[78-L] One of Perry's Hot Dogs

[Taylor Bowie]

I recall one track of Como's in particular which used to be played often on 
the local "Good Old Days" radio  station...a really nice version from the 
mid-50s of Perry singing "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella" accomp as I recall 
by a rhythm section and four trombones...damn it was good,  and I usually 
cringe at that song,  esp. the versions from the 20s.  But Perry knocked it 
off in the relaxed style and sounded really good with the easy and jazzy 
band behind him.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research


> In fact, the singers who backed Como in all those RCA recordings used to
> call him Perry Coma because his singing didn't sound like he was working
> very hard (his recording sessions also used to take place at 7:30 in the
> morning, a tough time for most professional musicians). This is first-hand
> information, by the way. I knew many of these people years after the fact.
>
> And yet I used to have some mid-forties recordings he made, and he could
> sing with great power and expression if he wanted to. Too few people have
> heard them, and I don't know if his early solo recordings have been 
> reissued
> off the top of my head. My ex-girlfirend performed on one of his shows in
> 1956, and couldn't say enough wonderful things about him.  He was 
> enormously
> successful singing 'relaxed,' so what can we say?
>
> Jeff Sultanof
>
>
> boring as I did Eddy Arnold in the sixties.In the Rock and Roll vein,there
>> was Fabian Forte
>> who had more looks than singing talent.
>>
>> --- On Wed, 7/8/09, agp2176 at verizon.net <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> From: agp2176 at verizon.net <agp2176 at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research
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>> Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 10:35 AM
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>> As soon as I finish my article, the full list of names will be on my
>> website
>>
>> T
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From:  "Bill McClung" <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
>> Subj:  Re: [78-L] Hugo and Luigi Research
>> Date:  Wed Jul 8, 2009 9:07 am
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>> Three things.
>>
>>
>>
>> Who else is mentioned besides Perry and Pelvis and Tab and Tommy and 
>> Monty?
>>
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> .I found Perry Como rather
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