Perry Como

 

A 1957 Special Products Division Box-Set

featuring 10 Extended-Play Records

 

RCA VICTOR 45 EP BOX SET SPD-27

NEW ORTHOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY

MONAURAL RECORDINGS

ASSEMBLED 1957

| Chronological Order | Record Order | Release Sources | Notes |

Sides 1 and 20
Record No. 599-9156

For Me And My Gal

~ featured in the 1942 Hollywood musical "For Me and My Gal"

Music by George W. Meyer, lyrics by Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz, published 1917
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

 

As Time Goes By

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

Words and Music by Herman Hupfeld
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

I Believe

Words and Music by Ervin Drake, 

Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and Chorus

 

When Day Is Done

~ a German song originally titled "Madonna, Du Bist Schöner als der Sonnenschein!"

Music and original German lyrics by Robert Katscher , 1926

English lyrics by B.G. DeSylva
With Russ Case and His Orchestra

Sides 2 and 19
Record No. 599-9157

Far Away Places

~  a #4 Charted Hit for Perry in 1949

Words and Music by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney, 1948
With Henri René's Orchestra

 

'Till the End of Time

~ adapted from Chopin's Polonaise No. 6 in A Flat Major

Words and Music by Ted Mossman and Buddy Kaye, 1945
With Russ Case and His Orchestra

 

Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes ( with The Ramblers )

~  recorded by Perry in November, 1952

Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952
With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra

 

Bali Ha'i

~ from the musical production "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Sides 3 and 18
Record No. 599-9158

It's A Good Day

Words and Music by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour, 1947
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

 

My Funny Valentine

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

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, 1937
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

You'll Never Walk Alone

~ from the musical production "Carousel"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

Hello Young Lovers

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

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Sides 4 and 17
Record No. 599-9159

If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

~  introduced in the stage musical "Revenge with Music"

Music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz, 1934
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

Over The Rainbow ( with Sally Sweetland )  

~ from the Hollywood musical "The Wizard of Oz"

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg , 1939
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

Body and Soul

~ from the United Artists Film "Body and Soul"

Music by Johnny Green 

with lyrics by Robert B. Sour, Edward Heyman, and Frank Eyton
With Russ Case and His Orchestra

 

Lies ( with The Ramblers )

~ popular flipside to Perry's 1952 gold record 

"Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes"

Music by Harry Barris and lyrics by George Springer, 1930
With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra

Sides 5 and 16
Record No. 599-9160

Temptation

~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"

Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed , 1933 
With Ted Steele and His Orchestra

 

Black Moonlight  

~ from the motion picture musical "Too Much Harmony"

Music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Sam Coslow, 1933
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

All At Once You Love Her ( and The Ray Charles Singers )

~ from the musical production "Pipe Dream"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

 

Look Out the Window  ( And See How I'm Standing in the Rain )

Music by Dave Mann and lyrics by Bob Hilliard
With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra
and Chorus

Sides 6 and 15
Record No. 599-9161

If

~  a Gold Record for Perry in 1951

Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves 

and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

When You Were Sweet Sixteen  ( with The Satisfiers )

~ from the Bing Crosby Productions, Inc., Picture "The Great John L."

Words and Music by James Thornton and Published 1898

With Orchestra Conducted by Lloyd Shaffer
and The Satisfiers

 

I've Got The World On A String

~ featured in the 1950 Hollywood musical "I'll Get By"

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, 1933
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

You Do Something To Me

~ featured in the 1952 Hollywood musical "Because You're Mine"

Words and Music by Cole Porter , 1929
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

Sides 7 and 14
Record No. 599-9162

Prisoner of Love

~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931
With Russ Case and His Orchestra

 

Carolina Moon

~ best remembered as the theme song of Morton Downey, 

who used it on his radio shows and public appearances.

Music by  Joe Burke and lyrics by Benny Davis , 1929

With Orchestra Conducted by Lloyd Shaffer

 

One For My Baby ( and One More for the Road )

~ featured in the 1955 Hollywood musical "Young at Heart"

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, 1943
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

In The Still of The Night

~ from the 1937 Hollywood musical "Rosalie"

Words and Music by Cole Porter
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

Sides 8 and 13
Record No. 599-9163

What'll I Do?

~ featured in "Big City", 1948, sung by Danny Thomas

Words and Music by Irving Berlin, 1924
With Russ Case and His Orchestra

 

Blue Room 

~ from the 1948 M-G-M film "Words and Music"

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hart, 1926
With Henri René's Orchestra
and Chorus

 

Hot Diggity  ( Dog Ziggity Boom )

~ Adapted from Alexis Chabrier's 1st theme of España, Rhapsody for Orchestra

Words and Music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1956
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

 

It Happened In Monterey

~ from the 1930 film "King of Jazz" with Paul Whiteman

Music by Mabel Wayne and lyrics by William Rose, published 1930
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and Chorus

Sides 9 and 12
Record No. 599-9164

With A Song In My Heart 

~ from the 1948 M-G-M film "Words and Music"

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hart, 1926 
With Henri René's Orchestra
and Chorus

 

No Other Love

~  a No. 1 Charted Single for Perry recorded in May, 1953

from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
With Henri René's Orchestra
and Chorus

 

Breezin' Along With The Breeze

~ appeared in the 1955 Hollywood musical "Pete Kelly's Blues"

Words and Music by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons and Richard Whiting, 1926
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

 

It's The Talk of The Town

~ featured by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra

Music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Marty Symes with Al J. Neiburg, 1933
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Singers

Sides 10 and 11
Record No. 599-9165

Wanted

~  a No. 1 Charted Gold Record for Perry recorded in December, 1953 ( Alternate Take )

Words and Music by Lois Steele and Jack Fulton , 1954
With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra
and Chorus

 

Love Me Or Leave Me

~ from the 1928 Stage musical "Whoopee"

Music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn

With Orchestra Conducted by Lloyd Shaffer
and The Satisfiers

 

Pa-Paya Mama  ( with The Ramblers )

~  a No. 11 Charted Single for Perry recorded in August, 1953

"A" flip side to "You Alone ( Solo Tu )" which also charted at No. 9

Words and Music by Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel and George Sandler
With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra
and Chorus

 

I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

Music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, 1932
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and Chorus

 

This 45 RPM Extended Play Box-Set compilation was released circa 1957. With ten records

each containing four tracks ( two per side ) the collection includes a total forty Como songs.

This compilation includes the whole of Perry's first 12" Long Play RCA Victor album "So Smooth" 

from 1955 with other songs from several of his albums released during that same era. Of peculiar

interest is an alternate take of Perry's 1954 Gold Record "Wanted" released only within this

compilation plus the flip-side of this same single "Look Out the Window (And See How I'm Standing in the Rain")

which has never been re-released in any other compilation or album format. 

 

All tracks in this compilation were monaural.

 

         | Chronological Order | Record Order | Release Sources | Notes | 

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

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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