The following is a list of selected recordings by Perry Como (all on RCA Victor except where Ted Weems orchestra is referenced; in those cases, on Decca):
Song | Music by | Lyrics by | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
A | ||||
" Abide with Me" | William Henry Monk | Henry Francis Lyte | 1953 [1] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [2] |
" Act of Contrition" | Joseph J. Leahy | Traditional | 1953 [1] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [3] |
" Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | Harold Arlen | Johnny Mercer | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [4] |
1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] | |||
"Ad de Day" | Herman Hupfeld | 1939 [6] | with Ted Weems & his Orchestra [7] | |
" Ain't Misbehavin'" |
Thomas "Fats" Waller Harry Brooks |
Andy Razaf | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[8] (not released) [8] |
"All at Once You Love Her" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers From the musical Pipe Dream [9] [10] |
" All By Myself" |
Irving Berlin Arranged by Jack Andrews & Joe Lipman [11] |
1961 [12] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[11] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola [12] | |
"All I Do is Dream of You" | Nacio Herb Brown | Arthur Freed | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[13] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola Performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
"All Through the Day" | Jerome Kern | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1945 | with
Russ Case & his Orchestra From the film Centennial Summer [14] |
" All Through the Night" | Traditional Old
Welsh Air Arranged by Ray Charles |
1958 [15] | with Ray Charles Singers & unidentified organ accompaniment [16] | |
" Almost Like Being in Love" | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Part of the "We Get Letters" Medley [4] |
" And I Love You So" | Don McLean | 1973 [17] | ||
1980 [5] | ||||
" And Roses and Roses" |
Ray Gilbert Dorival Caymmi Arranged by Nick Perito |
1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] | |
" Anema e core" | Salvatore "Salve" D'Esposito | Italian:
Tito Manlio English:
Manny Curtis |
1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
"Angeline" | Edward Ross Si Rothman |
1941 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [20] [21] | |
"Another Go 'Round" |
Gloria Shayne Noël Regney Arranged by Nick Perito |
1967 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [22] | |
" Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome)" | Renato Ranucci | Italian:
Pietro Garinei Sandro Giovannini English: Carl Sigman |
1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
"As My Love for You" |
George Fischoff Arranged by Byron Olsen |
1982 [23] | with Nick Perito Orchestra Released in 1983 [24] | |
" As Time Goes By" |
Herman Hupfeld Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1955 [25] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [26] | |
" Aubrey" |
David A. Gates Arranged by Bergen White [27] |
1973 [17] | ||
" Ave Maria (Schubert)" | Franz Schubert | (public domain) Prayer based on Luke 1:28 in Holy Bible [28] |
1949 | with Choir & Organ directed by Mitchell Ayres & Ray Charles [29] |
1959 | with Robert Shaw Male Chorale & Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [28] | |||
1968 | arranged & adapted by Nick Perito features vocal backing from the Ray Charles Singers [30] | |||
" 'A' — You're Adorable" | Sidney Lippman |
Fred Wise Buddy Kaye |
1949 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [31] |
B | ||||
" Back in Your Own Backyard" |
Dave Dreyer Al Jolson |
Billy Rose | 1961 | with
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and
Ray Charles Singers
[32] (not released) [32] |
"Baia" | Ary Evangelista Barroso | Portuguese: Ary Evangelista Barroso English: Ray Gilbert |
1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] |
" Bali Ha'i" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1949 [33] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [34] [35] |
"Beady Eyed Buzzard" | Richard Ahlert Eddie Snyder Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet
[36] Released in June 1969 [37] | |
" Beats There a Heart So True" |
Jack Keller Noel Sherman |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers | |
" Beautiful Noise" | Neil Diamond | 1980 [5] | ||
" Because" | Guy d'Hardelot | Edward Teschemacher [38] | 1947 [39] | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [40] |
" Begin the Beguine" | Cole Porter | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[41] (not released) [41] | |
1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [41] | |||
1972 | from the NBC-TV special Cole Porter in Paris | |||
" Behind Closed Doors" | Kenny O'Dell | 1974 | with The Ray Charles Singers [43] | |
" Bella Bella Sue" | Barry Parker Anthony Roberto Fran Smith |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers | |
" The Bells of St. Mary's" | A. Emmett Adams | Douglas Furber | 1962 [44] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[45] (not released) [44] [45] |
"The Best Thing For You (Would Be Me)" | Irving Berlin | 1950 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra From the Broadway musical Call Me Madam [46] | |
"The Best of Times" | Jerry Herman | 1983 | with Ray Charles Singers from the Broadway musical La Cage Aux Folles [47] | |
1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] | |||
" Better Luck Next Time" | Irving Berlin | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the film Easter Parade [49] | |
" Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" | Harold Arlen | Ted Koehler | 1958 [4] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [50] |
" Beyond Tomorrow (Love Theme from Serpico)" |
Mikis Theodorakis Larry Kusik |
1974 | with the Ray Charles Singers [43] | |
" Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)" |
Al Hoffman Mack David |
Jerry Livingston | 1949 [51] | |
" Birth of the Blues" | Ray Henderson |
Lew Brown B. G. DeSylva |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [4] |
"Black Moonlight" | Arthur Johnston | Sam Coslow [52] | 1950 | with Orchestra & Chorus directed by Sigmund Romberg & Mitchell Ayres [53] |
" Bless the Beasts and Children" |
Perry Botkin Jr. Barry DeVorzon Arranged by Nick Perito |
1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra featuring Violin Solo by Jerry Vinci [48] | |
" Bless This House" |
May H. Morgan (aka Brahe) Helen Taylor |
1950 | with Mitchell Ayres Women's Choir
[54] featuring Organ played by Charles Marie Courboin [55] | |
" Blue Room" | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1948 (twice) | RCA Version with Henri René Orchestra & Chorus [56] |
MGM Version with Robert Tucker Chorus
[57] From the film Words and Music [57] [58] | ||||
" Blue Skies" | Irving Berlin | 1946 | with Russ Case Orchestra [59] [60] | |
1961 [12] | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[60] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] | |||
1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] | |||
" Body and Soul" | Johnny Green |
Frank Eyton Edward Heyman Robert B. Sour |
1947 [61] | with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the film Body and Soul [62] |
" Breezin' Along with the Breeze" |
Haven Gillespie Seymour Simons Richard Whiting |
1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[63] From the Hollywood musical Pete Kelly's Blues [25] | |
"Brian's Song (The Hands of Time)" | Michel Legrand | Marilyn and Alan Bergman | 1974 | with the Ray Charles Singers [43] |
" Bridge over Troubled Water" |
Paul Simon Arranged by Don Costa |
1971 | with Don Costa Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [64] | |
" Bummin' Around" | Pete Graves | 1965 | (not released) [44] | |
