The Songs I Love | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Perry Como |
Cover: | The Songs I Love Como.jpg |
Released: | July 1963 |
Recorded: | March 18–19, 25–26, 1963 |
Genre: | Vocal |
Label: | RCA Victor |
Producer: | Hugo & Luigi |
Prev Title: | The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President |
Prev Year: | 1963 |
Next Title: | The Scene Changes |
Next Year: | 1965 |
The Songs I Love was Perry Como's 11th RCA Victor 12" long-play album and the first featuring RCA Victor's Dynagroove technology.[1] [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.[3] [4] 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.
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Side two