RCA VICTOR LPM-3124
MONAURAL LONG PLAY
ASSEMBLED IN 1953
Album Notes
Perry Como
With Betty
Hutton and The
Fontane Sisters
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus
It has
often been asked: how do songs from Broadway musicals differ from
ordinary popular tunes? For although they may have similar style and
arrangement, the Broadway melody often displays a verve and
descriptiveness denied to other popular favorites.
The reason is at least twofold: first, show numbers are the product
of today's most widely experienced composers; second, such music is
written in a context, a whole musical production which individual
songs must support and exemplify.
Perry Como is an ideal
performer of brilliant music from the Great White Way. His style is
both intimate and versatile enough to capture every tuneful
situation. And for those who have seen or heard these Berlin,
Loesser and Rodgers-Hammerstein productions, the Perry Como approach
will prove a guaranty of renewed enjoyment.
In the year 1950 appeared two
smash musical successes: Frank Loesser’s "Guys and Dolls,"
based on the novel characterizations of Damon Runyon, and Irving
Berlin’s "Call Me Madam." From the first, Perry here sings
"A Bushel and a Peck" in a sparkling duet with Betty Hutton,
while from the second he interprets "Marrying for Love," " You’re
Just in Love" and "It’s a Lovely Day Today" — the last
two with The Fontane Sisters.
As an exponent of Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Perry lends his adaptable styling to "Some Enchanted
Evening" and "Bali Ha’i" from "South Pacific," and to "Hello,
Young Lovers" and "We Kiss in a Shadow" from the
popular 1951 musical "The King and I."
 
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RCA VICTOR LPM-3124
MONAURAL LONG PLAY
ASSEMBLED IN 1953
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