"Buongiorno Teresa" |
Jimmy Lytell Dick Manning |
1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers
[65] Released in June 1969 [37] | |
" A Bushel and a Peck" | Frank Loesser | 1950 | with
Betty Hutton
[34] featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [66] | |
" But Beautiful" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Johnny Burke | 1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] |
"Butterfly (I'll Set You Free)" | L. Russell Brown | Irwin Levine | 1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] |
"Bye Bye Little Girl" | Wayne P. Walker Don Schroeder |
1965 | (not released) [44] | |
" By the Way" | Joseph Myrow | Mack Gordon | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the film When My Baby Smiles at Me [67] |
C | ||||
" Can't Help Falling in Love" |
George David Weiss Hugo Peretti Luigi Creatore |
1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [68] | |
"Cara Cara Bella Bella" | Lucius del Guercio (aka Jean Alexander) | English: Ray Carter & Lucile Johnson | 1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [69] |
" Carnival" | Luiz Bonfá | Portuguese:
Antônio Maria English: George David Weiss Hugo Peretti Luigi Creatore |
1963 [70] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [71] |
1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] | |||
"Carol Medley" | A medley of:
|
1968 [30] | with the Ray Charles Singers | |
" Carolina Moon" | Joe Burke | Benny Davis | 1947 [61] | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [72] |
" Catch a Falling Star" |
Lee Pockriss Paul Vance [38] |
1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & the Ray Charles Singers [73] | |
" Caterina" | Earl Shuman Maurice "Bugs" Bower |
1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & the Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
" Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang the Little Bird)" | Saverio Seracini | Italian: Ettore Minoretti English:
John Turner |
1955 | with
Jaye P. Morgan featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [10] |
" Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" |
Al Hoffman Jerry Livingston |
Mack David | 1947 | with
The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [74] |
"Childhood is a Meadow" |
Charles Tobias Frederick K. Tobias Jerry Tobias |
1952 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [75] | |
" Chincherinchee" | John Jerome | 1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [59] [76] | |
"Christ is Born" | Monsignor Domenico Bartolucci | English : Ray Charles | 1968 [30] | with the Ray Charles Singers |
"C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" | Eddy Arnold | Jenny Lou Carson | 1953 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [77] |
"Christmas Bells (In the Steeple)" |
Ray Stevens Arranged by Bill McElhiney |
1967 | with Bill McElhiney Orchestra [78] | |
" Christmas Dream" | Andrew Lloyd Webber | German:
André Heller English: Tim Rice |
1974 | with the
London Boy Singers from the soundtrack of the film The Odessa File [79] |
"Christmas Eve" | Gerard Andre Biesel | Ray Charles | 1968 [30] | with the Ray Charles Singers |
" The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" | Mel Tormé | Robert Wells | 1953 [77] | Both versions featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [80] |
1959 [81] | ||||
"The Christmas Symphony" | Phil Perry Joe Candullo Charles Faso Reade |
1950 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [82] | |
"Class Will Tell" |
Joseph A. Burke Edgar Leslie |
1939 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [6] [21] | |
"Close" | Cole Porter | 1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[83] (not released) [83] | |
" (They Long to Be) Close to You" | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | 1970 [84] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [85] |
" Cold, Cold Heart" | Hank Williams | 1951 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[86] (not released) [86] | |
"The Colors of My Life" | Cy Coleman | Michael Stewart | 1980 | from the Broadway musical Barnum [87] |
" Come Rain or Come Shine" | Harold Arlen | Johnny Mercer | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [4] [88] |
"Cominciamo ad amarci" | Gino Mescoli | Italian: Vito Pallavicini | 1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
" Coming Back for More" | Unknown | 1976 | (not released) [89] | |
"Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma" | Sosa Tomas Mendez | Patricia P. Valando English: Ronnie Carson |
1965 [90] | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Released in 1966 [18] |
D | ||||
"Dance Ballerina Dance" |
Bob Russell Carl Sigman |
1947 [91] | ||
"Dance Only with Me" | Jule Styne |
Betty Comden Adolph Green |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [92] |
" Dancin'" |
Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller Arranged by Joe Reisman [93] |
1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
" Days of Wine and Roses" | Henry Mancini | Johnny Mercer | 1963 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [70] |
" Dear Hearts and Gentle People" | Sammy Fain | Bob Hilliard | 1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [94] |
1980 | part of "Bing Crosby Medley" [5] | |||
" 'Deed I Do" | Fred Rose | Walter Hirsch | 1957 | with Como's Little Combo (a section of Mitchell Ayres Orchestra) |
"Deep in the Heart of Texas" | Don Swander | June Hershey | 1941 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [21] [95] |
"Deep in Your Heart" | Jan Crutchfield | 1967 [96] | Released in June 1969 [37] | |
" Delaware" | Irving Gordon | 1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [97] | |
"Did Anyone Ever Tell You, Mrs. Murphy?" | Karl Suessdorf | Lloyd Sloan Leah Worth |
1949 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [98] |
"(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight" | James Cavanaugh Larry Stock Ira Schuster |
1945 | with The Satisfiers and features instrumental backing from Russell Case Orchestra [99] | |
"Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)" | Jimmy McHugh | Harold Adamson | 1945 [38] | with The Satisfiers features instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [100] from the Hollywood musical Doll Face [38] |
" Dindi" | Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Aloysio De Oliveira English: Ray Gilbert |
1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] |
" The Donkey Serenade" |
Rudolf Friml Herbert Stothart |
George Forest Robert Wright |
1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [101] |
" Don't Ask Me Why" | Ben Weisman | Fred Wise | 1954 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[102] (not released) [102] |
" Don't Blame Me" | Jimmy McHugh | Dorothy Fields | 1943 [103] | |
" Don't Leave Me" | Harry Nilsson | 1970 | with Marty Manning Orchestra and unidentified background singers [104] | |
" Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | Slim Willet | 1952 | with The Ramblers
[38] features instrumental backing from Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra [105] | |
1980 [5] | ||||
"Door of Dreams" | Robert Allen | Al Stillman | 1954 | with
Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[106] (not released) [106] |
1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [106] | |||
" Do You Hear What I Hear?" |
Noël Regney Gloria Shayne |
1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers [30] | |
"Do You Remember Me" | Nick Perito | Richard B. Matheson | 1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] |
" Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)" | Carl Sigman | 1956 [9] [59] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [107] | |
1958 [4] | ||||
" Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" |
Cindy Walker Arranged by Don Costa |
