The Scene Changes (Perry Como album)

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The Scene Changes
Scene Changes Como.jpg
Studio album by
Perry Como
ReleasedMay 1965
RecordedFebruary 9, 11, and 12, 1965
Studio RCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Nashville sound
Label RCA Victor
Producer Chet Atkins
Perry Como chronology
The Songs I Love
(1963)		The Scene Changes
(1965)		 Lightly Latin
(1966)

The Scene Changes is Perry Como's 12th RCA Victor 12-inch long-play album. [1] Songs for the album were recorded at RCA Victor's Nashville studios under the helm of producer Chet Atkins.

Contents

Overview

With The Scene Changes, producer Chet Atkins combines Como's vocals with the "Nashville sound" that Atkins help popularize. Anita Kerr was also brought in as the conductor and arranger, while the Anita Kerr Quartet provided vocal harmonies. Floyd Cramer pitches in on piano. [2] The album includes the hit single, "Dream On Little Dreamer".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Being recorded in Nashville, Record Mirror notes "the instrumentalists behind Perry are all a part of the Nashville scene and although you could never call Perry a C & W singer, he does capture some of the Jim Reeves deep-voiced atmosphere." [3]

Jason Ankeny of AllMusic believes "Como's effortless sophistication proves an ideal match for the Nashville sound." [2]

Chart performance

The album reached No. 47 on the Billboard Top LP's chart during a 17-week chart run. [4] In Cash Box magazine, the album peaked at No. 27. [5]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Where Does a Little Tear Come From?" (Johnny MacRae, Marge Barton) – 2:23
  2. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson) – 3:02
  3. "Here Comes My Baby" (Bill West, Dottie West) – 2:35
  4. "Sweet Adorable You" (Thomas Baker Knight) – 2:25
  5. "I Really Don't Want to Know" (Don Robertson, Howard Barnes) – 2:36
  6. "That Ain't All" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:07

Side two

  1. "Dream On Little Dreamer" (Jan Crutchfield, Fred Burch) – 2:18
  2. "Stand Beside Me" (Tompall Glaser) – 2:47
  3. "A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket of Nails" (Eddie Snyder, Sarah Graham, Richard Ahlert) – 1:58
  4. "Gringo's Guitar" (Cindy Walker) – 2:58
  5. "My Own Peculiar Way" (Nelson) – 2:48
  6. "Give Myself a Party" (Don Gibson) – 2:37

Charts

Chart (1965)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LP's [4] [6] 47
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums [5] [7] 27

Personnel

Credits adapted from LP liner notes. [8]

Musicians

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "The Scene Changes". Kokomo. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Ankeny, Jason. "Perry Como – The Scene Changes: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (April 2, 1966). "Perry Como: The Scene Changes" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 264. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 35. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 120. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard . Vol. 77, no. 28. July 10, 1965. p. 28. Retrieved August 29, 2025– via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXVI, no. 53. July 24, 1965. Retrieved August 29, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  8. ↑ O'Donnell, Red (1965). The Scene Changes (LP liner notes). Perry Como. RCA Victor Records. LSP-3396.
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