Hits Collection 1943-62 (CD) - Perry Como
Along with Frank Sinatra, Perry Como was one of the most prolific hit-makers among the illustrious elite of star crooners in the immediate post-war decades, racking up an astonishing succession of hits through into the rock 'n' roll era and defying the cataclysmic changes in the pop landscape that the new music wrought. His continuous visibility and huge popularity on radio and TV ensured that he was constantly in the public eye and his records, which encompassed romantic ballads, up-tempo novelty songs and middle-of-the-road pop and in later years even flirted with rock flavoured material, gave him a regular chart presence. This excellent-value 126-track 5-CD collection comprises all his Billboard and UK chart hits from this era, including duets with The Fontane Sisters, Jaye P. Morgan, Eddie Fisher, Helen Carroll and Betty Hutton, plus a few bonus tracks which only made the Cash Box charts. It includes no less than fourteen No. 1s - "Til The End Of Time", "Prisoner Of Love", "Chi-Ba-Ba, Chi-Ba-Ba", "Surrender", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Hoop-De-Doo", "If", "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", "No Other Love", "Wanted", "Hot Diggity", "Round And Round", "Catch A Falling Star" and "Magic Moments". It's a must for every Perry Como fan, and it provides a substantial and evocative showcase for his unique talent as an interpreter of the fine songs of his time, and as an artist who very much represented the zeitgeist of popular taste during his heyday.
Track List
- Goodbye Sue
- Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
- I Love You
- Long Ago and Far Away
- Lili Marlene
- I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)
- I'm Confessin'
- More and More
- Temptation
- I'm Gonna Love That Gal (Like She's Never Been Loved Before)
- If I Loved You
- Till the End of Time
- (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight
- Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)
- Here Comes Heaven Again
- I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
- You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
- All Through the Day
- Prisoner of Love
- If You Were the Only Girl
- They Say It's Wonderful
- Surrender
- More Than You Know
- If I'm Lucky
- Winter Wonderland
- That's the Beginning of the End
- Sonata
- When You Were Sweet Sixteen
- Chi Baba Chi Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
- So Far
- Because
- Haunted Heart
- Rambling Rose
- N'yot N'yow (The Pussycat Song)
- Far Away Places
- Blue Room
- Forever and Ever
- I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore
- "A" - You're Adorable
- Bali Hai
- Some Enchanted Evening
- Just One Way to Say I Love You
- Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk
- Give Me Your Hand
- A Dreamer's Holiday
- I Wanna Go Home (With You)
- The Lord's Prayer
- Ave Maria
- Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo (The Magic Song)
- On the Out-Going Tide
- Hoop-Dee-Doo
- I Cross My Fingers
- Patricia
- A Bushel and a Peck
- So Long Sally
- (I Wonder Why) You're Just in Love
- Zing Zing - Zoom Zoom
- If
- Hello Young Lovers
- There's a Big Blue Cloud (Next to Heaven)
- There's No Boat Like a Rowboat
- Rollin' Stone
- With All My Heart and Soul
- It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas
- Tulips and Heather
- Please Mr. Sun
- Noodlin' Rag
- One Little Candle
- Maybe
- Watermelon Weather
- My Love and Devotion
- To Know You Is to Love You
- Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
- Wild Horses
- I Confess
- My One and Only Heart
- Say You're Mine Again
- No Other Love
- You Alone (Solo Tu)
- Pa-Paya Mama
- Wanted
- Idle Gossip
- Hit and Run Affair
- Papa Loves Mambo
- The Things I Didn't Do
- (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
- Ko Ko Mo
- Nobody
- Two Lost Souls
- Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang the Little Bird)
- Fooled
- Tina Marie
- All at Once You Love Her
- The Rose Tattoo
- Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
- Jukebox Baby
- More
- Glendora
- Dream Along with Me
- Somebody Up There Likes Me
- Moonlight Love
- Chincherinchee
- Round and Round
- Mi Casa Su Casa (My House Is Your House)
- The Girl with the Golden Braids
- My Little Baby
- Dancin'
- Just Born (To Be Your Baby)
- Jingle Bells
- Ivy Rose
- Catch a Falling Star
- Magic Moments
- Kewpie Doll
- Dance Only with Me
- I May Never Pass This Way Again
- Moon Talk
- Love Makes the World Go 'Round
- Mandolins in the Moonlight
- Tomboy
- I Know
- Delaware
- I Know What God Is
- Make Someone Happy
- You're Following Me
- Caterina