1971 | with Don Costa Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [64] | |
" A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" |
Franz Liszt
[108] Adaptation: Al Hoffman Jerry Livingston |
Mack David | 1949 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [109] |
"Dream on Little Dreamer" | Jan Crutchfield Fred Burch Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [110] | |
" A Dreamer's Holiday" | Mabel Wayne | Kim Gannon | 1949 | with
The Fontane Sisters features instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [111] |
E | ||||
" Easter Parade" | Irving Berlin | 1947 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [112] | |
"E Lei (To You)" | Ugo Calise | Italian: Ugo Calise English: Ray Charles |
1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
" El Condor Pasa" | 18th Century Folk Melody arranged by Jorge Milchberg Notation: Daniel Alomía Robles |
English: Paul Simon | 1970 [84] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [113] |
"Eli, Eli" | Traditional Jewish Hymn adapted by George Sandler |
1953 [1] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [114] | |
"Empty Pockets Filled with Love" | Irving Berlin | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [115] | |
" Eres Tu" | Juan Calderon Lopez | Spanish:
Juan Calderon Lopez English: Jay Livingston Ray Evans |
1974 | with the Ray Charles Singers also titled "Eres Tu (Touch the Wind)" [43] |
"Especially for the Young" | Ben Weisman | Manny Curtis | 1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] |
"Everybody is Lookin' for an Answer" | Evangeline Seward | 1970 [84] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [117] | |
" Everybody's Talking" | Fred Neil | 1970 [118] | ||
"Everything" | Unknown Arranged by Bob Mersey |
1976 | (not released) [119] | |
"Everytime I Meet You" | Joseph Myrow | Mack Gordon | 1947 | with an unidentified orchestra From the film The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend [120] |
F | ||||
"Fancy Dancer" |
Harry Manfredini John Briggs Arranged by Byron Olsen [24] |
1982 [121] | with
Nick Perito Orchestra Released in 1983 [24] | |
" Far Away Places" |
Alex Kramer Joan Whitney Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1948 | with Henri René Orchestra [40] [122] | |
"The Father of Girls" | Ervin M. Drake | 1967 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [123] | |
1968 [124] | Re-recorded voiceover dub [123] | |||
1970 [118] | ||||
" Feelings" | Mauricio Kaiserman | Portuguese: Thomas Fundera English: Morris Albert |
1977 [125] | with Nick Perito Orchestra
[125] Released in 1978 [126] |
"A Fellow Needs a Girl" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1947 | with
Russ Case & his Orchestra from the stage musical Allegro [127] |
1961 [12] | with
Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[127] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed as a medley with two other songs [12] | |||
"First Class Private Mary Brown" | Frank Loesser | 1944 | Performed
A Cappella with an unidentified choir For the Special Services army show About Face [128] | |
" Fly Me to the Moon" | Bart Howard [129] | 1963 [70] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [130] | |
"Fooled" |
Franz Lehár
[131] Adaptation: Doris Tauber [10] |
English Adaptation: Manny Curtis
[10] Non-English Adaptation: Viktor Leon Leo Stein [131] |
1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] |
" For All We Know" | Fred Karlin |
Arthur James Robb Wilson |
1971 [64] | with Don Costa Orchestra [132] |
"Forever" | George Fischoff Arranged by Ron Frangipane Stanley Schwartz |
1978 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [133] | |
" Forever and Ever" | Franz Winkler | German: Franz Winkler English: Malia Rosa |
1949 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [134] |
" Forget Domani" |
Riz Ortolani Norman Newell |
1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] | |
"Forget Me Nots in Your Eyes" |
Edgar Leslie Harry Warren |
1944 | with Lud Gluskin Orchestra and an unidentified chorus [135] | |
" For The Good Times" |
Kris Kristofferson Arranged by Bergen White [136] |
1973 [17] | ||
" For Me and My Gal" | George W. Meyer |
E. Ray Goetz Edgar Leslie |
1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [25] |
" For You" | Joe Burke | Al Dubin | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [137] |
" Frosty the Snowman" | Jack Rollins | Steve Nelson | 1953 [138] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [77] |
" Funny How Time Slips Away" |
Willie Nelson Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [110] | |
G | ||||
" A Garden in the Rain" | Carroll Gibbons | James Dyrenforth | 1946 | with
The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [58] [139] |
" Gigi" | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | 1961 [12] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[140] Performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
" Girl of My Dreams " | Sunny Clapp | 1946 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [59] | |
" The Girl with the Golden Braids" | Eddie Snyder | Stanley J. Kahan | 1957 [10] [141] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [142] |
"Girl You Make It Happen" | Warner Alfred Wilder | 1977 [143] | with
Nick Perito Orchestra and the Tony Mansell Singers Released in 1978 [126] | |
" Give Me Your Hand" | Dorothy Stewart | 1949 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [144] | |
"Give Myself a Party" |
Don Gibson Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [110] | |
"Glad to Be Home" | Irving Berlin | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [115] | |
" Glendora" | Ray Stanley Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [76] [122] | |
" God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" | Traditional Christmas Song | 1953 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [77] [145] | |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [81] | |||
"Goodbye for Now" |
Stephen Sondheim Arranged by Byron Olsen [24] |
1981 [146] | with Byron Olsen Orchestra Released in 1983 Love theme from movie Reds [24] | |
"Goodbye, Sue" | Jimmy Rule Lou Ricca Jules Lowman |
1943 [58] | with a 10-voice Mixed Chorus [147] | |
1944 | with Benny Goodman & his All-Star Band [147] | |||
"Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight" |
Teddy Powell Leonard Whitcup |
1938 | with Ted Weems Orchestra [20] | |
"Goodnight, Sweet Jesus" | Reverend James Curry | 1953 [1] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [148] | |
"Goody Goodbye" | Nat Simon | James Cavanaugh | 1939 [20] | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [21] |
"The Grass Keeps Right on Growin'" | Gloria Shayne | 1975 | with The Nashville Sounds
[149] featuring Mike Leech String Section [150] | |
" Greensleeves" | Traditional Song Arranged by Ray Charles & Nick Perito |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |
"Gringo's Guitar" | Cindy Walker | 1965 [110] | ||
"A Gypsy Told Me" |
Jack Yellen Sam Pokrass [152] |
1938 | with the
Ted Weems Orchestra
[20]
[21] From the film Happy Landing [152] | |
H | ||||
"Happiness Comes, Happiness Goes" |
Al Stillman Dick Manning |
1965 | with the
Ray Charles Singers
[153] (not released until 2007) [154] | |
1967 | with the Ray Charles Singers
[153] Released in June 1969 [37] | |||
"Happy Man (If I Ever Find the Time)" | Robert Lee "Bob" McDill | 1967 (twice) [155] | New York version with the Ray Charles Singers
[155] (not released) [44] [155] | |
" Happy Together" | Garry Bonner Alan Gordon |
1967 | with the Ray Charles Singers
[156] (not released) [44] [156] | |
"Harmony" | Arthur Kaplan Norman Simon Arranged by Nick Perito |
1974 | with
Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[157] (not released) [44] [157] | |
"A Hatchet, a Hammer, a Bucket of Nails" | Sarah Graham Richard Ahlert Eddie Snyder Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [110] | |
