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]
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| Released | July 1963 | |||
| Recorded | March 18–19, 25–26, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Hugo & Luigi | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
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.[5][6] 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
editSide one
- "The Songs I Love" (music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn) - 3:20
- "(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco" (music by George Cory and lyrics by Douglas Cross) - 3:17
- "Fly Me to the Moon" (In Other Words) (words and music by Bart Howard) - 3:20
- "Slightly Out of Tune" (music by Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 3:12
- "This is All I Ask" (words and music by Gordon Jenkins) - 3:18
- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (Ke Kali Nei Au ) - 2:37
Side two
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer) - 2:43
- "Carnival" (Music by Luiz Bonfá and lyrics by Antonio Maria) - 3:24
- "My Coloring Book" (Music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb) - 3:33
- "I Wanna Be Around" (words and music by Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt) - 3:00
- "When I Lost You" (words and music by Irving Berlin) - 2:55
- "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (from the 1961 stage musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off) - 2:34
References
edit- ^ The Songs I Love at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (4 January 1964). "Perry Como: The Songs I Love" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 147. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "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.