For The Young At Heart was Perry Como's

Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...

 seventh RCA Victor 12" long-play album, released in 1960 and the fifth recorded in full "living" stereophonic sound. For The Young At Heart was a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 with all the songs having "Young" in their title. It is also the first Perry Como album produced by Hugo & Luigi

Hugo & Luigi

Hugo & Luigi were an American record producing team, made up of songwriters and producers Luigi Creatore and Hugo Peretti, who shared an office in New York's Brill Building...

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The producers Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore banned strings from the studio, instead employing a nine-piece horn section, a prominent rhythm section with lots of guitar, and an ever-present chorus. The arrangements by O.B. Masingill, although uncredited, are quite unique, bright and uptempo with a touch of swing.

Track listing

Side One

1. "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" (Words and Music by Geo. W. Johnson and J. A. Butterfield)
2. "Young at Heart" (Music by Johnny Richards and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh)
3. "I Was Young and Foolish" (Words and Music by Dick Manning
   Dick Manning
   Dick Manning was a Russian-born American songwriter, best known for his many collaborations with Al Hoffman....
   
   )
4. "Too Young
   Too Young
   "Too Young" is a popular song.The music was written by Sidney Lippman, the lyrics by Sylvia Dee. The song was published in 1951.In the United States, the best-known version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole on February 6, 1951 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1449...
   
   " (Music by Sydney Lippman and lyrics by Sylvia Dee
   Sylvia Dee
   Sylvia Dee was an American songwriter and novelist best known for penning the lyrics to "Too Young", a hit for Nat King Cole, and "The End of the World", a hit for Skeeter Davis...
   
   )
5. "You Make Me Feel So Young
   You Make Me Feel So Young
   "You Make Me Feel So Young" is a 1946 popular song composed by Josef Myrow, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon.-Notable recordings:*Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers *Ella Fitzgerald - Get Happy!...
   
   " (Music by Joseph Myrow and lyrics by Mack Gordon
   Mack Gordon
   Mack Gordon was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times, including six consecutive years between 1940 and 1945, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know"...
   
   )
6. "Like Young" (Music by André Previn
   André Previn
   André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...
   
    and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
   Paul Francis Webster
   Paul Francis Webster was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award.-Biography:...
   
   )

Side Two

1. "Hello, Young Lovers
   Hello, Young Lovers (song)
   "Hello, Young Lovers" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. It is sung by Anna, played by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production, by Valerie Hobson in the original London West End production, and by Deborah Kerr in the film version...
   
   " (Music by Richard Rodgers
   Richard Rodgers
   Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
   
    and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
   Oscar Hammerstein II
   Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...
   
   )
2. "Especially for The Young" (Music by Ben Weisman and lyrics by Manny Curtis)
3. "Too Young to Go Steady" (Music by Jimmy McHugh
   Jimmy McHugh
   James Francis McHugh was a U.S. composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs...
   
    and lyrics by Harold Adamson
   Harold Adamson
   For the Toronto Police Chief see Harold Adamson Harold Adamson was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s.- Biography :...
   
   )
4. "While We're Young" (Music by Alec Wilder and Morty Palitz with lyrics by Bill Engvick)
5. "Young Love" (Words and Music by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner)
6. "When Hearts are Young" (Music by Sigmund Romberg and Al Goodman with lyrics by Cyrus Wood)