"Haunted Heart" | Arthur Schwartz | Howard Dietz | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra from the musical Inside U.S.A. [158] |
"Have I Stayed away Too Long?" | Frank Loesser | 1943 | A Cappella with an unidentified choir [159] | |
" Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
Hugh Martin Ralph Blane |
1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers [30] | |
"Having a Lonely Time" | Paul Gibbons Roy Ringwald |
1941 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra and Elmo Tanner [21] | |
" The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)" | Charles E. King |
Hawaiian:
Charles E. King English: Al Hoffman Dick Manning |
1963 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [70] |
"Heartaches for Sale" | Unknown Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[160] (not released) [160] | |
"Hearts Will Be Hearts" | Cindy Walker | 1967 [161] | Released in June 1969 [37] | |
"He Couldn't Love You More" | Giulio Rapetti Elio Cesari Alberto Testa |
Italian: Giulio Rapetti Elio Cesari Alberto Testa English: Robert I. Allen |
1973 [162] | (not released) [44] [162] |
" Hello, Young Lovers" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II [163] | 1951 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [164] |
1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] | |||
"Here Comes Heaven (Again)" | Jimmy McHugh | Harold Adamson | 1945 | with Russ Case Orchestra from the film Doll Face [165] |
"Here Comes That Song Again" | Bill Zerface Jim Zerface Bob Morrison Arranged by Byron Olsen |
1982 [166] | with Nick Perito Orchestra Released in 1983 [24] | |
" Here Comes My Baby Back Again" | Bill West Dottie West Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [110] | |
"Here We Come A Caroling / We Wish You a Merry Christmas" | Traditional song arranged by Ray Charles | 1959 [81] | Performed A Cappella with the Ray Charles Singers [167] | |
"Here's to My Lady" | Rube Bloom | Johnny Mercer | 1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [168] |
" Here, There and Everywhere" |
Lennon–McCartney Arranged by Cam Mullins [169] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
" He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | Traditional Gospel song adapted by Geoff Love | 1958 [15] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [170] | |
"He Who Loves" | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | 1967 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[171] (not released) [44] [171] |
"Hit and Run Affair" | Don Roseland Ray Cormier Mel Van |
1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra [10] | |
" Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" | Traditional Church Music | 1950 | with St. Patrick's Cathedral Boys Choir featuring Organ played by Charles Marie Courboin [29] | |
"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays" | Robert Allen | Al Stillman | 1954 [172] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [172] |
1959 [81] | ||||
"Honey, Honey (Bless Your Heart)" | Larry Stock | Dominick Belline (nephew of Como's wife, Roselle) [173] |
1957 | with Como's Little Combo [173] |
1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [174] | |||
" Hoop-Dee-Doo" | Milton de Lugg | Frank Loesser | 1950 | with the Fontaine Sisters features instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [122] |
"Hopelessly" | Jack Richards Ed Penney (aka Robert Mellin) |
1954 | with
Ames Brothers featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [175] (not released) [44] [175] | |
" Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" |
Emmanuel Chabrier Adaptation: Al Hoffman Dick Manning |
Al Hoffman Dick Manning |
1956 [38] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [9] |
" A House is Not a Home" | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | 1970 [84] | |
"How Beautiful the World Can Be" | Buddy Zais | 1967 [176] | with the Ray Charles Singers [177] | |
"How Deep is the Ocean" |
Irving Berlin Arranged by Jack Andrews & Joe Lipman |
1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[178] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] | |
" How Insensitive" | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Portuguese:
Vinicius De Moraes English: Norman Gimbel |
1965 [179] | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Released in 1966 [18] |
"How to Handle a Woman" | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | 1967 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[180] (not released) [180] |
1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [124] | |||
"Hush Little Darlin'" | Bob Haymes | Marty Clarke | 1949 | with The Fontane Sisters features instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [181] |
I | ||||
"I Accuse" |
Dick James Les Johnson Terry O'Brien Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1957 | with
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra &
Ray Charles Singers
[182] (not released) [182] | |
"I Believe" |
Ervin Drake Al Stillman Irvin Graham Jimmy Shirl |
1953 (twice) | with
Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus
[183] (not released) [183] | |
with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [1] | ||||
"I Believe in Music" |
Mac Davis Arranged by Bergen White [184] |
1973 [17] | ||
" I Can't Remember" |
Al Hoffman Dick Manning |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[185] (not released) [185] | |
" I Concentrate on You" | Cole Porter | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [52] | |
1972 | Recorded for the NBC TV special Cole Porter in Paris | |||
"I Confess" |
Jack Lawrence Gunnar Hoffsten Tryggve Arnesson |
1953 | ||
"I Cross My Fingers" | Walter Kent | Walton Farrar | 1950 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [186] |
" Idle Gossip" | Joseph Meyer | Floyd Huddleston | 1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus
[187] First released in 1990 on the Reader's Digest album The Best of Perry Como [188] |
" I Don't Know What He Told You" |
Giulio Rapetti Elio Cesari Alberto Testa English: Robert I. Allen |
1974 [43] | Previously recorded in 1973 under the title "He Couldn't Love You More" [189] | |
" I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" |
Bennie Benjamin George Weiss |
1949 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [190] | |
" I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" | Marjorie Goetschius Edna Osser |
1944 [191] | ||
" If (They Made Me a King)" | Tolchard Evans | Robert Hargreaves Stanley J. Damerell [40] |
1950 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [35] [192] |
" If (Gates)" |
David A. Gates Arranged by Don Costa |
1971 [64] | with Don Costa Orchestra [193] | |
"If I Could Almost Read Your Mind" |
Ray Charles Nick Perito |
1970 [118] | ||
1980 [5] | ||||
" If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)" | James P. Johnson | Henry Creamer | 1956 | with Como's Little Combo
[194] First Released in 1971 |
" If I Loved You" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1945 | with
Russ Case Orchestra From the musical Carousel [59] |
"If I'm Lucky" |
Joseph Myrow Eddie Delange |
1946 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the film If I'm Lucky [195] | |
"If There is Someone Lovelier Than You" | Arthur Schwartz | Howard Dietz | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [52] |
"If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts" | James V. Monaco | Joseph McCarthy | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [61] |
"If and When" | Joseph Myrow | Sammy Cahn | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[196] (not released) [196] |
" If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)" | Nat D. Ayer | Clifford Grey | 1946 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [197] |
