We Get Letters | ||||
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Released | April 1957 | |||
Recorded | June 18, 1956, February 12, 19, 1957 | |||
Studio | RCA Victor Studios 2 & 3, New York City | |||
Genre | Vocal, jazz | |||
Length | 31:52 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Ed O. Welker | |||
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We Get Letters is a 1957 album by Perry Como, his second RCA Victor 12" long-play album. [2]
The LP's concept is an album of requests from Como's television show, but forgoing the usual big-band sound of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers for a small group known as "Como's little Combo", with soft, breezy jazz arrangements by Joe Lipman. [3] The album was recorded between June 1956 and February 1957.
As with his first LP So Smooth , Como avoided the type of novelty songs he often recorded for single releases in favor of pop standards dating back to the 1920s and 30s.
The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums chart, staying on the chart for ten weeks. [4]
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Chart (1957) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums [4] [5] | 8 |
US Cash Box Best Selling Pop Albums [6] [7] | 10 |