The Essential Perry Como

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Tracklist

1▼CD: The Early Years
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1Some Enchanted Evening
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1949)
recording of:
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:34
2A-You’re Adorable (The Alphabet Song)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Fontane Sisters
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1949)
recording of:
‘A’ – You’re Adorable
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye (in 1948) and Fred Wise (in 1948)
composer:
Sidney Lippman (American songwriter) (in 1948)
publisher:
Aria Music Co. and Sony/ATV Tunes (SOCAN)
2:27
3You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Satisfiers
orchestra:
Russ Case Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
writer:
Freddy James and Larry Stock
2:15
4Chi-baba, chi-baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Satisfiers
orchestra:
Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1947)
recording of:
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
writer:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter), Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
3:00
5They Say It’s Wonderful
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Russ Case Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1946)
recording of:
They Say It’s Wonderful (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Co. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
2:37
6Prisoner of Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Russ Case Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1945-12-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
3:32
7A Dreamer’s Holiday
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Fontane Sisters
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1949)
recording of:
A Dreamer’s Holiday
lyricist:
Kim Gannon
composer:
Mabel Wayne
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
3:22
8When You Were Sweet Sixteen
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Satisfiers
orchestra:
Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1947)
recording of:
When You Were Sweet Sixteen (1898 song)
lyricist and composer:
James Thornton (American songwriter)
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishers
3:17
9Forever and Ever
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1949) and Mitchell Ayres Chorus (in 1949)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1949)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1949)
recording of:
Forever and Ever
lyricist:
Malia Rosa and Franz Winkler (Austrian composer & musician)
composer:
Franz Winkler (Austrian composer & musician)
arranger:
Walter Baumgartner (Swiss composer and conductor)
is based on:
Fliege mit mir in die Heimat
3:24
10Till the End of Time
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
Till the End of Time (on 1945-07-03)
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye (in 1945)
composer:
Ted Mossman (in 1945)
is based on:
Polonaise in A‐flat major, op. 53 “Heroique”
3:12
11You’re Just in Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Fontane Sisters
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1950)
recording of:
You’re Just in Love (Call Me Madam)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1950)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Call Me Madam
2:58
12If I Loved You
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (in 1945)
conductor:
Russ Case (US trumpeter & bandleader)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
If I Loved You (Carousel)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:18
13Far Away Places
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Henri René Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1948)
recording of:
Far Away Places
writer:
Alex Kramer (in 1948) and Joan Whitney (in 1948)
publisher:
Laurel Music Corp.
3:05
14Bali ha’i
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1949)
recording of:
Bali Ha’i (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:36
15Surrender
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Russ Case Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1946)
recording of:
Surrender
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
3:15
16Because
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Russ Case Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1947)
recording of:
Because
lyricist:
Edward F. Lockton and Frank Teschemacher
composer:
Guy d’Hardelot
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
2:52
17If
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1950)
recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
writer:
H. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans
3:08
18I’m Gonna Love That Gal (Like She’s Never Been Loved Before)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
I’m Gonna Love That Girl (by “Frances Ash”)
writer:
Moira Heath and Ted Heath
2:45
19A Bushel and a Peck
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Betty Hutton
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1950)
recording of:
A Bushel and a Peck
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
2:46
20Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) and Satisfiers
orchestra:
Russ Case Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:05
2▶CD: Memories of the 50s
3▶CD: Favourites Forever!

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Release

manufactured in:the EU (Europe)
photography:Al Fenn (photographer)
liner notes:Robert Ellis (liner note writer)
Justin Webster (Reader’s Digest)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2007)
ASIN:UK: B00223Y8EM [info]