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  • Interpret: Perry Como

  • Album titlle: Heroes Collection (2-CD)

  • Genre Pop

  • Label PEGASUS

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 5052171205918

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Como, Perry - Heroes Collection (2-CD) CD 1
01Now Is The HourPerry Como
02Love LettersPerry Como
03Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)Perry Como
04Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)Perry Como
05I BelievePerry Como
06Carolina MoonPerry Como
07Garden In The RainPerry Como
08IfPerry Como
09Black MoonlightPerry Como
10Act Of ContritionPerry Como
11My Dreams Are Getting Better All The TimePerry Como
12Just One Way To Say I Love YouPerry Como
13Hit And Run AffairPerry Como
14Girl Of My DreamsPerry Como
15Magic MomentsPerry Como
16I Don't See Me In Your Eyes AnymorePerry Como
17Far Away PlacesPerry Como
18Bibbidi-Bobbidi-BooPerry Como
19Catch A Falling StarPerry Como
20Don't Let The Stars Get In Your EyesPerry Como
21Mandolins In The MoonlightPerry Como
22The Island Of Forgotten LoversPerry Como
23Have I Stayed Away Too Long?Perry Como
24Long Ago (And Far Away)Perry Como
25Blue SkiesPerry Como
Como, Perry - Heroes Collection (2-CD) CD 2
01My Heart Stood StillPerry Como
02Love Me Or Leave MePerry Como
03I'm Always Chasing RainbowsPerry Como
04All Through The DayPerry Como
05Marrying For LovePerry Como
06Forever And EverPerry Como
07Better Luck Next TimePerry Como
08Like Someone In LovePerry Como
09God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenPerry Como
10Love Is The Sweetest ThingPerry Como
11Abide With MePerry Como
12Juke Box BabyPerry Como
13If I Loved YouPerry Como
14(There s No Place Like) Home For The HolidaysPerry Como
15The Blue RoomPerry Como
16I Wonder Who's Kissing Her NowPerry Como
17I Concentrate On YouPerry Como
18Goodbye SuePerry Como
19I ConfessPerry Como
20BecausePerry Como
21Hello Young LoversPerry Como
22The Christmas SongPerry Como
23Forget Me Nots In Your EyesPerry Como
24Eli, EliPerry Como
25Fooled By The MoonPerry Como
Perry Como P ietro and Lucia Como arrived in the United States from Italy around 1903. They... more
"Perry Como"

Perry Como

Pietro and Lucia Como arrived in the United States from Italy around 1903. They settled in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, just southwest of Pittsburgh, across the river from Steubenville, Ohio where Dean Martin, another son of first generation Italian immigrants, grew up. For the Comos, the New World was an almost exact replica of the Old. Pietro worked at Standard Tin Plate, but he and Lucia continued to speak Italian, never learning more than a few words of English until they died. They ate the food and drank the wine of the old country, attended church, and sang the songs they'd always sung. Women with less than five children were thought barren; the Comos had thirteen. Some were born in the old world, some in the new. Pierino, or Perry as he became known, arrived on May 18, 1912, the seventh son of a seventh son.

Third Avenue in Canonsburg is now Perry Como Avenue. Just the idea of it elicited a wince from Perry. He didn't like that sort of thing. For the first five years that Perry ran up and down what would become Perry Como Avenue, he didn't speak English. He only began picking it up when he went to school. The mines and the mills where many of the immigrants worked were not for him: he would be a 'barbiere.' Nick Tosches reckoned that between one-half and two-thirds of Italian immigrants declared that they were 'barbieri.' Even the great Caruso had been a barbiere. Perry started apprenticing when he was twelve, and took over an established business when he was fourteen with two grown men working for him. "A haircut was fifty cents; now I pay twenty bucks. Maybe I got out too soon,"  he said. Another shrug. Maybe he'd told that joke too often. Perry had a guitar, and led his own barbershop quartet in his own barbershop, and played valve trombone in a brass marching band. On July 4 and Italian saints' days, they would parade around Canonsburg. "My father walked right alongside me in the crowd," said Perry. "That's-a-my boy, you know. He loved music."

