40 Greatest Hits (Perry Como album)

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40 Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Released1975 (1975)
Label K-Tel
Perry Como chronology
Just Out of Reach
(1975)
40 Greatest Hits
(1975)
The Best of British
(1977)

40 Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Perry Como. It was released by K-Tel by arrangement with RCA Records in 1975 and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. [1] It was the Christmas number two album that year. [2] The album was not issued in the United States & has never had an official CD release in the UK.

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. Magic Moments
  2. Caterina
  3. Catch a Falling Star
  4. I Know
  5. When You Were Sweet Sixteen
  6. I Believe
  7. Try To Remember
  8. Love Makes The World Go Round
  9. Prisoner Of Love
  10. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes

Side Two

  1. Hot Diggity
  2. Round and Round
  3. If I Loved You
  4. Hello Young Lovers
  5. Delaware
  6. Moonglow
  7. Killing Me Softly
  8. More
  9. Dear Hearts and Gentle People
  10. I Love You & Don't You Forget It

Side Three

  1. And I Love You So
  2. For The Good Times
  3. Close To You
  4. Seattle
  5. Tie A Yellow Ribbon
  6. Walk Right Back
  7. What Kind of Fool Am I?
  8. Days of Wine and Roses
  9. Where Do I Begin
  10. Without A Song

Side Four

  1. It's Impossible
  2. I Think of You
  3. If
  4. We've Only Just Begun
  5. I Want To Give
  6. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
  7. You Make Me Feel So Young
  8. Temptation
  9. The Way We Were
  10. Sing

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 11
Chart (1976)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 44

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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