The Songs I Love (album)

The Songs I Love

Studio album by Perry Como

Released

1963

Recorded

March 18, 19, 25 & 26, 1963

Perry Como chronology

The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President 1963

The Songs I Love
(1962)

The Scene Changes (1965)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Songs I Love was Perry Como's 11th RCA Victor 12" long-play album and the first featuring RCA Victor's Dynagroove technology.^[2]^[3]

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." while he would croon a favorite song. ^[4]^[5] A photo of the set adorns the cover of Songs I Love. This album reproduces 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

"The Songs I Love" (music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn)
"(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco" (music by George Cory and lyrics by Douglas Cross)
"Fly Me to the Moon" (In Other Words) (words and music by Bart Howard)
"Slightly Out of Tune" (music by Antônio Carlos Jobim)
"This is All I Ask" (words and music by Gordon Jenkins)
"(The) Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Ke Kali Nei Au )

Side Two

"Days of Wine and Roses" (music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer)
"Carnival" (Music by Luiz Bonfá and lyrics by Antonio Maria)
"My Coloring Book" (Music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb)
"I Wanna Be Around" (words and music by Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt)
"Mrs. Vimmerstedt" (words and music by Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt)
"When I Lost You" (words and music by Irving Berlin)
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" (from the 1961 stage musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off)

References

↑ The Songs I Love (album) at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
↑ "The Songs I love". Kokomo. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
↑ "The Songs I Love-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
↑ "It's impossible! Perry Como actually hated those sweaters". Milwaukee Journal. 24 July 1985. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
↑ Smith, Cecil (22 January 1970). "Perry Como's Relaxed As Ever". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 8 January 2011.

External links

Perry Como Discography

Perry Como

Albums

1950s	So Smooth (1955) We Get Letters (1956) Saturday Night with Mr. C (1958) When You Come to the End of the Day (1958) Como Swings (1959) Season's Greetings from Perry Como (1959)

1960s	For the Young at Heart (1960) Sing to Me Mr. C (1961) By Request (1962) The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President (1962) The Songs I Love (1963) The Scene Changes (1965) Lightly Latin (1966) Perry Como in Italy (1966) The Perry Como Christmas Album (1968) Look to Your Heart (1968) Seattle (1969)

1970s	Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (1970) It's Impossible (1970) I Think of You (1971) And I Love You So (1973) Perry (1974) Just Out of Reach (1975) 40 Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of British (UK and Canada) (1977) Where You're Concerned (US) (1978)

1980s	Perry Como (1980) Perry Como Live on Tour (1981) So It Goes / Goodbye for Now (1983) Today (1987)

1990s	Perry Como's Christmas Concert (1994)

2000s	On the Radio – The Perry Como Shows 1943 (2009)

2010s	At the Supper Club (2010) At the Supper Club Part II (2011) At the Supper Club Part III (2011)

Songs

"'A' You're Adorable"
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"
"And I Love You So"
"As Time Goes By"
"Bali Ha'i"
"Because"
"Beyond Tomorrow"
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
"Blue Room"
"A Bushel and a Peck"
"Can't Help Falling in Love"
"Catch a Falling Star"
"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)"
"Confessin'"
"Days of Wine and Roses"
"Deep in the Heart of Texas"
"Delaware "
"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"
"Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)"
"A Dreamer's Holiday"
"El Cóndor Pasa"
"Feelings"
"Fly Me to the Moon"
"For the Good Times"
"Forever and Ever"
"Forget Domani"
"The Girl with the Golden Braids"
"Give Me Your Hand"
"Glendora"
"The Gypsy in My Soul"
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
"Hello, Young Lovers"
"Here, There and Everywhere"
"Home for the Holidays"
"Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)"
"A House Is Not a Home"
"I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore"
"I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)"
"I Think I Love You"
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
"If (They Made Me a King)"
"It's Been a Long, Long Time"
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
"Kewpie Doll"
"The Lord's Prayer"
"Magic Moments"
"Mandolins in the Moonlight"
"Maria"
"Moon River"
"More"
"No Other Love"
"Papa Loves Mambo"
"Prisoner of Love"
"Round and Round"
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
"Seattle "
"The Shadow of Your Smile"
"Some Enchanted Evening"
"Somos Novios (It's Impossible)"
"The Songs I Love"
"Stop! And Think It Over"
"Till the End of Time"
"Unchained Melody"
"Wanted"
"The Way You Look Tonight"
"What'll I Do"
"When You and I Were Young, Maggie"
"Young at Heart"

Emmys

Best Male Singer (1955)
Best Male Singer (1956)
Best MC or Program Host-Male or Female (1956)
Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance (1957)
Best Performance by an Actor (Continuing Character) (1959)

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