A1 	How Insensitive 	3:10
A2 	Stay With Me 	3:03
A3 	(The) Shadow Of Your Smile 	3:46
A4 	Meditation 	3:45
A5 	And Roses And Roses 	3:07
A6 	Yesterday 	2:59
B1 	Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma 	2:49
B2 	Dindi 	4:16
B3 	Baía 	3:25
B4 	Once I Loved 	3:50
B5 	Manhã De Carnaval 	2:39
B6 	Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars 	3:19

Perry Como – vocals
Nick Perito – arranger, conductor
Ray Charles – choir master

"A perfect matching of man to music," claims the heading to this 1966 Perry Como Latin project, most of it including standards in the classy, challenging bossa nova style. Arrangers Nick Perito and Torrie Zito assemble a team of instrumentalists who are surely up to the task, teams of guitarists delivering deeply felt patterns as if bringing up the best from the wine cellar. Ray Charles is hanging around with his team of singers, teaming up with Perito to co-write a musical plea to "Stay with Me" in which an alto saxophonist steals the show. As this project winds on, Como gives the impression of becoming one with his relaxed audience, letting the background singers drown him out, then put him to bed. The Beatles' "Yesterday," on the other hand, comes off astonishingly well, the arrangement starting off with the bridge in a kind of Ahmad Jamal moment. "The Shadow of Your Smile" and "Dindi" are both done complete with introductions, a touch worth appreciating since this is something most singers don't bother with, even the ones that are good at bossa nova. The band goes off in at least three directions once the main part of "The Shadow of Your Smile" begins, the arranger obviously equating smiling with running for office. Como is indeed at his best with "Dindi" and "Once I Loved," utilizing simplicity to bring the lyrics to life, carefully touching the melody, making it both ache and laugh, at least when the long tones aren't vanishing up his nose. For once the singer is ahead of the arranger, who on "Dindi" foolishly buries the catchy percussion parts in favor of a boring woodwind solo. --- Eugene Chadbourne, AllMusic Review

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01 - Papa Loves Mambo
02 - And I Love You So
03 - It's Impossible
04 - Catch A Falling Star
05 - I Love You And Don't You Forget It
06 - For The Good Times
07 - The Very Thought Of You
08 - Magic Moments09 - I Think Of You
10 - I've Got You Under My Skin
11 - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
12 - Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
13 - The Most Beautiful Girl
14 - Love Makes The World Go Round (Yeah Yeah)
15 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
16 - (They Long To Be) Close To You
17 - Moon River
18 - Walk Right Back
19 - Delaware
20 - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
21 - If
22 - Wanted
23 - I Want To Give (Ahora Que Soy Libre)
24 - The Shadow Of Your Smile

Pierino "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 - May 12, 2001) 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 it in 1943. "Mr. C", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for RCA and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time.

A popular television performer and recording artist, Perry Como produced numerous hit records with record sales so high the label literally stopped counting at Como's behest. His weekly television show and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world and his popularity seemingly had no geographical or language boundaries. He was equally at ease in live performance and in the confines of a recording studio. His appeal spanned generations and he was widely respected for both his professional standards and the conduct in his personal life. In the official RCA Records Billboard Magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all."

Well known composer Ervin Drake said of him, " . . . occasionally someone like Perry comes along and won't 'go with the flow' and still prevails in spite of all the bankrupt others who surround him and importune him to yield to their values. Only occasionally."

Perry Como received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006. ---amazon.com

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