When I Wanted You

Words and Music by Gino Cunico Perry Como ~ Mr. Saturday Night!

Homegrown Music / Blackwood Music ~ BMI

Arranged by Stanley Schwartz and Gerald Alters

Orchestra Conducted by Nick Perito

Recorded at RCA Studios D and B, New York

Produced by Mike Berniker

Recording Time 3:35

Recorded December 10th & 11th, 1978 ~ Matrix No. HPA1-7080 Take 1 +

Single release: RCA-45RPM-PB-11434-A

Single Flip Side: "Forever"

In December of 1978 Perry recorded his first songs with Mike Berniker as producer. Berniker then produced several albums with him into the 1980s. From these early sessions, two tracks were released as a single, "When I Wanted You" and "Forever", and one other, "You Are So Beautiful", was later included in Perry's 1983 album "So It Goes". The two remaining tracks, "To Make You Smile Again", and "Rosemary Blue", were never released.