Perry Como - Blue Skies

Perry Como

BLUE SKIES

RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS

PAIR RECORDS INC.

PDL2-1112 ~ 1985

MONAURAL / ELECTRONIC STEREO

Pair Records Inc.

P.O. Box 479

Passaic NJ 07055

USA

Side 1

Blue Skies

~ Perry's first recording of this song from March, 1946

sung by Bing Crosby in "Blue Skies" 1946

Words & Music by Irving Berlin

They Say It's Wonderful

~ recorded by Perry in April, 1946

~ from the musical production "Annie Get Your Gun" and Published 1946

Words & Music by Irving Berlin

If I Loved You

~ recorded by Perry in May, 1945

from the Musical Show "Carousel"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1945

Without a Song

~ Perry's first recording of this song from January, 1951

from the 1929 musical production "Great Day"

Music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu

Side 2

Long Ago ( And Far Away )

~ a double charted single from February, 1944, the "B" flip side to "I Love You"

from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Cover Girl"

Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics Ira Gershwin, 1944

Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk

~ a double charted single from May, 1949, the "B" flip side to "Just One Way To Say I Love You"

from the 1949 Broadway musical production "Miss Liberty"

Words and Music by Irving Berlin

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

It's Only a Paper Moon

~ a double charted single from February, 1944, the "B" flip side to "I Love You"

from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Cover Girl"

Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics Ira Gershwin, 1944

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

I Love You

~ a double charted single from February, 1944, with flip side "Long Ago (And Far Away)"

from the 1944 Stage musical "Mexican Hayride"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

Side 3

A Dreamer's Holiday ( with The Fontane Sisters )

~ recorded by Perry in August, 1949

one of Perry's popular 1949 singles, charting at No. 3

Music by Mabel Wayne and lyrics by Kim Gannon , 1949

When You're Smiling ( The Whole World Smiles With You ) ( with The Satisfiers )

~ recorded by Perry in November, 1947

a late 40s single with flip side "My Melancholy Baby"

Words and Music by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay , 1928

All Through the Day

~ recorded by Perry in December, 1945

from the 1945 20th Century-Fox film "Centennial Summer"

charted No. 8 for Perry and flip side to No. 1 charted single "Prisoner of Love"

Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1945

Door of Dreams ( and The Ray Charles Singers )

~ this recording is from February, 1955

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman

Side 4

Swingin' Down the Lane ( Mel Davis, Trumpet Solo )

~ featured in the 1951 Kahn biography "I'll See You In My Dreams"

Music by Isham Jones and lyrics by Gus Kahn , 1923

Angry ( Abraham Richman, Tenor Sax Solo )

Music by Henry Brunies and Jules Cassard

with lyrics by Dudley Mecum, 1925

They Can't Take That Away From Me

~ from the MGM film "The Barkley's of Broadway"

Music by George Gershwin and lyrics Ira Gershwin

Sposin'

~ featured in the 1948 film "Feudin' Fussin' and A-Fightin' "

Music by Paul Denniker and lyrics by Andy Razaf, 1929

Notes: An RCA Special Products release for third party distributor Pair Records, Inc., circa 1983. The distributor states that this release is the equivalent of two full albums but, in fact, it contains 4 out of 12 songs from four of Perry's original RCA Victor Camden albums, "Dream Along With Me" ( 1957 ), "Perry Como Sings Just For You" ( 1958 ), "Perry Como's Wednesday Night Music Hall" ( 1959 ) and "An Evening With Perry Como" ( 1963 ). Selections from the 1963 Camden release were taken from his 1957 RCA Victor album "We Get Letters". Special Products releases are not usually drawn from first generation tapes but the quality of this release remains unconfirmed.