Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Perry Como - Hits Collection 1943-62 [2020] (5 x CDs)

 

PERRY COMO

Perry Como - Hits Collection 1943-62 [2020] (5 x CDs)

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 - May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943. He recorded primarily vocal pop and was renowned for recordings in the intimate, easy-listening genre pioneered by multi-media star Bing Crosby. 

"Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. In the official RCA Records Billboard magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all." Como received five Emmys from 1955 to 1959,[4] and a Christopher Award in 1956. He also shared a Peabody Award with good friend Jackie Gleason in 1956. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1987 and was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1990. Posthumously, Como received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006. He has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio, television, and music.

Along with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como was one of the most prolific hit-makers among the illustrious elite of star crooners in the immediate post-war decades, racking up an astonishing succession of hits through into the rock 'n' roll era and defying the cataclysmic changes in the pop landscape that the new music wrought. His continuous visibility and huge popularity on radio and TV ensured that he was constantly in the public eye and his records, which encompassed romantic ballads, up-tempo novelty songs and middle-of-the-road pop and in later years even flirted with rock flavoured material, gave him a regular chart presence. This excellent-value 126-track 5-CD collection comprises all his Billboard and UK chart hits from this era, including duets with The Fontane Sisters, Jaye P. Morgan, Eddie Fisher, Helen Carroll and Betty Hutton, plus a few bonus tracks which only made the Cash Box charts. It includes no less than fourteen No. 1s - "Til the End of Time", "Prisoner Of Love", "Chi-Ba-Ba, Chi-Ba-Ba", "Surrender", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Hoop-De-Doo", "If", "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", "No Other Love", "Wanted", "Hot Diggity", "Round and Round", "Catch A Falling Star" and "Magic Moments". It's a must for every Perry Como fan, and it provides a substantial and evocative showcase for his unique talent as an interpreter of the fine songs of his time, and as an artist who very much represented the zeitgeist of popular taste during his heyday. (Amazon)

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Track list

CD1

01 Perry Como Goodbye Sue 3:17

02 Perry Como Have I Stayed Away Too Long? 2:50

03 Perry Como I Love You 3:06

04 Perry Como Long Ago And Far Away 3:08

05 Perry Como Lili Marlene 2:56

06 Perry Como I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do) 3:31

07 Perry Como I'm Confessin' 2:48

08 Perry Como More And More 2:49

09 Perry Como Temptation 2:44

10 Perry Como I'm Gonna Love That Gal (Like She's Never Been Loved Before) 2:39

11 Perry Como If I Loved You 3:17

12 Perry Como Till The End Of Time 3:09

13 Perry Como With The Satisfiers (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight 2:56

14 Perry Como And The Satisfiers Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) 3:04

15 Perry Como Here Comes Heaven Again 3:04

16 Perry Como And The Satisfyers I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 3:06

17 Perry Como And The Satisfyers You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 2:11

18 Perry Como All Through The Day 3:17

19 Perry Como Prisoner Of Love 3:27

20 Perry Como If You Were The Only Girl 3:32

21 Perry Como They Say It's Wonderful 2:35

22 Perry Como Surrender 3:12

23 Perry Como More Than You Know 3:08

24 Perry Como If I'm Lucky 2:53


CD2

01 Perry Como And The Satisfiers Winter Wonderland 2:30

02 Perry Como That's The Beginning Of The End 3:12

03 Perry Como Sonata 3:18

04 Perry Como And The Satisfiers When You Were Sweet Sixteen 3:14

05 Perry Como And The Satisfiers Chi Baba Chi Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) 2:55

06 Perry Como & Helen Carroll I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 3:12

07 Perry Como So Far 3:13

08 Perry Como Because 2:48

09 Perry Como Haunted Heart 2:38

10 Perry Como And The Satisfiers Rambling Rose 2:36

11 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters N'yot N'yow (The Pussycat Song) 2:25

12 Perry Como Far Away Places 3:03

13 Perry Como Blue Room 3:31

14 Perry Como Forever And Ever 3:20

15 Perry Como I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore 3:21

16 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters "A" - You're Adorable 2:25

17 Perry Como Bali Hai 3:33

18 Perry Como Some Enchanted Evening 3:28

19 Perry Como Just One Way To Say I Love You 3:19

20 Perry Como Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk 2:52

21 Perry Como Give Me Your Hand 2:58

22 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters A Dreamer's Holiday 3:17

23 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters I Wanna Go Home (With You) 2:22

24 Perry Como The Lord's Prayer 2:52


CD3

01 Perry Como Ave Maria 4:40

02 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo (The Magic Song) 2:19

03 Perry Como On The Out-Going Tide 3:00

04 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters Hoop-Dee-Doo 2:55

05 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters I Cross My Fingers 3:23

06 Perry Como Patricia 2:41

07 Perry Como; Betty Hutton A Bushel And A Peck 2:43

08 Perry Como So Long Sally 2:45

09 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters (I Wonder Why) You're Just In Love 2:56

10 Perry Como Zing Zing - Zoom Zoom 2:59

11 Perry Como If 3:05

12 Perry Como Hello Young Lovers 3:18

13 Perry Como There's A Big Blue Cloud (Next To Heaven) 3:24

14 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters There's No Boat Like A Rowboat 2:31

