Relaxing with Perry Como
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
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Relaxing with Perry Como is an album by Perry Como released by RCA Victor in 1956.
Release and reception
[edit]The album was a 12-inch LP repackage of two older 10-inch LP releases: it compiled the 1952 eight-song 10-inch-LP version of Como's album Supper Club Favorites with four songs from his 1952 10-inch LP TV Favorites.[1]
In his retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann noted that the compilation "didn't make much sense thematically". He also added that the title didn't "mean anything", cause on those tracks Como was "working up quite a sweat" and was "not relaxing at all". Yet, he concluded that, regardless of this, the album still contained "some of Como's biggest hits and his treatments of some well-known older songs" and gave it 3 out of 5 possible stars.[1]
Track listing
[edit]12-inch LP (RCA Victor LPM 1176)[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Note(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Prisoner of Love" | Robin–Gaskill–Columbo | with Russ Case and his Orch. | |
| 2. | "Because" | Edward Teschemacher—Guy D'Hardelot | ||
| 3. | "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" | James Thornton | with Lloyd Shaffer and his Orch, and The Satisfiers | |
| 4. | "Far Away Places" | Kramer–Whitney | with Henri René and his Orch. | |
| 5. | "Black Moonlight" | Arthur Johnston—Sam Coslow | with Mitchell Ayres and his Orch. | |
| 6. | "While We're Young" | Wilder–Palitz–Engvick | with Mitchell Ayres and his Orch. and Chorus |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Note(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Song of Songs" | Clarence Lucas—Moya | with Lloyd Shaffer and his Orch. | |
| 2. | "Till the End of Time" (based on Chopin's Polonaise) | Buddy Kaye—Ted Mossman | with Russ Case and his Orch. | |
| 3. | "Temptation" | Arthur Freed—Nacio Herb Brown | with Ted Steele and his Orch. | |
| 4. | "If" | Evans–Hargreaves–Damerell | with Mitchell Ayres and his Orch. | |
| 5. | "If There Is Someone Lovelier than You" | Howard Dietz—Arthur Schwartz | with Mitchell Ayres and his Orch. | |
| 6. | "Over the Rainbow" | E. Y. Harburg—H. Arlen | with Mitchell Ayres and his Orch. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Relaxing With Perry Como - Perry Como". AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
- ^ "Perry Como – Supper Club Favorites – Vinyl (LP, 10"), 1952". 1949 – via Discogs.
