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The song is also occasionally sung by Ulster Rugby fans at away matches, particularly after 'magic moments' of play. The Perry Como version is featured in the 1998 film, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, when Raoul arrives at a Vegas hotel where Dr. Gonzo is located, briefly in Alex Holeh Ahavah (1986), Dogma (1999), Police Academy (1984), Two ...
The song's melody is similar to a theme heard in Brahms' Academic Festival Overture. Perry Como's recording features the Ray Charles Singers , who sing the refrain as a repeated round. It was Como's last number one hit in the United States, [ 2 ] reaching number 1 on the Billboard "Most Played by Jockeys" chart, but not in the overall top 100 ...
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)" Al Hoffman Mack David: Jerry Livingston: 1949 [51] "Birth of the Blues" Ray Henderson: Lew Brown B. G. DeSylva: 1958 with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [4] "Black Moonlight" Arthur Johnston: Sam Coslow [52] 1950 with Orchestra & Chorus directed by Sigmund Romberg & Mitchell Ayres [53]
On November 10, 2009, On the Air issued a three disk box set of recordings made from Como's CBS radio show Columbia Presents Como called On the Radio – The Perry Como Shows 1943. Como was the host of this radio show from March 12, 1943, until December 11, 1944, when he moved to NBC as the host of The Chesterfield Supper Club .
It should only contain pages that are Perry Como songs or lists of Perry Como songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Perry Como songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
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.
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.
"Magic Moments" 1997 Cover of a 1957 Burt Bacharach/Hal David song, popularized by Perry Como. The Erasure version first appeared on the soundtrack to the film Lord of Illusions. Released in the US as a promotional single and on the US-only version of Cowboy. "Amateur Hour" 1997 Collaboration with Sparks on their 1997 album Plagiarism. "Baby Love"