A Sentimental Date with Perry

A Sentimental Date with Perry Como
A Sentimental Date with Perry Como
Studio album by Perry Como
Released	1955 or 1956
Label	RCA Victor

A Sentimental Date with Perry
A Sentimental Date with Perry
	1948 cover
Studio album by Perry Como
Released	1948; 1955 or 1956 (12-inch LP)
Label	RCA Victor
Perry Como chronology

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

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
Source	Rating
Billboard	(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

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

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

20-2660-A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"When Day Is Done"	B. G. DeSylva—Robert Katcher	Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra

20-2660-B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same)"	Charlie Tobias—Peter De Rose	Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra

20-2661-A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Carolina Moon"	Benny Davis—Joe Burke	Perry Como with Orchestra, Lloyd Shaffer, Director

20-2661-B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Body and Soul" (Used in the United Artists film Body and Soul)	Heyman–Sour–Eyton–Green	Perry Como with Orchestra, Lloyd Shaffer, Director

20-2662-A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"What'll I Do?"	Irving Berlin	Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra

20-2662-B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Love Me or Leave Me"	Gus Kahn—Walter Donaldson	Perry Como and The Satisfiers with Russ Case and his Orchestra

20-2663-A
No.	Title	Writer(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. Monaco	Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra

20-2663-B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"	Joseph McCarthy—Harry Carroll	Perry Como and The Satisfiers with Russ Case and his Orchestra

12-inch LP

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

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

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Billboard". February 7, 1948. This week's RCA Victor release
^ ^a ^b ^c "Best-Selling Popular Record Albums". Billboard. February 28, 1948.
^ ^a ^b "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry – 4 x Shellac (10", 78 RPM, Album)". 1949 – via Discogs.
^ "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry – Box Set 3 x Vinyl". 1949 – via Discogs.
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Burnett, Carol-Dusty, Slim. ISBN 978-0-333-74134-4.
^ "Perry Como - A Sentimental Date with Perry". Discogs. 1952.
^ "Billboard". July 4, 1953.
^ "Perry Como - A Sentimental Date with Perry". Discogs. 1952.
^ "Billboard". October 25, 1952.
^ See List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1946.
^ "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry Como". 1956 – via Discogs.
^ Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices from Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond. Collier Books. 1992. ISBN 978-0-02-080131-3. A Sentimental Date with Perry Como (one of his two great early twelve-inch "broad" covers)
^ "Perry Como - A Sentimental Date with Perry Como". Discogs. 1955.
^ "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry Como". 1956 – via Discogs.

[Billboard_7_Feb_1948-1] "Billboard". February 7, 1948. This week's RCA Victor release

[Billboard_28_Feb_1948-2] "Best-Selling Popular Record Albums". Billboard. February 28, 1948.

[Discogs_P_187-3] "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry – 4 x Shellac (10", 78 RPM, Album)". 1949 – via Discogs.

[4] "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry – Box Set 3 x Vinyl". 1949 – via Discogs.

[The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music-5] Larkin, Colin (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Burnett, Carol-Dusty, Slim. ISBN 978-0-333-74134-4.

[6] "Perry Como - A Sentimental Date with Perry". Discogs. 1952.

[7] "Billboard". July 4, 1953.

[8] "Perry Como - A Sentimental Date with Perry". Discogs. 1952.

[9] "Billboard". October 25, 1952.

[10] See List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1946.

[11] "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry Como". 1956 – via Discogs.

[12] Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices from Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond. Collier Books. 1992. ISBN 978-0-02-080131-3. A Sentimental Date with Perry Como (one of his two great early twelve-inch "broad" covers)

[13] "Perry Como - A Sentimental Date with Perry Como". Discogs. 1955.

[Discogs_LPM_1177-14] "Perry Como – A Sentimental Date With Perry Como". 1956 – via Discogs.

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Perry Como
Albums	Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music (1946) (1948) Supper Club Favorites (1949) TV Favorites (1952) Hits from Broadway Shows (1953) Around the Christmas Tree (1953) I Believe (1953) So Smooth (1955) We Get Letters (1957) Saturday Night with Mr. C (1958) When You Come to the End of the Day (1958) Como Swings (1959) Season's Greetings from Perry Como (1959) For the Young at Heart (1960) Sing to Me Mr. C (1961) By Request (1962) The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President (1962) The Songs I Love (1963) The Scene Changes (1965) Lightly Latin (1966) Perry Como in Italy (1966) The Perry Como Christmas Album (1968) Look to Your Heart (1968) Seattle (1969) It's Impossible (1970) I Think of You (1971) And I Love You So (1973) Perry (1974) Just Out of Reach (1975) The Best of British (UK and Canada) (1977) Where You're Concerned (US) (1978) Perry Como (1980) So It Goes / Goodbye for Now (1983) Today (1987)
Live albums	Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (1970) Perry Como Live on Tour (1981) Perry Como's Christmas Concert (1994)
Compilation albums	Como's Golden Records (1955) Relaxing with Perry Como (1956) 40 Greatest Hits (1975) A Legendary Performer (1976) On the Radio – The Perry Como Shows 1943 (2009) At the Supper Club (2010) At the Supper Club Part II (2011) At the Supper Club Part III (2011)
Songs	"'A' You're Adorable" "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" "And I Love You So" "As Time Goes By" "Bali Ha'i" "Because" "Beyond Tomorrow" "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" "Blue Room" "A Bushel and a Peck" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "Caterina" "Catch a Falling Star" "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" "Confessin'" "Days of Wine and Roses" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" "Delaware" "Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)" "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" "Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)" "A Dreamer's Holiday" "El Cóndor Pasa" "Far Away Places" "Feelings" "Fly Me to the Moon" "For the Good Times" "Forever and Ever" "Forget Domani" "Give Me Your Hand" "Glendora" "The Gypsy in My Soul" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Here, There and Everywhere" "Home for the Holidays" "Hoop-Dee-Doo" "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" "A House Is Not a Home" "I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" "I May Never Pass This Way Again" "I Think I Love You" "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "If (They Made Me a King)" "It's a Good Day" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" "Juke Box Baby" "Kewpie Doll" "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "The Lord's Prayer" "Magic Moments" "Mandolins in the Moonlight" "Maria" "Moon River" "More" "No Other Love" "Papa Loves Mambo" "Please Mr. Sun" "Prisoner of Love" "Round and Round" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "Say You're Mine Again" "Seattle" "The Shadow of Your Smile" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" "The Songs I Love" "Stop! And Think It Over" "Surrender" "Till the End of Time" "They Say It's Wonderful" "Unchained Melody" "Wanted" "The Way You Look Tonight" "What'll I Do" "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" "Young at Heart"
Related	Perry Como discography Perry Como television and radio shows Beat the Band The Chesterfield Supper Club List of songs recorded by Perry Como Goodman Ace Mitchell Ayres Ray Charles Frank Gallop Nick Perito
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