"If You Were Only Mine" | Isham Jones | Charles Newman | 1950 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [58] |
"I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues" | Harold Arlen | Ted Koehler | 1955 [25] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [198] |
"I Have You to Thank" | Jule Styne | Leo Robin | 1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Only appeared on the NBC-TV special Ruggles of Red Gap [199] |
"I Know" |
Carl Stutz Edith Lindeman |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
"I Know What God Is" | John G. Bowen Don Raye Ned Freeman |
1959 [97] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
" (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco" | George Cory | Douglas Cross [129] | 1963 [70] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [200] |
" I'll Always Love You" | ||||
" I'll Be Home for Christmas" |
Kim Gannon Walter Kent Buck Ram |
1946 | with Russ Case Orchestra & Chorus [201] | |
"I'll Love Nobody Else But You" | Alfred Gary Nick Mitchell |
1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus
[202] (not released) [202] | |
" I'll Remember April" | Gene de Paul | Patricia Johnston Don Raye |
1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [68] |
"I Looked Back" | Larry Wagner | Jimmy Eaton | 1967 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [203] |
" I Love You" | Cole Porter | 1944 | Performed
A Cappella with an unidentified mixed chorus From the stage musical Mexican Hayride [204] | |
"(I Love You) Don't You Forget It" | Henry Mancini | Al Stillman | 1963 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [205] |
" I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" |
Chopin Adaptation: Harry Carroll |
Joseph McCarthy | 1945 | with Russ Case Orchestra & The Satisfiers
[61] from the film The Dolly Sisters [206] |
1946 | with André Kostelanetz & his Orchestra [206] | |||
"I May Never Pass This Way Again" | Murray Wizel Irving Melcher Arranged by Jack Andrews [207] |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [15] | |
" I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" | Doc Daugherty Ellis Reynolds |
Al J. Neiburg | 1944 | with Lew Martin Orchestra [208] |
"I'm Dreaming of Hawaii" | Nick Perito |
Dick Williams Jennifer L. Perito |
1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] |
"I'm Gonna Love That Gal (Like She's Never Been Loved Before)" | Frances Ash | 1945 | with Russ Case Orchestra [209] | |
" I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" | Fred E. Ahlert | Joe Young | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[210] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola Performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
" In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" | Hoagy Carmichael | Johnny Mercer | 1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] |
" In the Garden" |
C. Austin Miles Arranged by Ray Charles [211] |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [15] | |
"In My Little Red Book" |
Ray Bloch Nat Simon Al Stillman [20] |
1938 | with the
Ted Weems Orchestra featuring vocal whistling by Elmo Tanner [20] [21] | |
"In Our Hide-Away" | Irving Berlin | 1962 | with Sandy Stewart featuring instrumental and vocal backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [115] | |
" In the Still of the Night" | Cole Porter | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [25] | |
1972 | for the NBC-TV special Cole Porter in Paris | |||
"In These Crazy Times" | Sydney Lippman | Sylvia Dee | 1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [124] |
" I Really Don't Want to Know" | Don Robertson | Howard Barnes [129] | 1965 | with Anita Kerr Quartet [110] |
"Is She the Only Girl in the World?" | Irving Berlin | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [115] | |
"The Island of Forgotten Lovers" | Dick Manning Kay Twomey |
1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [212] | |
"It All Comes Back to Me Now" |
Alex Kramer Joan Whitney Hy Zaret [20] |
1941 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [21] | |
"It All Seems to Fall in Line" | Ben Weisman | Al Stillman | 1973 [17] | |
" It Could Happen to You" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Johnny Burke | 1958 [4] | |
1980 [5] | ||||
"It Gets Lonely in the White House" | Irving Berlin | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra featuring intro vocals by Ray Charles Singers [115] | |
" It Had to Be You" | Isham Jones | Gus Kahn | 1958 [4] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [213] [214] |
" It Happened in Monterey" | Mabel Wayne | William Rose | 1955 [25] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [215] |
" I Think I Love You" | Tony Romeo | 1970 [84] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [216] | |
" I Think of You" | Francis Albert Lai | Rod McKuen | 1971 [64] | with Don Costa Orchestra [217] |
"I Thought About You" | Ronald E. McGown Arranged by Cam Mullins [218] |
1973 [17] | ||
" It's Been a Long, Long Time" | Jule Styne | Sammy Cahn | 1956 | with Como's Little Combo
[219] (not released) [219] |
" It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" | Meredith Willson | 1951 | with The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [220] | |
" It's a Good Day" |
Dave Barbour Peggy Lee |
1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [25] | |
1970 | with The Doodletown Pipers [118] | |||
" It's Impossible" | Canache Armando Manzanero | Spanish:
Canache Armando Manzanero English: Sid Wayne |
1970 [84] | with Marty Manning Orchestra [221] |
" It's a Lovely Day Today" | Irving Berlin | 1950 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [34] | |
" It's the Talk of the Town" | Jerry Livingston |
Al J. Neiburg Marty Symes |
1944 | with Paul Baron Orchestra featuring an unidentified Clarinet Solo [222] |
1955 [25] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [222] | |||
"It Was Such a Good Day" | Joe Brooks Arranged by Cam Mullins |
1973 [223] | (not released) [44] [223] | |
"I've Got a Feelin' I'm Fallin'" |
Harry Link Thomas "Fats" Waller |
Billy Rose | 1947 | with The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [59] [224] |
" I've Got the World on a String" | Harold Arlen | Ted Koehler | 1955 [25] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [225] |
" I've Got You Under My Skin" | Cole Porter | 1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [226] | |
1970 [118] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [226] | |||
" I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[227] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
"Ivy Rose" |
Al Hoffman Dick Manning Arranged by Joe Reisman [228] |
1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
" I Wanna Be Around" | Sadie Vimmerstedt Johnny Mercer |
1963 (twice) [70] | ||
"I Wanna Go Home (with You)" | Jack Joyce Joe Candullo |
1949 | with The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [229] | |
"I Want to Give" | Enrique Raul de Jesus (aka J. Marcelo) J. Eduardo Ruben Carballo |
English: Gene Nash | 1973 [17] | |
"I Want to Thank Your Folks" | Bennie Benjamin George Weiss |
1946 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [230] | |
"I Was Young and Foolish" | Dick Manning Arranged by O. B. Masingill |
1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] | |
" I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" |
Joe Howard Harold Orlob |
Will Hough Frank Adams [231] |
1939 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [20] [21] |
1947 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra From the film I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now [231] | |||
J | ||||
"Jason" | Debbie Hupp Bob Morrison Arranged by Nick Perito |
1981 [232] | with
Nick Perito Orchestra Released in 1983 [24] | |
