Perry Como in Italy
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Perry Como In Italy was Perry Como's
14th RCA Victor 12" long-play album, the 12th recorded in full "living" stereophonic sound and the fourth featuring Dynagroove
technology.
"In Italy" was recorded on location in Rome
with arrangements by Nick Perito
and choral direction by Ray Charles.
Side 2
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
14th RCA Victor 12" long-play album, the 12th recorded in full "living" stereophonic sound and the fourth featuring Dynagroove
Dynagroove
Dynagroove is a recording process introduced in 1963 exclusive to RCA Victor that, for the first time, used computers to modify the audio signal fed to the recording stylus of a phonograph record to make the groove shape conform to the tracing requirements of the playback stylus...
technology.
"In Italy" was recorded on location in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
with arrangements by Nick Perito
Nick Perito
Nicholas Perito was a Hollywood composer and arranger and, for 40 years, the closest collaborator of singer Perry Como.-Early years:...
and choral direction by Ray Charles.
Track listing
Side 1- "Souvenir d'Italie"
- "Oh Marie"
- "Cominciamo ad amarci"
- "Love Theme from "La Strada"" ( Traveling Down a Lonely Road )
- "Forget DomaniForget Domani"Forget Domani" is the title of a song introduced in the 1964 film The Yellow Rolls-Royce being a composition by Riz Ortolani, who scored the film, and lyricist Norman Newell....
" - "Anema e coreAnema e core (song)"Anema e core" is a popular song.The music was written by Salvatore d'Esposito. The original Italian lyrics were written by Domenico Titomanlio.-The original Neapolitan version:It was first introduced in 1950, sung by the tenor Tito Schipa....
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Side 2
- "Un giorno dopo l'altro" ( One day after another)
- "Santa Lucia"
- "E Lei" ( And You )
- "Toselli's Serenade" ( Dreams and Memories )
- "O MarenarielloO Marenariello"Marenariello" is a Neapolitan song written in 1893 by Gennaro Ottaviano and Salvatore Gambardella . It was adapted into the English language hit "I Have But One Heart" and was sung by Andrea Bocelli on his first classical album Viaggio Italiano released in 1997.-Text of the song:Oje né, fa'...
" - "Arrivederci RomaArrivederci Roma"Arrivederci Roma" is the title and refrain of a popular Italian song, composed by Renato Rascel, with lyrics by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini. It was published in 1955 as part of the soundtrack of the Italo-American musical film with the same title, released as Seven Hills of Rome in...
" ( Goodbye Rome )