We Get Letters


We Get Letters is a 1957 album by Perry Como, his second RCA Victor 12" long-play album.

Overview

The LP's concept is an album of requests from Como's television show, but forgoing the usual big-band sound of Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray [Charles Singers] for a small group known as "Como's little Combo", with soft, breezy jazz arrangements by Joe Lipman. 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 pop standards dating back to the 1920s and 30s.
The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Best Selling [Pop Albums] chart, staying on the chart for ten weeks.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Swingin' Down the Lane" - 2:13
  2. "It's Easy To Remember" - 3:15
  3. "South of [The Border |South of The Border]" - 2:17
  4. "That's What I Like" - 2:38
  5. "Honey, Honey " - 2:41
  6. "Angry" - 2:20
Side two
  1. "They [Can't Take That Away From Me]" - 2:30
  2. "Sposin'" - 3:39
  3. "I Had the Craziest Dream" - 2:36
  4. "'Deed I Do" - 1:58
  5. "Somebody Loves Me" - 3:20
  6. "Sleepy Time Gal" - 2:18

    Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Best Selling Pop Albums8
US Cash Box Best Selling Pop Albums10