Volume 97: Como By Request

During this singer’s half century career, he hosted and performed on television. He recorded 22 albums and 147 singles. He was famous for his relaxed vocals, cardigan sweaters and television Christmas specials. So get ready for the singer who Bing Crosby said was “the man who invented casual” in Volume 97: Como By Request.

 

Promised link: Perry Como: Local Barber to Legendary Crooner

Perry Como – Sylvania Presents Perry Como By Special Request

Label: RCA – DPL1-0193

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue

Released: 1976

Genre: Jazz

Style: Easy Listening

 

Magic Moments – The time the floor fell out when I put the clutch down…lol

music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David in 

Originally recorded by Como December 3, 1957 with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers

 

Just Born (To Be Your Baby)

Written by Billy Dawn Smith, Luther Dixon

First released by Perry in October 1957 with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers

 

You Alone (Solo Tu)

written by Al Stillman, Robert Allen

released in September 1953 with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra and Chorus

 

No Other Love

written by Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

Released in May 1953 with Henri René’s Orchestra & Chorus

 

Seattle

composed by Hugo Montenegro with lyrics by Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon.

It was used as the theme for the 1968–1970 ABC-TV United States television show Here Come the Brides,[1] which was set in 19th-century Seattle, Washington.

became a Top 40 hit for Perry Como on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in early 1969.

 

Mandolins In The Moonlight

written by Aaron Schroeder, George David Weiss

Released September 29, 1958 with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

 

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.