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 

Leo Feist Inc. / Whiting Music Corp.

 

With "Como's Little Combo" a section of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 3, 155 East 24th Street, New York City

A&R Producer: Ed O. Welker 

Recording Engineer: not listed

Final Recording Time 2:15

 

Recorded February 19, 1957  ~  Matrix No. H2PB 1782 Take 5

Leader: Mitchell Ayres 

Contractor: Henry "Hank" Ross

Sax ~ Abraham Richman 

Trombone ~ Eddie Bert

Piano ~ Henry Rowland 

Guitar ~ Danny Perri

Guitar ~ Anthony "Tony" Mottola 

Drums ~ Robert Haggart 

Bass ~ Terry Snyder 

 

RCA / Gold-MOR Single release: DTBO-3005-A ( Circa 1970s )

Single Flip Side: "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"

 

. . . a cross-section of the requests that Perry Como sings on his weekly TV show. The style is relaxed, the backgrounds

( by a section of the Mitchell Ayres' orchestra known during the recording sessions as "Como's Little Combo" )

are light and easy, and Perry's singing is, as always, superb.

 

Notes: ~ Ben Bernie and His Orchestra had a popular recording of "Sleepy Time Gal" on the RCA Victor label

followed by many others. It has always been a favorite sing-along tune.  It was the title of the 1942 film

"Sleepy Time Gal" starring Judy Canova and Tom Brown. Frances Langford sang it in the 1943 motion picture "Never a Dull Moment".

 

 

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Instrumental backing by  "Como's Little Combo"

— a section of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 3, 155 East 24th Street, New York City

A&R Producer: Ed O. Welker 

Recorded February 19, 1957

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