''We Get Letters'' is a 1957 album by Perry Como, his second RCA Victor 12" long-play album. The LP's concept is an album of requests from Como's

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, but forgoing the usual big-band sound of

Mitchell Ayres Mitchell Ayres (December 24, 1909 – September 5, 1969) was an orchestra leader, music arranger, composer and performer. He is best known for his many years of work with Perry Como on radio, records, and television and as the musical condu ...

' Orchestra and the

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for a small group known as "Como's little Combo", with soft, breezy

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arrangements by

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. The album was recorded between June 1956 and February 1957. As with his first LP '' So Smooth'', Como avoided the type of novelty songs he often recorded for single releases in favor of

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s dating back to the 1920s and 30s.

Track listing

Side one #"

Swingin' Down the Lane "Swingin' Down the Lane" is a 1923 song composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Jones' instrumental version was second to " March of the Wooden Soldiers" in the list of top songs for 1923. Other popular versions in 1923 were by Ben Bern ...

" (Music by Isham Jones and lyrics by

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, 1923) - 2:13 #" It's Easy To Remember" (Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, 1935) - 3:15 #" South of The Border" (Words and Music by

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and Michael Carr, 1939) - 2:17 #"That's What I Like" (Words and Music by Mae Boren Axton and Glenn Reeves) - 2:38 #"Honey, Honey (Bless Your Heart)" (Music by Larry Stock and lyrics by Dominick Belline) - 2:41 #" Angry" (Music by Henry Brunies and Jules Cassard with lyrics by Dudley Mecum, 1925) - 2:20 Side two #"

They Can't Take That Away From Me "They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film ''Shall We Dance'' and gained huge success. Overview The song is performed b ...

" (Music by

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, 1937) - 2:30 #"Sposin'" (Music by Paul Denniker and lyrics by Andy Razaf, 1929) - 3:39 #" I Had the Craziest Dream" (Music by Harry Warren and lyrics by

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, 1942) - 2:36 #"

'Deed I Do "Deed I Do" is a 1926 jazz standard composed by Fred Rose with lyrics by Walter Hirsch. It was introduced by vaudeville performer S. L. Stambaugh and popularized by Ben Bernie's recording. It was recorded by influential clarinetist and bandleader ...

" (Music by Fred Rose and lyrics by Walter Hirsch, 1926) - 1:58 #"

Somebody Loves Me "Somebody Loves Me" is a popular song, with music written by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Buddy DeSylva. The song was published in 1924 and featured in ''George White's Scandals'' of 1924. This is not to be confused with ...

" (Music by

and lyrics by

Ballard MacDonald Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was one of the writers of Tin Pan Alley. Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ...

and B.G. DeSylva, 1924) - 3:20 #"Sleepy Time Gal" (Music by Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan, 1925) - 2:18

References

External links

Perry Como Discography
{{Authority control Perry Como albums 1957 albums RCA Victor albums