PERRY COMO

 

SINGS 

SCREEN THEMES

 

RCA JAPAN VICTOR SRA-5082

LIVING STEREO + MONO

ASSEMBLED 1967

 

JAPAN Compilation

RVC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 1967

 

Side 1

 

( The ) Rose Tattoo

~ a popular single for Perry in Japan from September, 1955

inspired by the Paramount-Wallis film "The Rose Tattoo"

Music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Jack Brooks

 

As Time Goes By

~ from the 1931 Stage musical "Everybody's Welcome" and the 1942 film "Casablanca"

Words and Music by Herman Hupfeld

 

Somebody Up There Likes Me

~  a double charted single from June, 1956, with flip side "Dream Along With Me ( I'm On My Way To a Star )"

from the 1956 MGM film "Somebody Up There Likes Me" and performed by Perry

Music by Bronislau Kaper and lyrics by Sammy Cahn

 

Moonglow and Theme from "Picnic"

~ from the 1956 film "Picnic"

Words and Music by Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, and Irving Mills 1934, 1956

Theme from "Picnic" Words by Steve Allen and Music by George Duning 1956

 

Hello, Young Lovers

~ from the 1951 Stage musical "The King and I"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , 1951

 

My Funny Valentine

~ featured in the 1955 Hollywood musical "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, 1937

 

Can't Help Falling In Love

Words and Music by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti 

and Luigi Creatore ( Hugo & Luigi )

 

Side 2

 

Manhã de Carnaval ( 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 )

 

( The ) Shadow of Your Smile  ( Love theme from "The Sandpiper" ) 

Music by Johnny Mandel with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, 1965

 

Moon River

~ from the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer

 

Maria

~ from the 1957 Broadway musical production "West Side Story"

Music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, 1957

  

Days of Wine and Roses

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

Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1962

 

My Favorite Things

~ from "The Sound of Music" 1959, 1965

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

Love Letters

~ from the 1945 Paramount film "Love Letters"

Music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman, 1945

 

JAPAN Compilation

RVC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 1967

A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

| Site Links | All Albums |  All Songs | The Recording Sessions |

First Edition Summer 1992

Second Edition Christmas 1993

Web Page Edition Christmas 1997

25th Anniversary Revision November, 2017

Digital Upgrade August, 2018

Easter 2023 Revised Edition