The Essential Perry Como

by Perry Como

Overview

The 51-track collection covers Perry Como's chart toppers originally recorded for RCA. Included are such Top Ten hits as "Hot Diggity (Dog Diggity Boom)," "Catch a Falling Star," "Magic Moments," "Kewpie Doll," and "More." Be advised that Essential Perry Como has the same track listing as the 1999 Greatest Hits package also on RCA. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2010
Label:	Legacy / Rca
UPC:	0886977865923
Rank:	3030

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Prisoner of Love
2. Temptation
3. Till the End of Time
4. "A" You're Adorable
5. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now [From I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now]
6. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
7. Far Away Places
8. When You Were Sweet Sixteen [From The Great John L.]
9. A Dreamer's Holiday
10. Forever and Ever
11. Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific]
12. If I Loved You [From Carousel]
13. Because
14. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
15. I Want to Go Home (With You)
16. I'm Gonna Love That Gal (Like She's Never Been Loved Before)
17. Surrender
18. Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
19. Let's Take an Old Fashioned Walk [From Miss Liberty]
20. You're Just in Love [From Call Me Madam]
21. Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom
22. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (the Magic Song) [From Cinderella]
23. If [From Call Me Madam]
24. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
25. Wild Horses

Disc 2

26. Wanted
27. The Things I Didn't Do [From I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now]
28. Maybe
29. Patricia
30. To Know You Is to Love You
31. No Other Love
32. You Alone [Solo Tu]
33. All at Once You Love Her [From Pipe Dream]
34. Hoop-Dee-Loo
35. A Bushel and a Peck [From Guys & Dolls]
36. Catch a Falling Star
37. Round and Round
38. Magic Moments
39. Papa Loves Mambo
40. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
41. Say You're Mine Again
42. Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
43. Tina Marie
44. Hot Diggity (Dog Diggity Boom)
45. Juke Box Baby
46. More
47. Glendora
48. Kewpie Doll
49. It's Impossible
50. And I Love You So
51. For the Good Times

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Perry Como   Primary Artist
The Ray Charles Sisters   Primary Artist
Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra   Primary Artist
Lloyd Shafer and His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra And Chorus   Primary Artist
Russ Case & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
The Fontane Sisters   Primary Artist
The Ray Charles Singers   Primary Artist
Satisfiers   Primary Artist
Betty Hutton   Primary Artist
Henri Rene & His Orchestra and Chorus   Primary Artist
Eddie Fisher   Primary Artist
The Ramblers   Primary Artist
Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Sigmund Romberg   Conductor,Choir Conductor
Henri Rene   Conductor
Buzz Ravineau   Sequencing
Ted Steele   Conductor
Mitchell Ayers   Conductor,Choir Conductor
Tony Matelli   Sequencing
Marty Manning   Conductor
Lloyd Shaffer   Conductor
Russ Case   Conductor

Technical Credits

Hugo Winterhalter   Producer
Ray Evans   Composer
Tom Pick   Engineer
Bill Lacey   Audio Restoration
Sigmund Romberg   Composer
Tony Matelli   Repertoire Selection
Ernie Altschuler   Producer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Joe Carlton   Producer
Dalita Keumurian   Project Director
Buzz Ravineau   Repertoire Selection
Tori Larkey-Wheeler   Vault Research
Cam Mullins   Arranger
Mark Larson   Art Direction
Eddie Eddings   Vault Research
H. Grill   Producer
Mike Hartry   Digital Transfers
Paul Williams   Research,Tape Research,Compilation Producer
Mike Cimicata   Project Director
Marty Manning   Arranger
Jim Crotty   Digital Transfers
Joseph F. Laredo   Liner Notes
Dave Kapp   Producer
Joe Reisman   Producer,Arranger
Eli Oberstein   Producer
Charles Randolph Grean   Producer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Chet Atkins   Producer
Billy Rose   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer