Perry Como ~ Mr. Saturday Night!

 
Original RCA Recording
 
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba 
( My Bambino Go to Sleep )
 
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
Lyrics
SESSION MUSICIANS
April 10, 1947 
A&R Production Charles Grean
 
Orchestra
EVENING 7:00 TO 10:00 PM 
NO OVERTIME
 
Leader: Lloyd Shaffer
Contractor: Richard Kissinger
 
Sax ~ Arthur Baker 
Sax ~ Arthur Owen 
Sax ~ Nicholas Caiazza
Sax ~ Albert Klink 
Sax ~ Edwin Hellman 
 
Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman 
Violin ~ William Lockwood 
Violin ~ Mac Ceppos 
Violin ~ Luisa Piarulli 
Violin ~ Henry Berv 
Violin ~ Max Senofsky 
Violin ~ Robert Freda 
 
Viola ~ Samuel Persoff 
 
Cello ~ Emil Borsody 
 
Drums ~ Terry Snyder 
 
Bass ~ Frank Carroll 
 
Trumpet ~ Emanuel Weinstock 
Trumpet ~ Bernard Privin 
Trumpet ~ John Owens
 
Trombone ~ John D'agostino 
Trombone ~ George Arus 
Trombone ~ Frank Saracco 
 
Piano ~ Henry Rowland
 
Guitar ~ Allen Hanlen 
 
Harp ~ Edw. Vito 
 
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
 

Make Someone Happy ~ 1962

 
 
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.
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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

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