Perry Como

Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry (1956/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 24:36 minutes | 271 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Finest Recordings

Pierino Ronald „Perry“ Como (* 18. Mai 1912 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; † 12. Mai 2001 in Jupiter, Florida) war einer der berühmtesten US-amerikanischen Popsänger in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts sowie Schauspieler und Entertainer. Sein 1943 mit dem Schallplattenunternehmen RCA Victor abgeschlossener Exklusiv-Vertrag dauerte insgesamt 44 Jahre an und machte ihn in der Musikbranche einzigartig. Zu Comos bekanntesten Liedern zählen Catch a Falling Star, Magic Moments und Papa Loves Mambo.

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Perry Como – Perry Como In Italy (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:38 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

Perry Como returns to the homeland and the music of his ancestors via the sublime Perry Como in Italy, recorded in Rome with arranger Nick Perito. Singing in both English and Italian, Como delivers some of the most poignant and thoughtful performances of his career, channeling a melancholy heartbreaking in both scope and depth. Perito’s evocatively nocturnal arrangements further underscore the soul-searching drama of the vocals, and while retaining the subtlety and self-effacing honesty that are the signatures of Como’s craft, the album borders on the operatic in terms of its emotional intensity.
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Perry Como – Look to Your Heart (Expanded Edition) (1968/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:38 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

Vocalist Perry Como’s 16th studio album for RCA, 1968’s Look to Your Heart, showcased the popular singer’s mellow style. Look to Your Heart came on the heels of Como’s equally well-received holiday effort, The Perry Como Christmas Album, and featured a set of romantic, heartfelt ballads. As with many Como efforts during the ’60s, Look to Your Heart finds him backed throughout by lush, atmospheric orchestration. Also included are cuts Como recorded with the Ray Charles Singers, including “In These Crazy Times.” Here, Como lends his distinctive burnished croon to such songs as “My Cup Runneth Over,” “Sunrise Sunset,” “When You’re in Love,” “You’re Nearer,” and others. [The 2015 Real Gone Music reissue of Look to Your Heart includes both alternate and previously unreleased tracks from the sessions.] ~ Matt Collar
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Perry Como – It’s Impossible (1970)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:18 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

One of the most popular vocalists between the end of World War II and the rise of rock & roll in the mid-’50s, Perry Como perfected the post-big band approach to pop music by lending his own irresistible laidback singing – influenced by Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo – to the popular hits of the day on radio, TV, and LP. Both his early traditional crooning style plus his later relaxed manner and focus on novelty material were heavily indebted to Bing Crosby, though Como’s appeal during the early ’50s was virtually unrivalled. Born in 1912 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Como was working as a singing barber in his hometown when he began touring with local bandleader Freddie Carlone at the age of 21. By the mid-’30s, he got his big break with Ted Weems & His Orchestra, who headed a popular radio show named Beat the Band. After the orchestra broke up in 1942, Como hosted a regional CBS radio show later called Supper Club. The show’s success gained him a contract with RCA Victor Records by 1943, and he also began working in Hollywood with Something for the Boys. Perry Como’s real big break came with the 1945 film A Song to Remember. His rendition of “Till the End of Time” spent ten weeks at the top of the charts and became the biggest hit of the year. Como’s dreamy baritone worked especially well on ballads, such as the additional 1945-47 number one hits “Prisoner of Love,” “Surrender” and “Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep).” Hired by NBC for another radio show in 1948, Como crossed over to the emerging medium of television that same year with the Chesterfield Supper Club. The show quickly took off, and eventually earned him four Emmy Awards. In the mid-’50s, Como began to indulge in light novelty fare, the titles often comprising nonsense words – “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Doo,” “Hoop-Dee-Doo,” “Pa-Paya Mama” and “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom).” Though he often disliked the songs, they frequently became huge hits and made his reputation as one of the singers who defined the style of music later known as middle-of-the-road pop. Como’s breezy songs had worked well at the beginning of the decade, but his appeal began to wane towards the end of the 1950s, with the emergence of rock & roll and the wave of teen idols. His last number one hit, “Catch a Falling Star,” came in 1958. Como was much less visible during the 1960s, but returned in 1970 with his first live show in over two decades, and a world tour followed; a single (“It’s Impossible”) even made the Top Ten in late 1970. Como continued to record LPs and occasional television specials while making scattered appearances during the 1970s and ’80s. On May 12, 2001 Perry Como died in his sleep at his home in Florida.
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Perry Como – And I Love You So (1973/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:05 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA – Legacy

And I Love You So was Perry Como’s 21st 12″ long-play album released by RCA Records.

As with It’s Impossible, this album was issued to feature a surprise hit single, Don McLean’s “And I Love You So”. Como brought the song to the national top 40 (Number One Easy Listening). Previous versions of the song by Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vinton had met with mild or no success. Como’s version was so successful, RCA asked him to record the song in Spanish. When Como said he didn’t speak the language, he received personal Spanish lessons from the head of RCA International to get the record made. As in recent Como LP’s, this collection features selections from then contemporary recording artists such as Roberta Flack, The Carpenters, Ray Price, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Bread and Mac Davis. The album was among the last to be produced by Chet Atkins before he stepped down from his executive position at RCA’s Nashville studios.

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