" Jingle Bells" | James Pierpont | 1946 | with Russ Case Orchestra & Chorus [201] | |
" Joy to the World" | George F. Handel | Isaac Watts | 1953 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [77] |
" Juke Box Baby" | Joe Sherman | Noel Sherman | 1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [10] |
"Just Born (to Be Your Baby)" |
Luther Dixon Billy Dawn Smith Arranged by Joe Reisman [233] |
1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
"(Just One Way to Say) I Love You" | Irving Berlin | 1949 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus from the Broadway musical Miss Liberty [234] | |
"Just Out of Reach" | Virgil F. Stewart Arranged by Mike Leech [235] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
K | ||||
"Keep It Gay" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1953 | with
Henri René Orchestra & Chorus From the musical Me and Juliet [236] |
"Kentucky Babe" | Adam Geibel | Richard Henry Buck | 1946 | with Russ Case Orchestra & The Satisfiers [237] |
" Kewpie Doll" |
Sid Tepper Roy C. Bennett Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1958 | with
Ray Charles featuring instrumental and vocal backings from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] [213] | |
" Killing Me Softly with Her Song" | Charles Fox | Norman Gimbel | 1973 [17] | |
"Kiss Me and Kiss Me and Kiss Me" | Luciano Beretta | Italian: Arturo Casadei English: Al Hoffman Dick Manning |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [107] |
" Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" | Forest Gene Wilson Eunice Levy Jake Porter Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] [122] | |
" Kol Nidrei" | Traditional Jewish Hymn in Hebrew | 1953 [1] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [238] | |
L | ||||
"Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero" | Sidney Lippman |
Sylvia Dee Elizabeth Evelyn Moore |
1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [239] |
"The Last Straw" | Lenny Stack | 1952 | with
Betty Hutton featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [240] (not released) [44] [240] | |
"Lazy Weather" | Peter De Rose | Jo Trent | 1936 | with the
Ted Weems Orchestra featuring vocal whistling by Elmo Tanner [20] [21] |
" Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella" | Sammy Fain |
Irving Kahal Francis Wheeler |
1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [241] |
"Let It Be Love" | Ben Peters Arranged by Cam Mullins [242] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
"Let Me Call You Baby Tonight" | Bob Duncan Porter Jordan Arranged by Mike Leech [243] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
"Let's Do It Again" |
Jackie Trent (aka Yvonne J. Harvey) Peter Anthony "Tony" Hatch Arranged by Cam Mullins [244] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
"Let's Go To Church" | Steve Allen | 1950 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [245] | |
" Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" | Irving Berlin | 1949 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus From the Broadway musical Miss Liberty [246] | |
" Lies" | Harry Barris | George Springer | 1952 | with The Ramblers featuring instrumental backing from Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra [61] |
" Like Someone in Love" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Johnny Burke | 1945 | with Ted Steele Orchestra & The Satisfiers [247] |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Part of the "Letters" Medley [4] | |||
" Like Young" | André Previn | Paul Francis Webster | 1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] |
" Lili Marlene" | Norbert Schultze | German:
Hans Leip English: Tommie Connor |
1944 | Performed A Cappella with an unidentified mixed chorus [248] |
" Linda" | Jack Lawrence | 1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [249] | |
" The Little Drummer Boy" |
Katherine Davis Henry Onorati Harry Simeone |
1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers [30] | |
"Little Boat (O Barquinho)" | Ronaldo Boscoli |
Buddy Kaye Roberto Menescal |
1965 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[250] First Released in 2007 [154] |
"Little Man You've Had a Busy Day" | Mabel Wayne |
Maurice Sigler Al Hoffman |
1946 | with The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [251] |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Part of the "We Get Letters" Medley. [4] | |||
" Lollipops and Roses" | Tony Velona | 1962 [68] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [252] | |
"Lonesome, That's All" |
Lee S. Roberts Ben J. Bradley |
1952 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [253] | |
" Long Ago (and Far Away)" | Jerome Kern | Ira Gershwin | 1944 | A Cappella with an unidentified mixed chorus From the Hollywood musical Cover Girl [254] |
"Long Life, Lots of Happiness" | Owen McGovern | 1970 | with Marty Manning Orchestra & unidentified background singers [255] | |
"Look Out the Window (and See How I'm Standing in the Rain)" | Dave Mann | Bob Hilliard | 1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus [256] |
"Look to Your Heart" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Sammy Cahn | 1968 [124] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [257] |
" The Lord's Prayer" | Albert Hay Malotte |
Jesus Christ Based on Matthew 6: 9-13 and Luke 11: 2–4 in Holy Bible |
1949 | with Choir and Organ directed by Mitchell Ayres [29] [258] |
1959 | with Robert Shaw Male Chorale & Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [258] | |||
"Love" |
Gerard Kenny Drey Shepperd |
1980 [87] | ||
"Love Don't Care (Where It Grows!)" | Tupper Saussy Arranged by Bill McElhiney |
1973 | with Bill McElhiney Orchestra [259] | |
"Love in a Home" | Gene de Paul | Johnny Mercer | 1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [124] |
"Love Is a Christmas Rose" | Earl Shuman Leon Carr |
1967 [260] | ||
"Love Is Spreadin' over the World" | Neil Sedaka | Howard Greenfield | 1970 [118] | |
" Love Letters" | Victor Young | Edward Heyman | 1945 | with Lloyd Shaffer & his Orchestra from the film Love Letters [261] |
1958 [4] [213] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [261] | |||
" Love Makes the World Go 'Round" | Ollie Jones | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [76] | |
" Love Me or Leave Me" | Walter Donaldson | Gus Kahn | 1947 | with The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [61] |
" Love Put a Song in My Heart" |
Ben Peters Arranged by William E. Justis [262] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
"Loving Her Was Easier" |
Kris Kristofferson Arranged by Cam Mullins [263] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
M | ||||
"Maderia" | Unknown | 1955 | with
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[264] (not released) [264] | |
" Magic Moments" | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | 1957 [38] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [213] [265] |
"Make Love to Life" | James Stein Arranged by Mike Leech [266] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
" Make Someone Happy" | Jule Styne |
Betty Comden Adolph Green |
1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers From the Broadway musical Do Re Mi [10] |
"Making Love to You" | Nick Perito | Sammy Cahn | 1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] |
" Manhã de Carnaval" | Luiz Bonfá | Portuguese: Antonio Maria English:
George David Weiss |
1966 | from Black Orpheus [18] |
"Mandolino" |
Pietro Garinei Sandro Giovannini |
Italian: Sandro Giovannini Pietro Garinei English: Alex Kramer Al Stillman |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[267] (not released) [267] |
" Mandolins in the Moonlight" |
George Weiss Aaron Schroeder |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] [76] | |
" Marcheta" | Victor Schertzinger | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra | |
