Ave Maria ~  album links 1949 Version

 

1st recording 1949 Perry Como ~ Mr. Saturday Night!

Original Music by Franz Schubert
Public Domain
 
With Choir and Organ directed by Mitchell Ayres
and Ray Charles
 
Recorded at The Church of Incarnation, New York City
Produced by Charles Grean
Recording Time 4:40 P.D.
 
Recorded September 30, 1949  ~  Matrix No. D9VC - 1953  Take 1 - 1A
 
Single release: RCA-78RPM 12" 28-0436
RCA-45RPM 52-0071-A
Single Flip Side: "The Lord's Prayer"
US Chart Position No. 22

 Perry Como ~ Songs of FaithI Believe ~ original 12" LP 1956I Believe - 45 Extended Play version 8 tracks

Perry Como - Bless this House - Australia EP issuePerry Como ~ I Believe LPE-1172 circa 1965

I Believe ~ UK 45 Extended Play AlbumHome for the Holidays ~ compilation circa 1968 I Believe ~ ANL1 1137 (e) circa 1975

The First Thirty Years ~ Perry Como RCA UK1975Perry Como Forever - German Release 1976Perry Como ~ North American K-Tel Compilation

The Greatest Hits of Perry Como - 1979Quality Records Canada "Magic Moments" 1985 compilation

 
Album issue: RCA-45RPM-EP "Songs of Faith" EPA-410 MONO 1953
Album issue: RCA-LP12 "I Believe" LPM-1172 MONO 1956
Album issue: RCA-45RPM EP  "I Believe" EPB-1172 MONO 1956
Album issue: RCA-45RPM-EP GOLD STANDARD "Songs of Faith" EPA-5142 MONO 1959
Album: RCA-AUSTRALIA EP "Bless this House" RCA-20033 MONO
Album reissue: RCA-LP12 "I Believe" LPE-1172 ELECTRONIC STEREO 1961
Album: RCA-UK EP "I Believe" RCX-161 MONO U/K
Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Home for the Holidays" PRS-273 ELECTRONIC STEREO 1968
Album re- issue: Pure Gold-LP12 "I Believe" ANL1- 1137 (e) ELECTRONIC STEREO 1975
Album issue: RCA-UK-LP12 "The First Thirty Years" LFL4-7522 ELECTRONIC STEREO 1975
Album issue: TELDEC-LP12 "Perry Como Forever" RCA FJL-27195 GERMANY 1976
Album issue: KELO MUSIC-LP12 "Perry Como" K-TEL NC-503 MONO 1977
Album issue: RCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS-LP12 "The Greatest Hits of Perry Como" DVL2-0362 MONO 1979
Album issue: Quality Records-LP12 "Magic Moments" QRSP-1007 MONO 1985
 
Notes: ~ Ave Maria or Hail Mary, name given by Roman Catholics to a form of address to the Virgin Mary,
included in the Divine Office and in a few antiphons of the Mass. Ave Maria are the first two words
of the prayer that is taken from the salutation (see Luke 1:28) of the angel Gabriel, traditionally
worded: "Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women." Appearing
in varying forms as early as the 6th century in the Liturgy of St. James and others, the Ave Maria was
finally adopted as a popular devotion in the 11th century. The present form was fixed by Pope Pius V i
n 1568 and has been used by the Roman Catholic laity as widely as the Our Father, or Lord's Prayer.
Original RCA Recording | 1959 Album Links | 1968 Album Links |
With Choir and Organ directed by Mitchell Ayres
and Ray Charles
Produced by Charles Grean
Recorded at The Church of Incarnation, New York City
Recorded September 30, 1949

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