VOLUME TWO

 

You'll Never Walk Alone 

~ from the musical production "Carousel"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra

Recorded in Manhattan Center, New York City, March 13, 1952 

 

I Concentrate On You

~ from the Hollywood musical "Broadway Melody of 1940"

Words and Music by Cole Porter

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, March 4, 1952

 

You Are Never Far Away From Me  (  first release  )  

Music and Lyrics by Allan Roberts and Robert Allen

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, July 17, 1952

 

Maybe

~  a double charted single from May, 1952, with flip side "Watermelon Weather"

Words and Music by Allan Flynn and Frank Madden , 1940, 1952

both songs with Eddie Fisher & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Produced by Dave Kapp

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, May 13, 1952

US Chart Position No. 3

 

Watermelon Weather

~  a double charted single from May, 1952, with flip side "Maybe"

Words and Music by Hoagy Carmichael and Paul Francis Webster

both songs with Eddie Fisher & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Produced by Dave Kapp

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, May 13, 1952

US Chart Position No. 19

 

Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 

Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and The Ramblers

Produced by Dave Kapp

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, November 4, 1952

US Chart Position No. 1

 

Wild Horses

~  a double charted single from January, 1953, with flip side "I Confess"

Words and Music by Johnny Burke ( K.C. Rogan )

Adapted from "Wilder Reiter" ( "Wild Horseman" ) by Robert Schumann

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Produced by Dave Kapp and Hy Grill

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, January 6, 1953

US Chart Position No. 6

 

I Confess

~  a double charted single from January, 1953, with flip side "I Confess"

Words and Music by Jack Lawrence, Gunnar Hoffsten and Tryggve Arnesson

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra

Produced by Dave Kapp and Hy Grill

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, January 6, 1953

US Chart Position No. 17

 

No Other Love

~ from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1953

With Henri René's Orchestra and Chorus

Produced by Hugo Winterhalter

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York City, May 19, 1953

US Chart Position No. 1

 

You Alone ( Solo Tu )

~  a double charted single from August, 1953, the "B" flip side to "Pa-paya Mama"

Music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman, 1953

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded in Manhattan Center, New York City, August 19, 1953

US Chart Position No. 9

 

Papa Loves Mambo

Words and Music by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning and Bix Reichner 1954

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Chorus

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York, August 31, 1954

US Chart Position No. 4

 

Tina Marie

~ a double charting single from June, 1955, with flip side "Fooled"

Words and Music by Bob Merrill

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City, June 21, 1955

US Chart Position No. 5

 

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

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, February 2, 1956

US Chart Position No. 1

 

Juke Box Baby

~  a popular double charted single for Perry from February, 1956, 

and flip side to "Hot Diggity ( Dog Ziggity Boom )"

Music by Joe Sherman and lyrics Noel Sherman, 1956

With Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, February 2, 1956

US Chart Position No. 10

 

More

~ a double charting single from May, 1956, with flip side "Glendora"

Music by Tom Glazer and lyrics by Alex Alstone

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City, May 8, 1956

US Chart Position No. 1

 

Somebody Up There Likes Me

~  a double charted single from June, 1956, 

with flip side "Dream Along With Me ( I'm On My Way To a Star )"

from the 1956 MGM film "Somebody Up There Likes Me" and performed by Perry

Music by Bronislau Kaper and lyrics by Sammy Cahn

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, June 7, 1956

US Chart Position No. 18

 

Dream Along With Me  ( I'm On My Way To A Star )

~  a double charted single from June, 1956, 

with flip side "Somebody Up There Likes Me"

theme song from "The Perry Como Show"

Words and Music by Carl Sigman, 1956

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, June 7, 1956

US Chart Position No. 85

 

Try A Little Tenderness  (  first release  )  

Words and Music by Harry M. Woods, 

James Campbell and Reginald Connelly

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City, June 13, 1956

 

Unchained Melody  (  first release  ) 

Words and Music by Alex North and Hy Zaret

With Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra

Recorded in Webster Hall, New York City, June 13, 1956

 

Round and Round

Words and Music by Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman, 1956

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Ray Charles

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers

Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, January 15, 1957

US Chart Position No. 1

 

Just Born ( To Be Your Baby )

~ a popular single for Perry from July, 1957, 

with flip side with "Ivy Rose"

Words and Music by Luther Dixon and Billy Dawn Smith

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, July 1, 1957

US Chart Position No. 12

 

Catch a Falling Star

~ first certified "Gold" record by R.I.A.A. in 1958

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at Studio A, New York City, October 9, 1957

US Chart Position No. 1

 

Magic Moments

Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David , 1958

Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton

With Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at Studio A, New York City, December 3, 1957

US Chart Position No. 4

 

Accentuate the Positive

~ from the 1958 RCA Victor album "Saturday Night With Mr. C."

Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer , 1944

Arranged by Joe Lipman

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A , 

155 E. 24th Street, New York City, February 19, 1958

 

Birth of the Blues

~ from the 1958 RCA Victor album "Saturday Night With Mr. C."

Music by Ray Henderson with lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown , 1926

Arranged by Joe Lipman

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A , 

155 E. 24th Street, New York City, March 11, 1958

 

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 2 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

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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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