15 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters Rollin' Stone 3:07

16 Perry Como With All My Heart And Soul 3:09

17 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas 2:39

18 Perry Como Tulips And Heather 3:11

19 Perry Como Please Mr. Sun 3:19

20 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters Noodlin' Rag 2:45

21 Perry Como One Little Candle 3:11

22 Perry Como; Eddie Fisher Maybe 2:50

23 Perry Como; Eddie Fisher Watermelon Weather 2:26

24 Perry Como My Love And Devotion 2:49


CD4

01 Perry Como; The Fontane Sisters To Know You Is To Love You 2:37

02 Perry Como With The Ramblers Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes 2:40

03 Perry Como Wild Horses 2:48

04 Perry Como I Confess 3:09

05 Perry Como My One And Only Heart 2:55

06 Perry Como And The Ramblers Say You're Mine Again 2:51

07 Perry Como No Other Love 3:14

08 Perry Como You Alone (Solo Tu) 2:49

09 Perry Como Pa-Paya Mama 2:15

10 Perry Como Wanted 3:06

11 Perry Como Idle Gossip 3:01

12 Perry Como Hit And Run Affair 2:42

13 Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo 2:43

14 Perry Como The Things I Didn't Do 3:06

15 Perry Como (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays 2:52

16 Perry Como Ko Ko Mo 2:42

17 Perry Como Nobody 3:42

18 Perry Como And Jaye P. Morgan Two Lost Souls 2:27

19 Perry Como And Jaye P. Morgan Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang The Little Bird) 2:26

20 Perry Como Fooled 2:57

21 Perry Como Tina Marie 2:33

22 Perry Como All At Once You Love Her 2:51

23 Perry Como The Rose Tattoo 2:53

24 Perry Como Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) 2:22

25 Perry Como Jukebox Baby 2:15

26 Perry Como More 2:35


CD5

01 Perry Como Glendora 2:44

02 Perry Como Dream Along With Me 2:53

03 Perry Como Somebody Up There Likes Me 2:07

04 Perry Como Moonlight Love 3:07

05 Perry Como Chincherinchee 2:26

06 Perry Como Round And Round 2:34

07 Perry Como Mi Casa, Su Casa (My House Is Your House) 3:00

08 Perry Como The Girl With The Golden Braids 2:11

09 Perry Como My Little Baby 2:09

10 Perry Como Dancin' 2:11

11 Perry Como Just Born (To Be Your Baby) 2:31

12 Perry Como Jingle Bells 2:59

13 Perry Como Ivy Rose 3:07

14 Perry Como Catch A Falling Star 2:28

15 Perry Como Magic Moments 2:41

16 Perry Como Kewpie Doll 2:34

17 Perry Como Dance Only With Me 2:46

18 Perry Como I May Never Pass This Way Again 2:07

19 Perry Como Moon Talk 2:37

20 Perry Como Love Makes The World Go 'round 2:52

21 Perry Como Mandolins In The Moonlight 2:45

22 Perry Como Tomboy 2:02

23 Perry Como I Know 2:26

24 Perry Como Delaware 2:22

25 Perry Como I Know What God Is 3:03

26 Perry Como Make Someone Happy 2:22

27 Perry Como You're Following Me 2:07

28 Perry Como Caterina 2:05

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14 comments:

  1. I had a chuckle over this one!

    Great cover

    Cheers
    Stephen

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    1. Hi Stephen.
      I love Perry Como's voice.
      Enjoy!
      Cheers.

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  2. Grew up on Mr. Como. When Blast From The Past came out my family were watching it together and all of us laughed when he's listening to the radio in the car. "Listen to this part"

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    1. Thanks Pol.
      I always enjoy the voice that is Perry Como.
      Cheers.

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  3. I dl'd this for some of my older friends. I am much too young to enjoy this.....
    Thanks BB

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    1. Hi lemonflag.
      Sharing is caring...no matter what the age.
      Cheers.

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  4. I'm looking forward to this - thanks.
    Prof R&R's 1940s Top 20 As&Bs has teased me with early Perry Como.
    Cheers,
    Mike M.

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    1. Hi Mike.
      Good to hear. Perry Como is one those voices I really admire.
      Cheers.

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    1. Hi Professor.
      Mr. C is A1 in my books. Enjoy!
      Cheers.

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  6. Hi B... Perry Como is where my father's music became mine. Idealistically and literally, as I inherited his LPs. Outstanding voice and performance. Great tunes... what a stylistic range to go from "Til The End Of Time" to "Hot Diggity". The generational influence of his weekly TV shows with the many many greatly talented guest stars and considerable and tireless work that must have gone into their weekly production and broadcast can not be understated. From 1948-1967 there were over a thousand episodes of those. Can you believe that!!!!? I have fond memories of all of this, and speaking of being influential... though I surely didn't realize it at the time, I feel those shows helped usher me into enjoying the music I do today. Much respect for Perry Como.

    If you have any complimentary purviews of the years after 1962 to post... I believe that would be warranted.

    Thank you BB!

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    1. Hi mrRadio,.
      It is always a pleasure to read your comments. Thanks for commenting on this set. You love for his talent makes me want to explore more of his music. I am not familiar with the TV shows despite them running for 30+ years, but it sounds like a great project to explore.
      I do have quite a number of albums by Perry Como. So, I'll see what I can offer post '62. He was a fabulous talent.
      Cheers.

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