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(nephew of Como's wife, Roselle) [173] 1957 with Como's Little Combo [173] 1959 [42] with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [174] "Hoop-Dee-Doo" Milton de Lugg: Frank Loesser: 1950 with the Fontaine Sisters features instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [122] "Hopelessly" Jack Richards Ed Penney (aka Robert Mellin) 1954 with Ames Brothers
Perry Como was the first to record and release the song in 1951. The song has become a standard recorded by many artists. It was first a hit for Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra on September 18, 1951, released on RCA Victor as 47-4314 (45 rpm) and 20-4314 (78 rpm).
Como's average yearly record sales were four million, beginning in 1943; RCA turned out four million Perry Como records in one week in 1946, setting a record at the time. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Just three years after Como's first record for RCA Victor, "Goodbye, Sue", his records were selling so well, the company declared the week of September 2 – 9 ...
In 1968, Robert Goulet covered the song for his holiday album, Robert Goulet's Wonderful World Of Christmas. Perhaps the most iconic version of the song, other than the original Perry Como version, is the Carpenters’ recording on their 1984 LP release, An Old Fashioned Christmas.
Como was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Pittsburgh. [15] He was the seventh of 13 children [16] and the first American-born child of Pietro Como (1877–1945) and Lucia Travaglini (1883–1961), [17] [18] [19] who both emigrated to the US in 1910 from the Abruzzese town of Palena, Italy.
"Somos Novios" (Spanish for "We're a couple") is a song first recorded by Mexican songwriter Armando Manzanero in 1968. [1] [deprecated source] Perry Como recorded an English version of "Somos Novios" with original English lyrics titled "It's Impossible", which was a top 10 hit in the US and the UK.
"And I Love You So" was a 1973 hit for singer Perry Como on his RCA Victor album of the same name, And I Love You So, reaching No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It would be the last of his many popular recordings, dating back to 1943, to reach the Top 40.
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