DISK: ONE

 

Round and Round

Words and Music by Joe Shapiro 

and Lou Stallman, 1956

 

Hello, Young Lovers   ( 1960 Version )

Music by Richard Rodgers 

with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , 1951

 

Linda

~ from Perry's 1959 RCA Victor album "Como Swings"

Words and Music by Jack Lawrence, 1947

 

Temptation  ( 1945 Version )

~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"

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

 

It's Only a Paper Moon

~  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

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

 

Young At Heart

~ featured in the 1955 film "Young at Heart"

Music by Johnny Richards and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, 1954

 

Wanted

~  recorded by Perry in December, 1953

Words and Music by Lois Steele and Jack Fulton , 1954

 

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

 

My Melancholy Baby

~  recorded by Perry in November, 1947

sung by Bing Crosby in the Hollywood musical "The Birth of the Blues" ( 1941 )

Music by Ernie Burnett with lyrics by George A. Norton and Maybelle E. Watson , 1912

 

Oh, How I Miss You Tonight

~  recorded by Perry in November, 1947

introduced by Benny Davis in vaudeville.

Words and Music by Benny Davis, Joseph A Burke and Mark Fisher 1925

 

Anema e core

Music by Salve D'Esposito with Italian lyrics by Tito Manlio , 1954

English lyrics by Manny Curtis and Harry Akst

 

If I Loved You

Music by Richard Rodgers 

with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1945

 

It's Impossible

Music by Canache Armando Manzanero 

with lyrics by Sid Wayne

 

That Old Gang of Mine

~  a single release from January, 1951, with flip side "I Found a Million Dollar Baby ( In a Five and Ten Cent Store ) "

featured in the Stage musical "Ziegfield Follies of 1923"

Music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon

 

Some Enchanted Evening

~  a double charted single from March, 1949, with flip side "Bali Ha'i"

from the 1949 Stage musical "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

Moon River

~ from the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer

 

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

~  recorded by Perry in June, 1956

theme song from "The Perry Como Show"

Words and Music by Carl Sigman, 1956

 

Without a Song ( 1951 Version )

~  Perry's first recording of this song from January, 1951

from the 1929 musical production "Great Day"

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

 

What's New ?

Music by Bob Haggart with lyrics by Johnny Burke 1939

 

Surrender

~ a double charted single from April, 1946, with flip side "More Than You Know"

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss , 1946

With Orchestra Conducted by Russ Case

 

Because

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

Music by Guy d'Hardelot and lyrics by Edward Teschemacher, 1902

 

Dear Hearts & Gentle People

Music by Sammy Fain 

with lyrics by Bob Hilliard , 1950

 

Maybe  ( with Eddie Fisher )

~  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

 

Prisoner of Love ( 1946 Version )

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill 

with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931

 

Tina Marie

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

Words and Music by Bob Merrill

 

DISK: TWO

 

Hot Diggity  ( Dog Ziggity Boom )

Words and Music by Al Hoffman 

and Dick Manning, 1956

 

"A" ~ You're Adorable ( with The Fontane Sisters )

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

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

 

Papa Loves Mambo

~  recorded by Perry in August, 1954

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

 

With a Song In My Heart 

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

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hart, 1926

 

They Say It's Wonderful

~  recorded by Perry in April, 1946

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

Words & Music by Irving Berlin

 

Catch a Falling Star

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss 

and Paul Vance

 

Sleepy Time Gal

~ title song of the 1942 film "Sleepy Time Gal", 1925

Music by Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting 

with lyrics by Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan, 1925

 

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

Music by Harvey Schmidt 

with lyrics by Tom Jones

 

Far Away Places

~  a #4 Charted Hit for Perry in 1949

Words and Music by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney, 1948

 

More

Music by Alex Alstone 

with lyrics by Tom Glazer

 

If  ~ 1950

Music by Tolchard Evans,

lyrics by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell , 1934

 

No Other Love

~  a double charted single from May, 1953, with flip side "Keep It Gay"

from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"

Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

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

 

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

Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952

 

Girl of My Dreams

~  recorded by Perry in March, 1946

a hit record by Gene Austin, whistling by Bob McGimsey, for Victor in 1928

Words and Music by Sunny Clapp, 1927

 

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now  ~ 1947

~ a charted single from May, 1947, 

with flip side "When Tonight Is Just a Memory"

from the 20th Century-Fox Picture "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" 1947

Music by Joe Howard and Harold Orlob, 

with lyrics by Frank Adams and Will Hough and Published 1909

 

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 Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus

 

When I Fall In Love

~ featured in the 1957 film "Istanbul"       

Music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman, 1952

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

We've Only Just Begun

Words and Music by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, 1970

 

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows ( with The Satisfiers )

~ melody adapted from Chopin's "Fantaisie Impromptu in C# Minor

Music by Harry Carroll and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, 1917, 1946

 

And I Love You So ( original single EQ version )

Words and Music by Don McLean

 

Bless this House

Words and Music by Helen Taylor 

and May H. Morgan ( a.k.a. Brahe ), 1927

 

 

DISK 1 ~ 25 TRACKS TIME  75:10

DISK 2 ~ 25 TRACKS TIME  74:17

 

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