''A Sentimental Date with Perry'', also known as ''A Sentimental Date with Perry Como'',
is an album by
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, from 1943 until 1987 ...
released by
RCA Victor
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in February 1948.
Originally, it was a four-records album (cat. no. P-187) containing eight songs across eight sides.
In 1952, it was re-issued on a 10-inch
LP record
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.
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
and as a set of three 7-inch 45-rpm records (WP 187; did not include the record "
What'll I Do?
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"/"
Love Me or Leave Me").
In 1952, it was issued in two more formats: on
LP (a 10-inch LP, cat. no. LPM 2035) and on EP (two EPs in a gatefold sleeve; EPB 3035).
Reception
The album spent three consecutive weeks at number one on ''
Billboard
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s
Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in February–March 1948.
Track listing
Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (RCA Victor P 187)
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). There was also a double-
EP version of the new album, with 9 tracks instead of 12 (EPB 1177).
Track listing
12-inch LP (RCA Victor LPM 1177)
Charts
See also
*
List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1948
References
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1948 albums
RCA Victor albums
Perry Como albums