~ Reader's Digest ( UK )

           CD DISK: ONE

The Early Years

 

Some Enchanted Evening

~ from the 1949 Stage musical "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

"A" ~ You're Adorable

Music by Sidney Lippman

with lyrics by Fred Wise and Buddy Kaye, 1948

 

You Won't Be Satisfied ( Until You Break My Heart ) ( with The Satisfiers )

Words and Music by Freddy James and Larry Stock, 1946

 

Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba   ( My Bambino Go to Sleep )

Music by Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston 

with lyrics by Mack David, 1947

 

They Say It's Wonderful

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

Words & Music by Irving Berlin

 

Prisoner of Love ( 1946 Version )

~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill

with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931

 

A Dreamer's Holiday

Music by Mabel Wayne and lyrics by Kim Gannon , 1949

 

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

 

Forever and Ever

Music and original German lyrics by Franz Winkler

English lyrics by Malia Rosa, 1949

 

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

 

You're Just In Love ( I Wonder Why ) ( with The Fontane Sisters )

~ from the 1950 Broadway musical "Call Me Madam"

Words and Music by Irving Berlin , 1950

 

If I Loved You

~  recorded by Perry in May, 1945

from the Musical Show "Carousel"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1945

 

Far Away Places

Words and Music by Alex Kramer

and Joan Whitney, 1948

 

Bali Ha'i

~ from the musical production "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

Surrender

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss , 1946

Bennie Benjamin Music Inc.

 

Because

~ featured by Mario Lanza in "The Great Caruso", 1951

Music by Guy d'Hardelot

with lyrics by Edward Teschemacher, 1902

 

If  (1950)

Music by Tolchard Evans, lyrics by Robert Hargreaves

and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934

 

I'm Gonna Love That Gal   ( Like She's Never Been Loved Before )

Words and Music by Frances Ash 1945

 

A Bushel and A Peck ( with Betty Hutton )

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

Words and Music by Frank Loesser, 1950

 

A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba ( Dig You Later )

~ from the Hollywood Musical "Doll Face", 1945

Music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Harold Adamson, 1945

 

CD DISK: TWO

Memories of the 50s

 

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

Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952

 

Hoop-Dee-Doo ( with The Fontane Sisters )

Music by Milton de Lugg 

with lyrics by Frank Loesser

 

No Other Love

~ from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1953

 

Maybe ( with Eddie Fisher  )

Words and Music by Allan Flynn

and Frank Madden , 1940, 1952

 

Papa Loves Mambo

Words and Music by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning

and Bix Reichner 1954

 

Wanted

Words and Music by Lois Steele

and Jack Fulton , 1954

 

Say You're Mine Again ( with The Ramblers )

Words and Music by Charles Nathan

and Dave Heisler , 1953

 

Hello Young Lovers ( 1960 Version Monaural )

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

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

I May Never Pass This Way Again

Words and Music by Murray Wizel and Irving Melcher

 

Idle Gossip

Music by Joseph Meyer

with lyrics by Floyd Huddleston

 

More

Music by Tom Glazer

with lyrics by Alex Alstone

 

Catch a Falling Star

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss

and Paul Vance

 

Hot Diggity  ( Dog Ziggity Boom ) ( Alternate Take )

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

Words and Music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1956

 

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

 

Dream Along With Me ( I'm On My Way to a Star )

Words and Music by Carl Sigman, 1956

 

Magic Moments

Music by Burt Bacharach

with lyrics by Hal David , 1958

 

Kewpie Doll ( with Ray Charles ) ( Real Stereo )

Words and Music by Sid Tepper

and Roy C. Bennett

 

Moonlight Love

Music from "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy

Adapted by Domenico Savino with lyrics by Mitchell Parish, 1956

 

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

~ from the 1950 Walt Disney film "Cinderella"

Music by Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston with

lyrics by Mack David, 1949

 

Round and Round

Words and Music by Joe Shapiro

and Lou Stallman, 1956

 

Ko-Ko-Mo ( I Love You So )

Words and Music by Eunice Levy, Jake Porter

and Forest Wilson , 1955

 

Juke Box Baby

Music by Joe Sherman

with lyrics Noel Sherman, 1956

           CD DISK: THREE

Favourites Forever!

 

Love Makes the World Go 'Round

Words and Music by Ollie Jones

 

Dream on Little Dreamer ( with The Anita Kerr Quartet )

Words and Music by Jan Crutchfield

and Fred Burch

 

I Know

Words and Music by Carl Stutz

and Edith Lindeman

 

Caterina

Words and Music by Earl Shuman 

and Maurice "Bugs" Bower, 1961

 

Delaware

Words and Music by Irving Gordon 

 

Mandolins In the Moonlight

Words and Music by George Weiss

and Aaron Schroeder

 

( I Love You ) Don't You Forget It

Music by Henry Mancini 

with lyrics by Al Stillman ,1963

 

Tomboy

Words and Music by Joe Farrell

and Jim Conway

 

Moon Talk

Words and Music by Al Hoffman

and Dick Manning

 

( The ) Father of Girls

Words and Music by Ervin M. Drake

 

Try to Remember ( from the musical production "The Fantasticks" )

Music by Harvey Schmidt

with lyrics by Tom Jones

 

 

For The Good Times

Words and Music by Kris Kristofferson

 

The Way We Were

Music by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman , 1973

 

It's Impossible

Music by Canache Armando Manzanero

with lyrics by Sid Wayne

 

( The ) Shadow of Your Smile  ( Love theme from "The Sandpiper" )

Music by Johnny Mandel with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, 1965

 

Feelings

Music by Mauricio Kaiserman with English lyrics by Morris Albert , 1975

Brazilian song with original Portuguese words by Thomas Fundera

 

And I Love You So

Words and Music by Don McLean

 

Fly Me to the Moon  ( In Other Words )

Words and Music by Bart Howard

 

( The ) Sweetest Sounds

~ from the Stage musical "No Strings"

Words and Music by Richard Rodgers, 1962

 

I Think of You

Music by Francis Albert Lai 

with lyrics by Rod McKuen

 

 

SPECIAL FEATURES:

~ first documented alternate 'take' of "Hot Diggity ( Dog Ziggity Boom )" ( US & UK Versions )

~ first documented stereo release of "Kewpie Doll"

~ the song "Idle Gossip" was never released in North America

~ rare stereo re-release for "I May Never Pass This Way Again" and "Love Make the World Go 'Round" and "Tomboy"

~ rare mono re-release for "I'm Gonna Love That Gal" and "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"

           DOCUMENTED ERRORS:

~ the "Hello, Young Lovers" track was obviously intended to be the 1951 version

~ 11 out of 26 stereo recordings are re-released here in mono including "Delaware" a popular UK hit single

 

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A Perry Como Discography 

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