Somebody Loves Me

~ featured in the 1955 film "Pete Kelly's Blues"

Music by George Gershwin  

and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and B.G. DeSylva, 1924 

New World Music Corp. / Ross Jungnickel Inc.

 

With "Como's Little Combo" a section of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, 155 East 24th Street, New York City

A&R Producer: Ed O. Welker 

Recording Engineer: not listed

Final Recording Time 3:16

 

Recorded June 18, 1956  ~ Matrix No. G2PB 5548 Take 3

Leader: Mitchell Ayres 

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross 

Guitar ~ Danny Perri 

Electric Guitar ~ Anthony "Tony" Mottola 

Piano ~ Henry Rowland 

Bass ~ Robert Haggart 

Drums ~ Terry Snyder 

Tenor Sax ~ Abraham Richman 

Trumpet ~ James Maxwell

 

. . . a cross-section of the requests that Perry Como sings on his weekly TV show. The style is relaxed, the backgrounds ( by a section of the Mitchell Ayres' orchestra known during the recording sessions as "Como's Little Combo" ) are light and easy, and Perry's singing is, as always, superb.

 

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Instrumental backing by  "Como's Little Combo"

— a section of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 3, 155 East 24th Street, New York City

A&R Producer: Ed O. Welker 

Recorded June 18, 1956

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