night With Mr. C."

from the 1945 Paramount film "Love Letters"

Music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman, 1945

Sleepy Time Gal

~ from Perry's 1957 RCA Victor album "We Get Letters"

title song of the 1942 film "Sleepy Time Gal", 1925

Music by Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan, 1925

Make Someone Happy

~ a charted single from October, 1960, with flip side "Gone Is My Love"

from the Broadway production "Do Re Mi"

Music by Julie Styne and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Side 2

Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella ( On a Rainy Day )

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

Music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal and Francis Wheeler , 1928

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

~ a charted single from May, 1947, with flip side "When Tonight Is Just a Memory"

from the 20th Century-Fox Picture "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" 1947

Music by Joe Howard and Harold Orlob, lyrics by Frank Adams and Will Hough and Published 1909

Linda

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

Words and Music by Jack Lawrence, 1947

That Old Gang of Mine

~ a single release from January, 1951, with flip side "I Found a Million Dollar Baby ( In a Five and Ten Cent Store ) "

featured in the Stage musical "Ziegfield Follies of 1923"

Music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon

Side 3

No Other Love

~ a double charted single from May, 1953, with flip side "Keep It Gay"

from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

We Kiss In A Shadow

~ popular flip side to Perry's 1951 charted single "Hello Young Lovers"

from the 1951 Stage musical "The King and I"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

You Alone ( Solo Tu )

~ a double charted single from August, 1953, the "B" flip side to "Pa-paya Mama"

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman, 1953

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Over The Rainbow ( with Sally Sweetland )

~ from Perry's 1952 RCA Victor album "TV Favorites"

from the Hollywood musical "The Wizard of Oz"

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

Carolina Moon

~ recorded in July, 1947, and released as a flip side to "Haunted Heart" in 1948

also included within one of Perry's first album compilations "A Sentimental Date"

Music by Joe Burke and lyrics by Benny Davis , 1929

Side 4

When You Come to the End of the Day

~ a previously unreleased monaural 'take' from April, 1952

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Music by Frank C. Westphal and lyrics by Gus Kahn

Girl Of My Dreams

~ recorded by Perry in March, 1946

a hit record by Gene Austin, whistling by Bob McGimsey, for Victor in 1928

Words and Music by Sunny Clapp, 1927

Some Enchanted Evening

~ a double charted single from March, 1949, with flip side "Bali Ha'i"

from the 1949 Stage musical "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Dream Along With Me ( I'm On My Way To A Star )

~ recorded by Perry in June, 1956

theme song from "The Perry Como Show"

Words and Music by Carl Sigman, 1956

| Pair Records re-release |

~ released here in real stereo

~ these tracks were originally recorded in real stereo but released here electronically reprocessed from monaural to simulate stereo. In his 1958 statement regarding RCA Camden, Mr. G. R. Marek, Vice-President and General Manager of RCA Victor Record Division, claimed "It is the desire of RCA Victor that the public be assured that the same high standards used in the production of RCA Victor Records have also been used in the manufacture of RCA Camden Records."