"Marchin' Along to the Blues" | Mel Green Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [268] | |
" Maria" | Leonard Bernstein | Stephen Sondheim | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [68] |
"Marie" | Unknown | 1977 (Basic Track) [269] |
Overdubs Recorded in 1978
[269] (not released) [44] [269] | |
"Marrying for Love" | Irving Berlin | 1950 [34] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [270] | |
" Maybe" | Allan Flynn Frank Madden |
1952 | duet with
Eddie Fisher featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [271] | |
"May I Never Love Again" | Jack Erickson Sano Marco |
1941 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [6] [21] | |
" May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" | Meredith Willson | 1958 [15] | ||
" Meditation" | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Portuguese:
Newton Mendonça English: Norman Gimbel |
1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] |
"Meet Me at the Altar" | Chuck Deal Dan Deal |
1965 (twice) | Nashville version with the Anita Kerr Quartet
[272] (not released). [44] [272] | |
New York version with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [272] | ||||
" Me and My Shadow" |
Dave Dreyer Al Jolson |
Billy Rose | 1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [59] |
"Mi Casa, Su Casa (My House Is Your House)" |
Al Hoffman Dick Manning [141] Arranged by Joe Reisman [273] |
1957 [38] [141] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [273] | |
" Michelle" |
John Lennon Paul McCartney Arranged by Don Costa |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers
[151] Alternate Take released in 1984 [58] | |
" Mood Indigo" |
Barney Bigard Duke Ellington |
Mitchell Parish | 1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [274] |
" Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" |
Will Hudson Irving Mills |
Eddie DeLange | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [68] |
George Duning | Steve Allen | |||
"Moonlight Love" |
Claude Debussy Adaptation: Domenico Savino |
Mitchell Parish | 1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] |
" Moon River" | Henry Mancini | Johnny Mercer | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [68] |
"Moon Talk" |
Al Hoffman Dick Manning [10] |
1958 (twice) [10] [275] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [10] & Ray Charles Male Chorale [275] | |
" More" | Alex Alstone | Tom Glazer | 1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] [35] |
"More and More" | Jerome Kern | E. Y. Harburg | 1944 | with Lou Martin Orchestra From the film Can't Help Singing [276] |
"More than Likely" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Sammy Cahn | 1962 [68] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [277] |
" More Than You Know" | Vincent Youmans |
Billy Rose Edward Eliscu |
1946 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [278] |
1951 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [59] | |||
" The Most Beautiful Girl" |
Rory Bourke Billy Sherrill Norro Wilson |
1974 [43] [279] | ||
"Mother Dear, O Pray for Me" | I. B. Woodbury | 1950 | with St. Cathedral Boys Choir featuring Organ played by Charles Marie Courboin [29] | |
" My Blue Heaven" | Walter Donaldson | George Whiting | 1946 | with Russ Case Orchestra & The Satisfiers
[280] First Released in 1984 [58] |
"My Child" | Adaptation:
Cy Coben Jerry Livingston Based on a Piano Concerto composed by Chopin |
Cy Coben Jerry Livingston |
1949 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[281] (not released) [281] |
" My Coloring Book" | John Kander | Fred Ebb | 1963 [70] | |
" My Cup Runneth Over" | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | 1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [124] |
" My Favorite Things" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1962 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [68] |
" My Funny Valentine" | Lorenz Hart | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[282] From the Hollywood musical Gentlemen Marry Brunettes [25] | |
" My Heart Stood Still" | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1948 | with Robert Tucker Chorus recorded for the film Words & Music [283] |
1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [52] | |||
1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra featuring Trombone Solo by Chauncey Welch [48] | |||
" My Kind of Girl" |
Leslie Bricusse Arranged by Nick Perito |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |
"My Little Baby" | Joe Shapiro Lou Stallman [107] [141] Arranged by Joe Reisman [284] |
1957 [141] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [284] | |
" My Love and Devotion" | Harold Fields, Howard Barnes and Joseph Roncoroni (credited as Milton Carson) |
1952 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [285] | |
" My Melancholy Baby" | Ernie Burnett | George A. Norton Maybelle E. Watson |
1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [59] |
"My One and Only Heart" | Robert Allen | Al Stillman | 1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra [286] |
" My Own Peculiar Way" | Willie Nelson | 1965 [110] | ||
N | ||||
" Nearer, My God to Thee" | Lowell Mason | Sarah F. Adams | 1953 [1] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [287] |
" A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | Manning Sherwin | Eric Maschwitz | 1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] |
" Nobody" | Bert Williams | Alex Rogers | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[288] (not released) [288] |
1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra From the film The Seven Little Foys [288] | |||
"Nobody But You" | Dion O'Brien | 1967 [289] | Released in 1969 [37] | |
"Noodlin' Rag" | Robert Allen | Allen Roberts | 1952 | with The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [290] |
" No Other Love" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1953 [61] | with
Henri René Orchestra & Chorus From the stage musical Me & Juliet [291] |
" Not While I'm Around" |
Stephen Sondheim Arranged by Byron Olsen |
1980 [87] | ||
"No Well on Earth" | Dave Mann | Bob Hilliard | 1958 [15] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [292] |
"N'yot N'yow" (The Pussycat Song) | Dick Manning | 1948 | with The Fontane Sisters and 4 additional backing singers featuring ukulele played by Jack Lathrope [293] | |
O | ||||
" O Come All Ye Faithful" | Latin Hymn | Translated by Frederick Oakeley | 1946 | with Organ & Choir conducted by Russ Case [201] |
"Oh Marie" | Original Italian melody adapted by
Ray Charles Nick Perito |
Italian Adaptation: Eduardo DiCapua | 1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra and the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
1980 | with Nick Perito Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [5] | |||
" O Holy Night" | Adolphe Charles Adam | French:
Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure English: John Sullivan Dwight |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [81] [294] |
1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [30] | |||
"Oh! How I Miss You Tonight" |
Joseph A. Burke Benny Davis Mark Fisher |
1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [59] | |
" O Little Town of Bethlehem" |
Phillips Brooks Lewis H. Redner [201] |
1946 [295] | with Organ & Choir conducted by Russ Case [201] | |
"Ollie Ollie Out's in Free" | Clarence Freed Helen White |
1941 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [21] [296] | |
" O Marenariello" | Original Italian melody adapted by Ray Charles & Nick Perito | adaptation: Salvatore Gambardella | 1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers and Nick Perito Orchestra [19] |
1970 | with The Doodletown Pipers and Nick Perito Orchestra [118] | |||
"On the Island of Catalina" |
