Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba 
( My Bambino Go to Sleep ) ~  album links

Music by Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston 

with lyrics by Mack David, 1947

Oxford Music Corp.

 

Orchestra conducted by Lloyd Shaffer 

with The Satisfiers

Produced by Charles Grean

 

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recording Time: 3:02

 

Recorded April 10, 1947   ~  Matrix No. D7VB-0247 Take 1 - 1A

 

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-2259-A

Single Flip Side: "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"

US Chart Position No. 1 ( 3 Weeks ) Chart Debut: June 7, 1947

 

 

 

Album issue: Camden-LP12 "Make Someone Happy" CAL-694 MONO 1962

Album issue: UK Camden-LP12 "I Love You Truly" CDN-169 MONO 1962

Album issue: RCA-JAPAN-LP12 "Young Perry Como" RJL-2015-16 MONO 1981

Album issue: RCA Special Products-LP12 "By Special Request" Heartland HL-1162/63 1991

 

Notes: ~ Sorrento is a town of southern Italy on the Sorrento Peninsula, separating the

Bay of Naples from the Gulf of Salerno. The city is a popular tourist centre and

summer resort. Population, 17,301.

| Irving Berlin Quote | 

Orchestra conducted by Lloyd Shaffer 

with The Satisfiers

Produced by Charles Grean

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recorded April 10, 1947

A Perry Como Discography 

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