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Chit-Chat: Irish musician Gavin Coyle a year-round favorite
Suburban Life Publications
STAFF PHOTO BY MARK BUSCH My mother loved people like Pat Boone, Connie Francis and Perry Como, and my father had Patsy Cline and all the good country ...


The Best of 50s Pop
MPBN News
Tribute montages will also highlight the superstar 50s pop icons that we've lost in recent years (Dean Martin, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Ray and ...


Number One single from this day in history - When I Need You and Stay
Liverpool Echo
The song was covered by Céline Dion, Luther Vandross, Perry Como, Rod Stewart, Alpha Blondy, Brotherhood of Man, Julio Iglesias, Cliff Richard and Clay ...


He Gave the City of Steel a Sweeter Side
Wall Street Journal
... sugar and by 1963 outgrew his basement in the Pittsburgh suburb of Canonsburg (also known as the birthplace of singers Perry Como and Bobby Vinton). ...


Nashville Scene

Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player
Nashville Scene
Atkins supervised hit albums for a host of stars, ranging from Perry Como to Jim Reeves and Elvis Presley, and helped usher in and popularize the Nashville ...


A creator who 'will last forever': Concert Sunday marks Chopin's 200th birthday
MPNnow.com
Older pop songs from the likes of Perry Como (“Till the End of Time”) and Barry Manilow (“Could It Be Magic” are based on Chopin compositions; more recently ...

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New York Times (blog)

Let's Get 'Lost': Perry Como Lives Again!
ChicagoNow (blog)
For this indiscretion, Claire was put in a deep hole, where she spent her time blissfully singing Perry Como's old hit, "Catch a Falling Star" (which was ...
'Lost' Dueling Analysis: 'Sundown'Washington Post (blog)

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Washington Post (blog)

'Lost' Dueling Analysis: 'Sundown'
Washington Post (blog)
she's singing Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star" to herself. Not for nothing, that's the same song Claire had insisted Aaron's potential adoptive parents ...

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Frank Sarris dies at 78
Washington Observer Reporter
Hazlett recalled the time several years ago when the out-of-state president of the Perry Como Fan Club and her husband stopped by the borough office to drop ...

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Exploring the amazing land of Britcomps
Bay View Compass
... Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly), but many country (Johnny Cash, George Jones, Patsy Cline) and pop (Perry Como, Doris Day, Bobby Darin) standards. ...


Wired (blog)

The Volvo 780: Where Sophia Loren Met Rosie the Riveter
Wired (blog)
These cars had the style of Sinatra, but offered the driver all the excitement of Perry Como. While it shared the underpinnings of a Volvo 740 or 760, ...

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Wired (blog)

Geneva Motor Show Classic: The Volvo 780
Wired (blog)
These cars had the style of Sinatra, but offered the driver all the excitement of Perry Como. While it shared the underpinnings of a Volvo 740 or 760, ...


They made Lambert look like Como
Santa Rosa Press Democrat (blog)
I mean, there were parts of that show that made Adam Lambert look like Perry Como. I tuned in to a music awards show and cirque de soleil broke out! ...


Dean Martin infomercial brings back fond memories of TV variety shows
MyWestTexas.com
And they came on the heels of others, those classics that starred legends such as Dinah Shore, Perry Como, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Lawrence Welk. ...


The Bill Charlap Trio returns to Dizzy's in Manhattan 3/2-7
Jazz Police
His mother, Sandy Stewart, is a popular song singer who performed with Benny Goodman, co-starred on TV's Perry Como Show and scored a Grammy nomination for ...


Review: The Birth (and death) of the Cool by Ted Gioia
Toronto Star
... the word "cool" every two seconds, we'll have this new schtick: sensible shoes, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, folk music and Perry Como (Michael Buble?). ...


Riding the Waves
Baltimore Sun
"You played everything from the Rolling Stones to Perry Como.," she recalls. "You did car-deer accidents, you talked about people's funerals. ...


Praising Patti Page: Centerville Road named after 'Old Cape Cod' crooner
Wicked Local (blog)
She was coming back for a fundraising event with Perry Como. I was so excited I got to shake hands with Perry Como. We didn't care if we were grounded ...

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The Family Podcast: Living without grandchildren
The Guardian
In her Family Playlist, writer Andrea Levy talks to Miranda about Perry Como, fancying Chesney Hawkes and why she and her husband took 22 years to get ...


NorthJersey.com

Gianni Russo helps HFCA in Norwood celebrate Family Pasta Night
NorthJersey.com
Russo and his orchestra performed songs from such legendary singers as Perry Como, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. To find out about more things happening at ...


Neal & Leandra come to Hobgoblin stage
Republican Eagle
He was raised on the Mamas and the Papas and Swedish hymns; she grew up listening to Perry Como and barbershop. Both planned other careers, but ended up on ...


Pittsburgh Post Gazette

200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
There are older pop songs, such as Perry Como's "Till the End of Time" from 1945, based on Chopin's "Heroic" Polonaise, and Barry Manilow's "Could It Be ...

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Shales on TV Live: Father Knows Best: TV of the '50s and its counterfeit world
Washington Post
I even liked the low-key souls like Perry Como - every show didnt come stampeding at the viewer. Como's hour said "relax, calm down, put your feet up" etc. ...


YouTube clips are being used in reminiscence therapy sessions for patients ...
Irish Times
... in Tallaght sing along to a recording of Perry Como's 1960s song, And I Love You So , while watching a YouTube clip of the famous American singer. ...


