By Request (Perry Como album)

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By Request
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Studio album by
Perry Como
ReleasedAugust 1962
RecordedJune 8, 14, 21, 26, 1962
Genre Vocal
Length38:09
Label RCA Victor
Producer Hugo & Luigi
Perry Como chronology
Sing to Me Mr. C
(1961)		By Request
(1962)		 The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President
(1962)

By Request is Perry Como's ninth RCA Victor 12" long-play album. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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William Ruhlmann of AllMusic noted Como's "change in his approach to recording with his album By Request. While "the title made it sound like a number of his earlier LPs...with the implication that the song choices were made by his audience rather than himself", By Request was made up of more recent material", even recording songs that were recent hits by others. "The material suited Como" and provided him the opportunity to take "a new direction as a singer, anticipating the period when his albums would not be more adjuncts to his television program." [3]

Chart performance

By Request was Como's best-selling non-holiday LP release in three years [3] and reached No. 32 on the Billboard Best Selling Stereo LP's chart. [4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Maria" (music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) – 3:28
  2. "Lollipops and Roses" (words and music by Tony Velona) – 2:43
  3. "The Sweetest Sounds" (words and music by Richard Rodgers) – 2:46
  4. "More than Likely" (music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn) – 2:52
  5. "Moonglow and Theme from 'Picnic' – 3:23
  6. "My Favorite Things" (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:56

Side two

  1. "Once Upon a Time" (music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams) – 3:50
  2. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (words and music by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore) – 3:07
  3. "What's New?" (music by Bob Haggart, lyrics by Johnny Burke) – 3:04
  4. "Somebody Cares" (music by Johnny Robba, Frank Reardon, and Ernest G. Schweikert) – 3:18
  5. "I'll Remember April" (music by Gene DePaul, lyrics by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye) – 3:02
  6. "Moon River" (music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer) – 3:20

A recording of "The Bells of St. Mary's" was made during the sessions, but left off the completed album. [1] It was not released until its inclusion on the 2001 compilation CD A Perry Como Christmas, which also includes "My Favorite Things" from this album.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LP's: Stereo [4] [5] 32
US Billboard Top LP's: Monaural [6] 54
US Cash Box Best Selling Albums: Stereo [7] [8] 39

References

  1. 1 2 "By Request". Kokomo. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ "By Request-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Ruhlmann, William. Perry Como – By Request: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 35. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's: 50 Best Selling Stereo LP's" (PDF). Billboard Music Week . Vol. 74, no. 49. December 8, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved August 25, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's: 150 Best Selling Monaural LP's" (PDF). Billboard Music Week . Vol. 74, no. 51. December 22, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved August 25, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  7. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 120. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Best Selling Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXIV, no. 9. November 10, 1962. p. 21. Retrieved August 25, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
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