When it came to singing, Perry freely admitted to two influences, Russ Columbo and Bing Crosby. Perry always went out of his way to acknowledge Crosby's influence. Crosby has been portrayed as unlovable, sour-tempered, and miserly, but that's not the way Perry remembered him. "He was supposed to be surly, tough, but he was never that way with me," he said. "He was gentle. We got along. Played golf, did each other's shows, but he couldn't take a compliment. One time we did a duet on television, and I said, 'If it hadn't been for him, folks, I'd still be cutting hair.' He was embarrassed, almost insulted. Afterward, he said, 'Perry, don't say that.'"

Around the time that Crosby became really popular in 1931 and 1932, Perry was getting up on stage around Canonsburg to sing the hits of the hour. Then, during a spring vacation in Cleveland in 1933, he went to see a local bandleader, Freddie Carlone, and auditioned. Carlone offered him a job, but Perry's barber shop was a thriving business netting him around $40 a week, and he needed some prodding from his father to go with Carlone who was only offering $28. He met the band at a park in Meadville, Pennsylvania. His girlfriend, Roselle Belline, came up there with him. Neither could face their parents if they weren't married so they went to see a justice of the peace in Meadville on July 31, 1933, just a few days after Perry officially changed profession. For years, he kept up his membership in the Barbers Guild. Just in case.

Carlone led what was known as a territory band. It had thirteen pieces and they toured up and down the Ohio valley, and did a little radio but never recorded. When they weren't working, Carlone's brother would take Perry to a club in Cleveland where he would sing for tips. "Some guy would ask to hear 'Melancholy Baby,' I'd sing it, he'd put a buck into a jar," said Perry. "I did better with that than I did with the band." It was around this time that amplification became commonplace. Prior to that, singers would use megaphones. Perry had a megaphone with stardust painted on it. Now he was confronted with the new technology, but was slow to embrace it. "Freddie would say, 'Sing in the goddamn thing!'" he remembered, "and I'd say, 'No, I want to sing with the megaphone,' so in the end I sang through the megaphone into the microphone and it sounded awful. I don't think I ever knew how bad."

Carlone's band was run by three brothers, and Perry was treated as the fourth Carlone. After a show, they'd pay off the band, then do a four-way split. Perry felt so much a part of the outfit that he didn't even respond to a wire from the self-styled 'King of Jazz,' Paul Whiteman, offering him a job. Carlone tried to persuade him to leave, but Perry was adamant that he wanted to stay, and, when an offer came from Ted Weems in 1935, Carlone had to push him out the door. Weems had heard Perry at a casino in Warren, Ohio, and wired him. "Ted was the same kind of man as Freddie," said Perry. "Gentle. A gentleman. I was doing well, sending money home to my dad, ten dollars, twelve dollars. Roselle came with me on the road. We had an old Packard, we'd load it up, put a mattress in there for my son Ronnie who was just a few months old, and we'd hit the road. California. Wherever." 

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Tracklist
Como, Perry - Heroes Collection (2-CD) CD 1
01 Now Is The Hour
02 Love Letters
03 Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
04 Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
05 I Believe
06 Carolina Moon
07 Garden In The Rain
08 If
09 Black Moonlight
10 Act Of Contrition
11 My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
12 Just One Way To Say I Love You
13 Hit And Run Affair
14 Girl Of My Dreams
15 Magic Moments
16 I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
17 Far Away Places
18 Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
19 Catch A Falling Star
20 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
21 Mandolins In The Moonlight
22 The Island Of Forgotten Lovers
23 Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
24 Long Ago (And Far Away)
25 Blue Skies
Como, Perry - Heroes Collection (2-CD) CD 2
01 My Heart Stood Still
02 Love Me Or Leave Me
03 I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
04 All Through The Day
05 Marrying For Love
06 Forever And Ever
07 Better Luck Next Time
08 Like Someone In Love
09 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
10 Love Is The Sweetest Thing
11 Abide With Me
12 Juke Box Baby
13 If I Loved You
14 (There s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
15 The Blue Room
16 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
17 I Concentrate On You
18 Goodbye Sue
19 I Confess
20 Because
21 Hello Young Lovers
22 The Christmas Song
23 Forget Me Nots In Your Eyes
24 Eli, Eli
25 Fooled By The Moon