The Songs I Love was Perry Como

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...

's 11th RCA Victor 12" long-play album, the ninth recorded in full "living" stereophonic sound and the first featuring Dynagroove

Dynagroove

Dynagroove is a recording process introduced in 1963 exclusive to RCA Victor that, for the first time, used computers to modify the audio signal fed to the recording stylus of a phonograph record to make the groove shape conform to the tracing requirements of the playback stylus...

 technology.

Perry Como hosted an hour-long program on NBC TV until 1963, the year that Songs I Love was released. A regular feature of the show was that Como would croon a favorite song while seated on a distinctive set that spelled out "Mr. C." A photo of the set adorns the cover of Songs I Love, and the album aims to reproduce the effect of that segment (which producers Hugo & Luigi describe as "one of the few great traditions in television") over a dozen soft ballads such as "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" and "This Is All I Ask." The leadoff track, "The Songs I Love", sets the tone for everything that follows, and, not surprisingly, it turns out that pop standards are the songs Como loves. The Songs I Love was a commercially successful album aimed at fans of The Perry Como Show, to whom it is recommended.

Track listing

Side One

1. "The Songs I Love
   The Songs I Love (song)
   "The Songs I Love" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1963.The song was composed for a Perry Como album of the same name....
   
   " (music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn
   Sammy Cahn
   Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
   
   )
2. "(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco
   I Left My Heart in San Francisco
   "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular song, written in 1954 by George Cory and Douglass Cross, and best known as the signature song of Tony Bennett...
   
   " (music by George Cory and lyrics by Douglas Cross)
3. "Fly Me to the Moon
   Fly Me to the Moon
   "Fly Me to the Moon" is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was originally titled "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets...
   
   " (In Other Words)(words and music by Bart Howard
   Bart Howard
   Bart Howard was the composer and writer of the famous jazz standard "Fly Me To The Moon", which has been performed by singers Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Diana Krall, June Christy and Astrud Gilberto...
   
   )
4. "Slightly Out of Tune" (music by Antonio Carlos Jobim
   Antônio Carlos Jobim
   Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
   
   )
5. "This is All I Ask" (words and music by Gordon Jenkins
   Gordon Jenkins
   Gordon Hill Jenkins was an American arranger, composer and pianist who was an influential figure in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s, renowned for his lush string arrangements...
   
   )
6. "(The) Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Ke Kali Nei Au )

Side Two

1. "Days of Wine and Roses
   Days of Wine and Roses (song)
   "Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name.The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work...
   
   " (music by Henry Mancini
   Henry Mancini
   Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...
   
    and lyrics by Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
   John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
   
   )
2. "Carnival" (Music by Luiz Bonfá
   Luiz Bonfá
   Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...
   
    and lyrics by Antonio Maria
   Antônio Maria
   Antônio Maria , sports commentator, poet, composer, pop music lyrics writer and chronicler, was born in Recife, Pernambuco....
   
   )
3. "My Coloring Book" (Music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb)
4. "I Wanna Be Around
   I Wanna Be Around
   "I Wanna Be Around" is a popular song. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken....
   
   " (words and music by Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt)
5. "Mrs. Vimmerstedt" (words and music by Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt)
6. "When I Lost You" (words and music by Irving Berlin
   Irving Berlin
   Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
   
   )
7. "What Kind of Fool Am I?
   What Kind of Fool Am I?
   "What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a popular song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical Stop The World - I Want To Get Off...
   
   " (from the 1961 stage musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off)

External links

• Perry Como Discography