A Sentimental Date with Perry

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A Sentimental Date with Perry
File:A Sentimental Date with Perry.jpg
1948 cover
Studio album by
Released1948[1]
1955 or 1956 (12-inch LP)
LabelRCA Victor
Perry Como chronology
Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music
(1946)
A Sentimental Date with Perry
(1948)
Supper Club Favorites
(1949)

A Sentimental Date with Perry, also known as A Sentimental Date with Perry Como,[2] is an album by Perry Como released by RCA Victor in February 1948.[1]

Originally, it was a four-records album (cat. no. P-187) containing eight songs across eight sides.[1] In 1952, it was re-issued on a 10-inch LP record.

There was also a later 12-inch LP version with the same title and the same (but extended to 12) song list, see #12-inch LP. It was released in the middle to late 1950s.

Release

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The album was originally released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. P 187) containing eight tracks across eight sides[3] and as a set of three 7-inch 45-rpm records (WP 187; did not include the record "What'll I Do?"/"Love Me or Leave Me").[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BillboardStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg (1952 ver.)[5]

In 1952, it was issued in two more formats: on LP (a 10-inch LP, cat. no. LPM 2035)[6][7] and on EP (two EPs in a gatefold sleeve; EPB 3035).[8][9]

Reception

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The album spent three consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard's Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in February–March 1948.[2][10]

Track listing

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Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (RCA Victor P 187)[3]

20-2660-A
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."When Day Is Done"B. G. DeSylva—Robert KatcherPerry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra 
20-2660-B
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same)"Charlie Tobias—Peter De RosePerry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra 
20-2661-A
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Carolina Moon"Benny Davis—Joe BurkePerry Como with Orchestra, Lloyd Shaffer, Director 
20-2661-B
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Body and Soul" (Used in the United Artists film Body and Soul)HeymanSourEytonGreenPerry Como with Orchestra, Lloyd Shaffer, Director 
20-2662-A
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."What'll I Do?"Irving BerlinPerry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra 
20-2662-B
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."Love Me or Leave Me"Gus KahnWalter DonaldsonPerry Como and The Satisfiers with Russ Case and his Orchestra 
20-2663-A
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts, We'll Just Be the Same Old Friends"Joseph McCarthy—Jimmie V. MonacoPerry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra 
20-2663-B
No.TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Length
1."I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"Joseph McCarthy—Harry CarrollPerry Como and The Satisfiers with Russ Case and his Orchestra 

12-inch LP

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A Sentimental Date with Perry Como
Studio album by
Released1955 or 1956
LabelRCA Victor

In the middle to late 1950s, RCA Victor released a 12-inch LP (cat. no. LPM 1177) titled A Sentimental Date with Perry Como that contained the same songs as the original album plus four additional songs ("Blue Room" and "With a Rose in My Heart" on side 1, "Lies" and "No Other Love" on side 2).[11][12] There was also a double-EP version of the new album, with 9 tracks instead of 12 (EPB 1177).[13]

Track listing

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12-inch LP (RCA Victor LPM 1177)[14]

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."When Day Is Done" 
2."Carolina Moon" 
3."What'll I Do?" 
4."If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts, We'll Just Be the Same Old Friends" 
5."Blue Room" 
6."With a Song in My Heart" 
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" 
2."Love Me or Leave Me" 
3."Body and Soul" 
4."When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same)" 
5."Lies" 
6."No Other Love" 

Charts

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Chart (1948) Peak
position
US Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums[2] 1

See also

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References

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