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St. Louis Blues ~ album links
- Words and Music by
W. C. Handy
- W.C. Handy Music
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- With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
- Arrangements by Joe Lipman and
Jack Andrews
- Produced by Charles
Grean and Lee Schapiro
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- Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City
- Recording Engineer: Bob
Simpson
- Final Recording Time 2:56
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- Recorded
April
9th, 1959 ~
Matrix No.
K2PB-2312 Take
3
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- Album issue: RCA-LP12
"Como Swings" LSP-2010 STEREO SEPTEMBER 1959
- Album issue: RCA-45RPM EP "Perry
Como" FRANCE EP 75-569 MONO 1960
- Album issue:
RCA-JAPAN-LP10
"Best of Perry Como"
HP-546 MONO 1961
- Album issue:
RCA-UK-LP12
"BY REQUEST"
RDS/RD-7526
MONO 1962

- Album issue: RCA-JAPAN-LP12
"Grand Prix Series"
SX-5
MONO/
STEREO 1968
- Album issue: RCA-LP12
"Como Swings" UK
STARCALL HY-1035 STEREO 1976
- Special DJ-Promo:
RCA-45RPM SP45-72 ( October,
1959 )
- Album issue: RCA-JAPAN-LP12
"Great
Hits of Perry Como"
RCA
SRA 0032-33
STEREO POST 1974
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The
UK release of "By Request" substitutes "The Sweetest Sounds" with "St. Louis
Blues" Side 1 track 3 without explanation.
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"The
Sweetest Sounds" properly belongs within the 1962 album "By
Request" with this exception only.
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| Album Session | Album Notes |
- Produced
by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro
- with
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Ray Charles
- Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, 24th
Street, New York City
- Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson.
- Recorded April 9th,
16th, 23rd
& May 21st, 1959
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- A Perry Como
Discography
- & Digital Companion
|
Site Links |
All Albums |
All Songs |
The Recording Sessions |
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First
Edition Summer 1992
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Second
Edition Christmas 1993
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Web Page
Edition Christmas 1997
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25th
Anniversary Revision November, 2017
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Digital
Upgrade August, 2018
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July
2026 Revised Edition
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