RCA CAMDEN CAS-2122

RCA INTERNATIONAL INTS 1001

STEREO & MONO

ASSEMBLED 1967

Favorite

Love Ballads

by Perry Como

 

A&R Coordinator: Fred Allen.

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

& The Ray Charles Singers

 

"Here's Perry at his best, singing songs of love and romance for lovers young and old. The ballads are ageless and timeless — and they carry a message as old as time and as fresh and stimulating as tomorrow." ~ from the original 1967 album jacket notes

 

Side One

 

Hello, Young Lovers  ( 1960 )

~ from Perry's 1961 RCA Victor album "For The Young At Heart"

from the 1951 Stage musical "The King and I"

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

  

Begin the Beguine

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

from the 1935 Stage musical "Jubilee"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

  

Honey, Honey ( Bless Your Heart )

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

Music by Larry Stock and lyrics by Dominick Belline

  

Come Rain or Come Shine

~ from Perry's 1958 RCA Victor album "Saturday Night With Mr. C."

from the Stage musical "St. Louis Woman"

Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1946

  

In the Still of the Night

~ from Perry's 1955 RCA Victor album "So Smooth"

from the 1937 Hollywood musical "Rosalie"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

 

Side Two

 

You Came A Long Way From St. Louis

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

Music by John Benson Brooks and lyrics by Bob Russell , 1948

  

Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella ( On a Rainy Day )

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

Music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal and Francis Wheeler , 1928

  

Tomboy

~ Perry's charted single from January, 1959, with flip side "Kiss Me and Kiss Me and Kiss Me"

Words and Music by Joe Farrell and Jim Conway

  

I've Got You Under My Skin

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

from the 1936 Hollywood musical "Born to Dance"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

  

Vaya Con Dios ( May God Be With You )

~ from Perry's 1958 RCA Victor album "Saturday Night With Mr. C."

Words and Music by Larry Russell, Buddy Pepper and Inez James, 1953

 

RCA CAMDEN CAS-2122 Released 1967

RCA INTERNATIONAL INTS 1001 Released 1969

 

~ these tracks were originally recorded in real stereo but released here electronically reprocessed

from monaural to simulate stereo. In his 1958 statement regarding RCA Camden, Mr. G. R. Marek, Vice-President

and General Manager of RCA Victor Record Division, claimed "It is the desire of RCA Victor that the public be

assured that the same high standards used in the production of RCA Victor Records have also been used

in the manufacture of RCA Camden Records."

 

All other tracks in real stereo except "In The Still Of The Night" which was recorded in monaural.

The stereo effect for this track is electronically reprocessed from monaural.

 

"Tomboy" recorded January 19, 1959, is released here for the first time in real stereo.

 

Perry's 1958 recording " Come Rain of Come Shine" has been released in two separate

BMG CD compilations which feature the original composers with various artists. One of them is

digitally re-mastered from the original stereophonic recording.

 

"The Johnny Mercer Songbook" RCA 9788-2-R ( VA ) ~ MONAURAL ( 1989 )

"The Harold Arlen Songbook" RCA 9936-2-R ( VA ) ~ LIVING STEREO ( 1989 )

RCA CAMDEN CAS-2122

RCA INTERNATIONAL INTS 1001

STEREO & MONO

ASSEMBLED 1967

 

A&R Coordinator: Fred Allen.

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and the Ray Charles Singers.

           | Album Notes |  Front Cover | Back Cover | Label 1 | Label 2 |

| 1940s | Early 50s | Late 50s | Early 60s | Late 60s | Early 70s | Late 70s | 1980s |

| Electronically Reprocessed Stereo |

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

November 2024 Revised Edition

 

 

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