So Smooth


So Smooth is Perry Como's first RCA Victor 12" long-play album, recorded and originally released in 1955.

Overview

So Smooth was Como's first album recorded at Webster Hall in New York City, and his first album with the Ray Charles Singers who would support him generally throughout the remainder of his recording career. So Smooth was released in the UK as We Get Letters Volume 2 as his popularity gained international appeal during the late 1950s. Under this title, the album peaked at number 4 in the Record Mirror albums chart, entering on 28 June 1958 and spending seven weeks within the top five.
Although RCA Victor issued several LP collections by Como prior to this album, this was Como's first album of all-new material recorded especially for an LP release. Como viewed the LP format differently from the singles market, eschewing the kind of popular novelty songs he often recorded for single releases on the 45 and 78 RPM format in favor of collections devoted to well-known standards mostly dating back to the 1930s and 1940s.
All selections were arranged by Joe Lipman.
The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, staying on the chart for ten weeks.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "It's a Good Day" – 1:43
  2. "As [Time Goes By (song)|As Time Goes By]" – 3:12
  3. "I've Got the World on a String" – 2:21
  4. "My Funny Valentine" – 2:44
  5. "For [Me and My Gal (song)|For Me and My Gal]" – 2:33
  6. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" – 2:47
Side two
  1. "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" – 2:17
  2. "It's [the Talk of the Town]" – 3:40
  3. "You [Do Something to Me (Cole Porter song)|You Do Something to Me]" – 1:54
  4. "It Happened in Monterey" – 3:03
  5. "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" – 3:43
  6. "In the [Still of the Night (1937 song)|In The Still of the Night]" – 2:45

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