Robert Allen Remembered
JazzTimes Magazine
... Allen (most often with lyricist Al Stillman) penned career-shaping hits for, among others, Johnny Mathis, the Four Lads, Doris Day and Perry Como. ...


Wincing In Real Time: A Grammy Live Blog
NPR
... in a poll to determine which song Bon Jovi will perform during the show, you might as well be staring slack-jawed at cave drawings of Perry Como. ...

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Don't needle Little about LPs
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Does Perry Como's "Find a Wheel" still turn my crank as it spins around in my River Room? You betcha. You might want to get that old record player down from ...


Mind Power
Boston Globe
... in Cuba and the Colts' victory in the NFL championship, listening to Perry Como and Nat King Cole, watching “North by Northwest” and “Some Like it Hot. ...


Euan Macdonald at Western Bridge
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
So we drift about, lulled by the sort of melodies we associate with Perry Como and tinkling cocktail glasses, considering pairings that are in turn ...


Stage has been set for yet another Twink battle
Irish Independent
Twink took the night off from the panto to appear with Perry Como on his Christmas special televised from The Point Depot to a worldwide audience of 880 ...

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Blast From the Past
MovieWeb
For 35 years, Adam was raised on Jackie Gleason, Perry Como, and stories about life on the surface. Calvin taught his son about science, baseball, ...


Beyonce Tops Decade's RIAA Sales
Billboard Business News
The RIAA's certification program launched in 1958, when Perry Como's single "Catch a Falling Star" became the first-ever gold record; the "Oklahoma! ...

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Hollywood Reporter

Beyonce tops decade's RIAA sales
Hollywood Reporter
The RIAA's certification program launched in 1958, when Perry Como's single "Catch a Falling Star" became the first-ever gold record; the "Oklahoma! ...


Back Stage

Kathryn Grayson Dies at 88
Back Stage
She appeared and sang as a guest star on several TV variety shows, including "The Perry Como Show," "The Dean Martin Show" and "The Bob Hope Show. ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

'Barefoot in the Park:' Red Bank revival is fitfully satisfying
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Ah, but Corie and and Paul were born in the '30s, and spent their adolescence with Perry Como, the Four Aces and Dinah Shore. If you did, too, ...


Duelling brushes at Pearl
Comox Valley Record
Perry Como was known as the “singing barber” — Brown is truly the “painting barber.” Now semi-retired (he cuts hair twice a week), Brown continues to ...


Bits, bytes and blue notes
Napa Valley Register
Most of Bell's many interests can be traced to his early years, growing up in Canonsburg, Penn., also the hometown of Perry Como and Bobby Vinton. ...


PR Web (press release)

Multiple Grammy Winner Jon Secada Returns To His Latin Roots With The Release ...
PR Web (press release)
... in both languages by some of the world's most well-known artists including Elvis, Perry Como, Doris Day, Richie Valens and Frank Sinatra, among others. ...

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Carmel High class of '51 gives back
Monterey County Herald
The hot tunes were coming from Perry Como, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. "I had a scarf that had a picture of Frank on one side and Bing on the other," Bua ...


Mel Brooks recalls late wife as his collaborator
Vineland Daily Journal
It was on the set of "The Perry Como Show" in New York, where Bancroft was performing a song called "Married, I Could Always Get. ...

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Singing to The Heart Musical about singing group from '50s hits the right chords
Winston-Salem Journal
The reason: We are taken back to the '50s, when crooner Perry Como made us feel comfortable and the songs made love feel right. ...

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Babbaro plans to fly you to the moon
Youngstown Vindicator
Babbaro said he has always loved the music of an earlier generation: Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como and Tony Bennett. “Sometimes I think I was born too ...


MICHELE M. BENDER | Variety once was the spice of life
The Tribune-Democrat
Saturdays featured rubber-faced Red Skelton, aka Freddie the Freeloader; Jackie Gleason, who gave us The Honeymooners; and Perry Como who sang Ave Maria ...


The Kansas City Star, Mo., Robert Trussell column: Mel Brooks reflects on his ...
California Chronicle
And she was rehearsing the Perry Como show. Remember that guy?" Broadway composer Charles Strouse asked Brooks to tag along with him to the Actors Studio, ...


Valentine's Day 2010: Songs of Love
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
I remember Perry Como crooning “When I Lost You”; or Sinatra lamenting “A Cottage For Sale”; or Streisand pining about “The Way We Were. ...

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Great singer, great songs
Philippine Star
I also heard one by Perry Como. It is really old but thanks to the power of a beautiful song, I am sure you will agree that When You Were Sweet Sixteen here ...

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The magnificence of eagles, deer
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Moving away from the window, you note that on the radio Beyonce is singing something about single ladies, and maybe you'd rather it was Perry Como singing ...


Bits, bytes and blues notes
St. Helena Star
Most of Bell's many interests can be traced to his early years, growing up in Canonsburg, Penn., also the hometown of Perry Como and Bobby Vinton. ...


Business Gazette

Doo-wop still the tops
Business Gazette
The song was "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)," most famously performed by Perry Como. The year was 1955. "'Young man,' he says, 'What means, "Don't you know I ...


Washington Post

Brooks recalls Anne Bancroft as wife, collaborator
Washington Post
It was on the set of "The Perry Como Show" in New York, where Bancroft was performing a song called "Married, I Could Always Get. ...

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