VOLUME ONE

 

Goodbye Sue

~ Perry's first recording for RCA Victor from June, 1943

original flip side "There'll Soon Be a Rainbow" and re-released on "B" side of "Temptation" in 1945

Words and Music by Jimmy Rule, Lou Ricca and Jules Loman, 1943

Recorded a cappella during the American Federation of Musicians ( AFM ) recording ban with Mixed Chorus

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, June 20, 1943

US Chart Position No. 20

 

Long Ago (  And Far Away  ) 

~  a double charted single from February, 1944, the "B" flip side to "I Love You"

from the 1944 Hollywood musical "Cover Girl"

Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics Ira Gershwin, 1944

Recorded a cappella during the American Federation of Musicians ( AFM ) recording ban with Mixed Chorus

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, February 8, 1944

US Chart Position No. 8

 

I Dream of You (  More Than You Dream I Do  ) 

Words and Music by Marjorie Goetschius and Edna Osser, 1944

With Orchestra Conducted by Lew Martin

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 1, New York City, December 8, 1944

US Chart Position No. 10

 

Temptation

~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"

Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed , 1933

With Orchestra Conducted by Ted Steele

Produced by Lew Martin

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, March 27, 1945

US Chart Position No. 15

 

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 Orchestra Conducted by Russell Case

Produced by Herb Hendler

Recorded at Lottos Club, New York City, July 3, 1945

US Chart Position No. 1

 

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

Produced by Eli Oberstein and Herb Hendler

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, December 18, 1945

US Chart Position No. 1

 

A Garden in the Rain

~ a popular single for Perry from March, 1946, released again in 1947

With the Orchestra of Russ Case and The Satisfiers

Music by Carroll Gibbons and lyrics by James Dyrenforth, 1929

With the Orchestra of Russ Case and the Satisfiers

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, March 14, 1946

US Chart Position No. 22

 

They Say It's Wonderful

~ from the musical production "Annie Get Your Gun" and Published 1946

Words & Music by Irving Berlin

With Russ Case and His Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, April 2, 1946

US Chart Position No. 4

 

If I'm Lucky

~ from the 20th Century-Fox film "If I'm Lucky"

Words and Music by Eddie Delange and Joseph Myrow

With Russ Case and His Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, July 15, 1946

US Chart Position No. 19

 

Sonata

Music by Alex Alstone 

with lyrics by Ervin Drake and Jimmy Shirl, 1947

With Orchestra under the direction of Lloyd Shaffer

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

US Chart Position No. 9

 

Song of Songs

~  a popular single from January, 1947, with flip side "Easter Parade"

An English translation of the French song "Chanson du Coeur Brise"

Music by Harold Vicars and lyrics by Clarence Lucas , 1914

Original French lyrics by Maurice Vancaire

With Orchestra Conducted by Lloyd Shaffer

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, January 23, 1947

 

Far Away Places

~  a popular single for Perry from December, 1948

nineteen weeks on "Your Hit Parade" in 1949 for Crosby, Whiting & Perry

Words and Music by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney, 1948

With Orchestra Conducted by Henri René

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, December 14, 1948

US Chart Position No. 4

 

Blue Room

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

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hart, 1926

With Chorus and Orchestra directed by Henri René

Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess

Recorded at NBC Studio 3, New York City, December 17, 1948

US Chart Position No. 18

 

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 Chorus and Orchestra directed by Henri René

Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess

Recorded at NBC Studio 3, New York City, December 23, 1948

 

Forever and Ever

~  a double charted single from January, 1949, with flip side "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore"

Music and original German lyrics by Franz Winkler

English lyrics by Malia Rosa, 1949

With Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Mitchell Ayres

Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, January 14, 1949

US Chart Position No. 2

 

"A" ~ You're Adorable

~  a No. 1 hit single from March, 1949, the "B" flip side to "When Is Sometime?"

Music by Sidney Lippman with lyrics by Fred Wise and Buddy Kaye, 1948

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, March 1, 1949

US Chart Position No. 2

 

Some Enchanted Evening

~ from the 1949 Stage musical "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

With Orchestra Conducted by Mitchell Ayres

Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, March 1, 1949

US Chart Position No. 1

 

Bali Ha'i

~ from the musical production "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

With Orchestra Conducted by Mitchell Ayres

Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, March 1, 1949

US Chart Position No. 1

 

I Wanna Go Home (  With You  ) (  alternate take  )  

~ recorded by Perry in August, 1949

Words and Music by Jack Joyce and Joe Candullo

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

Produced by Charles Grean

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, August 11, 1949

US Chart Position No. 18

 

Hoop-Dee-Doo

~  double charted single from March, 1950, with flip side "On The Outgoing Tide"

Music Milton de Lugg and lyrics by Frank Loesser

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters

Produced by Charles Grean

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City, March 16, 1950

US Chart Position No. 18

 

A Bushel and A Peck

Introduced by Vivian Blaine in the musical production "Guy's and Dolls"

Words and Music by Frank Loesser, 1950

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Betty Hutton

Produced by Charles Grean

Recorded in RCA's Studio 2, New York City, September 12, 1950

US Chart Position No. 3

 

If

~  a Gold Record for Perry in 1951

Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra

Produced by Charles Grean

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, November 28, 1950

US Chart Position No. 1

 

Black Moonlight

~ from the motion picture musical "Too Much Harmony"

Music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Sam Coslow, 1933

With Orchestra and Chorus directed by Sigmund Romberg and Mitchell Ayres

Produced by Mr. Bergman and Hugo Winterhalter

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, December 5, 1950

 

Without a Song

from the 1929 musical production "Great Day"

Music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra and Chorus

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, January 11, 1951

 

24 TRACKS ON DISK 1 ARE MONAURAL

23 TRACKS ON DISK 2 ARE MONAURAL PLUS 2 STEREO

22 TRACKS ON DISK 3 STEREO

 

RCA VICTOR 07863-660982 DISK 1 1993 BMG Music

Chronological compilation 1943 — 1987

 

All selections transferred to digital from original metal parts, analog master, first generation session and/or master tapes

and/or molds where available ~ "You Are Never Far Away From Me" (complete version) — "Try A Little Tenderness"

— "Unchained Melody" — "Bumming Around" are released here for the first time ~ "Delaware" and "The Summer Wind"

are released here in Living Stereo for the first time ~ "I Wanna Go Home (With You), recorded with the Fontane Sisters,

is an alternate 'take' to the original release ~ Both "The Summer Wind" and "Bumming Around" were recorded with

the Anita Kerr Quartet during the summer following Mr. Como's first recordings in Nashville in 1965 and his debut

album "The Scene Changes" RCA Victor LPM/LSP 3396

 

Compilation Produced by Paul Williams

Audio Restoration by Bill Lacey

Digital Re-mastering by Bill Lacey, Dick Baxter, Edward Tallia

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

 

 

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