Perry Como

Legendary Singers

 

Temptation ( 1945 )

~ from the MGM film "Going Hollywood"

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

 

If I Loved You

from the Musical Show "Carousel"

Music by Richard Rodgers

with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1945

 

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now ( 1947 Version )

~ 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, 1909

 

Prisoner of Love

~ introduced and featured by Russ Columbo in 1931

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill

with lyrics by Leo Robin, 1931

 

Catch a Falling Star  

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

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance

 

Wanted

~  recorded by Perry in December, 1953

Words and Music by Lois Steele and Jack Fulton , 1954

 

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

 

No Other Love

~ from the 1953 Stage Musical "Me and Juliet"

Words and Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1953

 

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

 

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

 

Some Enchanted Evening

~ from the 1949 Stage musical "South Pacific"

Music by Richard Rodgers

with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

 

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

Words and Music by Slim Willet, 1952

 

Surrender

Words and Music by Bennie Benjamin

and George Weiss , 1946

 

Forever and Ever

Music and original German lyrics by Franz Winkler

English lyrics by Malia Rosa, 1949

 

Far Away Places

Words and Music by Alex Kramer

and Joan Whitney, 1948

 

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

 

"A"— You're Adorable

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

 

If ( 1950 )

~  a Gold Record for Perry in 1951

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

 

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

 

They Say It's Wonderful

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

Words & Music by Irving Berlin

 

Magic Moments

Music by Burt Bacharach

with lyrics by Hal David , 1958

 

ALL TRACKS MONAURAL

1 DISC 22 TRACKS TIME 65:49

CAPITOL RECORDS CDL-9153 2LGD-04 Original Release 1988

Produced for Time-Life Music in cooperation with Capitol Records, Inc.

Recording Producer: Michael Brooks

Production Coordinator: Brian Miller

Creative Director: Don Sheldon

Art Director: Robin Bray

Analog recordings Re-mastered at RCA Studios, New York and half-speed mastered by Trutone Records, Haworth, New Jersey

Vinyl Pressings by Electrosound, Inc., Shelbyville, Indiana

Digital Mastering for Compact Disk by Alan Moy and Scott Hull at Masterdisk, New York

All tracks in Monaural

Album notes by Robert Jones

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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