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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
The song was also Como's biggest hit in England, staying in the UK Top 20 for close to a year. After Como performed some concerts in the UK, the album went back to number one once again. [ 48 ] In 1974, Como recorded a song called "Christmas Dream" for the soundtrack of the movie, The Odessa File .
40 Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Perry Como. It was released by K-Tel by arrangement with RCA Records in 1975 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. [1] It was the Christmas number two album that year. [2] The album was not issued in the United States & has never had an official CD release in the UK.
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.
"If (They Made Me a King)" is a popular song with music written by Tolchard Evans and the lyrics written by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell. The song was written in 1934, but the most popular versions were recorded in 1950–1951. Perry Como's version, recorded November 28, 1950, was a number-one hit on the Billboard charts for eight ...
The Songs I Love was Perry Como's 11th RCA Victor 12" long-play album and the first featuring RCA Victor's Dynagroove technology. [3] [4] Perry Como hosted an hour-long program on NBC TV until June 1963, the year that The Songs I Love was released. A regular feature of the show would seat Como on a distinctive set that spelled out "Mr. C ...
The best-known recordings of "Home for the Holidays" were made by Perry Como, who recorded the song twice, both times accompanied by Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers. The first recording of "Home for the Holidays", arranged by Joe Reisman , was made on November 16, 1954.
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