Perry Como ~ We Get Letters 1957

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
Lyrics
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.

Perry Como ~ We Get Letters original album 

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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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