Perry Como

 

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

RCA FRANCE 45 EP 75-569

Matrix Nos. A-side: 3R 60M103 D2 and, B-side: 3R 60M104 D2

MONAURAL

1960

 

Side One

 

Route 66

Words and Music by Bobby Troup

 

Donkey Serenade

Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, 

with lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forest , 1937

 

Side Two

 

Saint Louis Blues

Words and Music by W. C. Handy

  

Begin the Beguine

~ from the 1935 Stage musical "Jubilee"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

 

This 45 RPM Extended Play compilation features four selections from Perry's 1959 LP "COMO SWINGS"

released in France. Recordings during this period were often released in several formats, the short-lived 10" LP

was being replaced by the larger 12" format record but there still existed a large market for 78s, 45s

and the 45 Extended Play album and this would continue to approximately 1960.

 

All tracks in this compilation were monaural.

 

Within some or all pressings of this EP Side Two Track 1 actually contains the song "To Know You (Is to Love You)"

from the '59 album "Como Swings" replacing the listed track "St. Louis Blues" in an apparent error. The error may well

have been caused inadvertently due to the fact that both songs occupied the first track for sides 1 & 2 of the original

LP master tapes respectively. More likely, however, is that these songs were transcribed from sides 1 & 2 of the LP record

which appears to have been a habit within foreign markets. As a matter of interest, the included song "To Know You (Is to Love You)"

includes an uncredited partial duet with Perry's long serving Choral Director Ray Charles as was the case with his 1958

popular release "Kewpie Doll".

 

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