When You Come to the End of the Day

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When You Come to the End of the Day
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Studio album by
Perry Como
ReleasedSeptember 1958
RecordedApril 30, May 1, June 18, 19, 23, 1958
Genre Vocal
Length34:18
Label RCA Victor
Producer Joe Reisman
Perry Como chronology
Saturday Night with Mr. C
(1958)		When You Come to the End of the Day
(1958)		 Como Swings
(1959)
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When You Come to the End of the Day is Perry Como's fourth RCA Victor 12" long-playing album, released in 1958 and the second recorded in stereophonic sound. [2] [3]

Contents

Overview

When You Come to the End of the Day was recorded as an album of inspirational songs featuring well known traditional hymns such as "In the Garden" and modern inspirational tunes including "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You". The album was reissued on compact disc in 2001. [4]

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 16 on both the Billboard Best Selling LP's chart and the Cash Box Best Selling Pop Albums chart in January 1959. [5] [6]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Traditional gospel song adapted by Geoff Love)
  2. "Whither Thou Goest" (Music and Lyrics by Guy Singer, 1954)
  3. "No Well On Earth" (Music by Dave Mann and lyrics by Bob Hilliard)
  4. "Only One" (Words and Music by Sunny Skylar, Tom Glazer and Andrew Ackers)
  5. "Scarlet Ribbons" (Music by Evelyn Danzig and lyrics by Jack Segal, 1949)
  6. "I May Never Pass This Way Again" (Words and Music by Murray Wizell and Irving Melcher)

Side two

  1. "A Still Small Voice" (Music by Ben Weisman and lyrics by Al Stillman)
  2. "In the Garden" (Words and Music by C. Austin Miles, 1912)
  3. "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" (Words and Music by Meredith Willson)
  4. "Prayer for Peace" (Music by Nick Acquaviva with English lyrics by Norman Gimbel)
  5. "All Through the Night" (Traditional Old Welsh hymn, Arranged by Ray Charles)
  6. "When You Come to the End of the Day" (Music by Frank C. Westphal and lyrics by Gus Kahn)

Charts

Chart (1959)Peak
position
US Billboard Best Selling LP's [5] [7] 16
US Cashbox Best Selling Pop Albums [6] [8] 16

References

  1. ↑ When You Come to the End of the Day at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "When You Come to the End of the Day". Kokomo. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ "When You Come to the End of the Day-credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ "When You Come to the End of the Day-2001 re-release". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 35. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "The Billboard's Music Popularity Chats: Best Selling LP's" (PDF). The Billboard . Vol. 71, no. 2. January 12, 1959. p. 28. Retrieved August 21, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
  8. ↑ "The Cash Box Best Selling Pop Albums" (PDF). The Cash Box . Vol. XX, no. 19. January 24, 1959. p. 35. Retrieved August 21, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
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