" . . . one of the great TV traditions."

 

 

RCA VICTOR LSP-2708

QUARTER-TRACK REEL FTP-1203

RCA JAPAN RVP-6368

STEREO DYNAGROOVE

ORIGINAL RELEASE 1963

 

 

Side One

 

The Songs I Love

Music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn

 

( I Left My Heart ) In San Francisco

Music by George Cory and lyrics by Douglas Cross

 

Fly Me to the Moon  ( In Other Words )

Words and Music by Bart Howard

 

Slightly Out of Tune ( Desafinado )

Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim

with original lyrics by Newton Mendonça, 1962

English lyrics by Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh

 

This is All I Ask

Words and Music by Gordon Jenkins, 1963

 

( The ) Hawaiian Wedding Song ( Ke Kali Nei Au )

Music by Charles E. King

with English lyrics by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1959

Original written in 1926 by Charles E. King

with Hawaiian words and title "Ke Kali Nei Au"

 

Side Two

 

Days of Wine and Roses

~ from the 1962 film "Days of Wine and Roses"

Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1962

 

Carnival

~ from the film "Black Orpheus"

Music by Luiz Bonfa and lyrics by Antonio Mariz, 1960

English lyrics by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore ( Hugo & Luigi )

 

My Coloring Book

~ this song made it's national debut when sung by Sandy Stewart on the Como television show.

Music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, 1962

 

I Wanna Be Around

~ Mrs. Vimmerstedt, a housewife from Youngstown, Ohio, sent Johnny Mercer the title

and idea for this song. Mercer wrote it and shared the royalties which emanated from the popular recording by Tony Bennett.

Words and Music by Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt, 1963

 

When I Lost You

~ This song was composed the year Mr. Como was born. Irving Berlin wrote this ballad after the death of his young bride,

who died shortly after their honeymoon. It had a tremendous sheet music sale and remains one of Berlin's most moving songs.

Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1912

 

What Kind of Fool Am I ?

~ from the 1961 Stage Musical "Stop the World I Want to Get Off"

Music by Leslie Bricusse and lyrics by Anthony Newley

 

| Album notes |

 

Produced by Hugo and Luigi

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and ( The Ray Charles Singers )

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Recorded March 18th, 19th, 25th & 26th, 1963

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