A Sentimental Date with Perry | ||||
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Released | 1948 [1] 1955 or 1956 (12-inch LP) | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Perry Como chronology | ||||
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A Sentimental Date with Perry, also known as A Sentimental Date with Perry Como, [2] is an album by Perry Como released by RCA Victor in February 1948. [1]
Originally, it was a four-records album (cat. no. P-187) containing eight songs across eight sides. [1] In 1952, it was re-issued on a 10-inch LP record.
There was also a later 12-inch LP version with the same title and the same (but extended to 12) song list, see #12-inch LP. It was released in the middle to late 1950s.
The album was originally released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. P 187) containing eight tracks across eight sides [3] and as a set of three 7-inch 45-rpm records (WP 187; did not include the record "What'll I Do?"/"Love Me or Leave Me"). [4]
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In 1952, it was issued in two more formats: on LP (a 10-inch LP, cat. no. LPM 2035) [6] [7] and on EP (two EPs in a gatefold sleeve; EPB 3035). [8] [9]
The album spent three consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in February–March 1948. [2] [10]
Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (RCA Victor P 187) [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "When Day Is Done" | B. G. DeSylva—Robert Katcher | Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same)" | Charlie Tobias—Peter De Rose | Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Carolina Moon" | Benny Davis—Joe Burke | Perry Como with Orchestra, Lloyd Shaffer, Director |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Body and Soul" (Used in the United Artists film Body and Soul ) | Heyman–Sour–Eyton–Green | Perry Como with Orchestra, Lloyd Shaffer, Director |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "What'll I Do?" | Irving Berlin | Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Love Me or Leave Me" | Gus Kahn—Walter Donaldson | Perry Como and The Satisfiers with Russ Case and his Orchestra |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts, We'll Just Be the Same Old Friends" | Joseph McCarthy—Jimmie V. Monaco | Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" | Joseph McCarthy—Harry Carroll | Perry Como and The Satisfiers with Russ Case and his Orchestra |
A Sentimental Date with Perry Como | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 1955 or 1956 |
Label | RCA Victor |
In the middle to late 1950s, RCA Victor released a 12-inch LP (cat. no. LPM 1177) titled A Sentimental Date with Perry Como that contained the same songs as the original album plus four additional songs ("Blue Room" and "With a Rose in My Heart" on side 1, "Lies" and "No Other Love" on side 2). [11] [12] There was also a double-EP version of the new album, with 9 tracks instead of 12 (EPB 1177). [13]
12-inch LP (RCA Victor LPM 1177) [14]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "When Day Is Done" | |
2. | "Carolina Moon" | |
3. | "What'll I Do?" | |
4. | "If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts, We'll Just Be the Same Old Friends" | |
5. | "Blue Room" | |
6. | "With a Song in My Heart" |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" | |
2. | "Love Me or Leave Me" | |
3. | "Body and Soul" | |
4. | "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same)" | |
5. | "Lies" | |
6. | "No Other Love" |
Chart (1948) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums [2] | 1 |
This week's RCA Victor release
A Sentimental Date with Perry Como (one of his two great early twelve-inch "broad" covers)