Perry (album)

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Perry
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ReleasedJuly 12, 1974
RecordedJanuary 4, 7, April 29, May 1, 1974
Genre Vocal
Label RCA Victor
Producer Pete Spargo
Perry Como chronology
And I Love You So
(1973)
Perry
(1974)
Just Out of Reach
(1975)

Perry was Perry Como's 22nd album released in 1974 by RCA Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Temptation" (Music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Arthur Freed)
  2. "The Hands of Time" (Music by Michel Legrand, lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman)
  3. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
  4. "Behind Closed Doors" (Kenny O'Dell)
  5. "I Don't Know What He Told You" (Lyrics by Robert I. Allen)

Side Two

  1. "That's You" (Juan Carlos Calderón)
  2. "The Way We Were" (Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman)
  3. "The Most Beautiful Girl" (Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson)
  4. "Beyond Tomorrow" (Mikis Theodorakis and Larry Kusik)
  5. "Weave Me the Sunshine" (Peter Yarrow) [3]

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References

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