Ted Weems Moe Jaffe John O'Brien |
1939 [6] | with Ted Weems & his Orchestra [297] | |
"Once I Loved (Amor e Paz)" | Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Vinicius De Moraes English: Ray Gilbert |
1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] |
" Once Upon a Time" | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | 1962 [68] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra From the broadway musical All American [298] |
" One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | Harold Arlen | Johnny Mercer | 1955 [25] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[299] From the Hollywood musical Young at Heart [25] |
"One Little Candle" | George Mysels | Joseph Malloy Roach | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [300] |
"One More Mountain" |
Eddie Snyder Paul Vance |
1963 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [301] | |
" One More Time" | Ray Henderson |
B. G. DeSylva Lew Brown |
1954 | with
the Ames Brothers featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [302] (not released) [44] [302] |
"One More Vote" | Eddie Delange Joseph Myrow |
1946 | with Russ Case Orchestra & The Satisfiers From the film If I'm Lucky [303] | |
"Only One" |
Sunny Skylar Tom Glazer Andrew Ackers Arranged by Joe Lipman [304] |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [15] | |
"On the Outgoing Tide" | Mabel Wayne | Lew Brown | 1950 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [305] |
" Onward, Christian Soldiers" | Arthur S. Sullivan | Sabine Baring-Gould | 1953 [1] | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus [306] |
"Oowee, Oowee" | Bonita Ann Andre Ronald Lawrence Sydney Robin Ramona Marie Witry [176] Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 [307] | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [307] | |
" The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" |
Tony Hatch Jackie Trent Arranged by Nick Perito |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |
" Over the Rainbow" | Harold Arlen | E. Y. Harburg | 1952 | with
Sally Sweetland
[52] featuring instrumental and vocal backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [308] |
P | ||||
" Papa Loves Mambo" | Bix Reichner Al Hoffman Dick Manning Arranged by Joe Reisman |
1954 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [38] | |
"Pa-paya Mama" |
Norman Gimbel Larry Coleman George Sandler |
1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & The Ramblers [309] | |
"Pardon My English (Samba Torto)" | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Aloysio De Oliveira English: Ray Gilbert |
1965 | with Ray Charles Singers
[310] First Released in 2007 [154] [310] |
" Patricia" | Benny Davis | 1950 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [311] | |
" Pennies from Heaven" | Arthur Johnston | Johnny Burke | 1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] |
" People" | Jule Styne | Bob Merrill | 1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers
[312] (not released) [44] [312] |
" Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" | Osvaldo Farrés | Spanish:
Osvaldo Farrés English: Joe Davis |
1965 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[313] First Released in 2007 [154] [313] |
"Pianissimo" | Bennie Benjamin George Weiss |
1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [314] | |
"Picture Me Without You" | Jimmy McHugh | Ted Koehler | 1936 | with Ted Weems Orchestra [20] |
"Pigtails and Freckles" | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 1962 [115] | |
"Play Me a Hurtin' Tune" | Sidney Lippman | Sylvia Dee | 1952 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [315] |
"Please Believe Me" | Bob Merrill | Bee Walker | 1949 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra Introduced on Perry's NBC Chesterfield Supper Club [316] |
" Please, Mr. Sun" | Ray Getzov | Sid Frank | 1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [317] |
"A Portrait of My Love" | Cyril Ornadel | David West | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[318] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
"Prayer for Peace" | Nick Acquaviva | English: Norman Gimbel | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [15] |
"Prayer of Thanksgiving" | Edward Kremser | German: Edward Kremser English Translation by Theodore Baker |
1950 [54] | with Mitchell Ayres Mixed Chorus featuring Organ played by Charles Marie Courboin [319] |
" Prisoner of Love" |
Russ Columbo Clarence Gaskill |
Leo Robin | 1945 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [38] [40] [320] |
1946 | with André Kostelanetz & his Orchestra [320] | |||
1970 | with The Doodletown Pipers [118] | |||
" Put Your Hand in the Hand" | Gene MacLellan | 1971 | with Ray Charles Singers | |
Q | ||||
" Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" | Antonio Carlos Jobim | English:
Buddy Kaye Gene Lees |
1965 [321] | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Released in 1966 [18] |
R | ||||
"Rainbow on the River" | Louis Alter | Paul Francis Webster | 1936 [20] | with the
Ted Weems Orchestra
[21] featuring vocal whistling by Elmo Tanner [20] |
" Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | 1970 [84] | with Nick Perito Chorus [322] |
" Rambling Rose" | Joseph Burke | Joseph Allan McCarthy Jr. | 1947 | with
The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [323] |
"Reach Out Your Hand" |
Billy Sherrill Tammy Wynette |
1973 | (not released) [324] | |
" Red Sails in the Sunset" | Hugh Williams (aka Will Grosz) | Jimmy Kennedy | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [4] |
"Regrets" | Barbara Wyrick Arranged by John Abbott |
1980 [87] | ||
"Ribbons and Roses" |
Samuel Lewis George W. Meyer Pete Wending |
1938 [6] | with Ted Weems & his Orchestra
[325] song is also known as "Robins and Roses" [21] | |
"Roamin' through the Countryside" | Kendal Hayes Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet
[326] (not released) [44] [326] | |
" Rock of Ages" | Thomas Hastings | Augustus Toplady | 1950 [54] | with Mitchell Ayres Male Chorus featuring Organ played by Charles Marie Courboin [327] |
" Rollin' Stone" | Irving Gordon | 1951 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental and vocal backing by Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Chorus [328] | |
"The Rosary" |
Ethelbert Nevin Robert Cameron Rogers |
1950 [54] | with Mitchell Ayres Women's Choir featuring Organ played by Charles Marie Courboin [329] | |
"Rose of the Rockies" |
Charles Kenny Nick Kenny Allie Wrubel [20] |
1941 | with
Elmo Tanner featuring instrumental backing from the Ted Weems Orchestra [21] | |
"The Rose Tattoo" | Harry Warren | Jack Brooks | 1955 [10] [129] | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[330] From the film The Rose Tattoo [10] [129] |
"Rosemary Blue" | Neil Sedaka | Howard Greenfield | 1978 | with Nick Perito Orchestra
[331] (not released) [331] |
" Roses of Picardy" | Haydn Wood | Frederick E. Weatherley | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [332] |
" Round and Round" | Joe Shapiro Lou Stallman Arranged by Ray Charles & Joe Reisman [333] |
1957 [38] [141] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [333] | |
" Route 66" |
Bobby Troup Arranged by Jack Andrews & Joe Lipman |
1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [334] | |
"The Ruby and The Pearl" | Jay Livingston | Ray Evans | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[335] Only featured in the film Thunder in the East until 1955, appearing on the greatest hits album RCA Victor Platter Party with various artists [335] [336] |
" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Johnny Marks | 1953 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [77] [337] | |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [81] | |||
S | ||||
"Sad and Lonely" | Nick Acquaviva | Ted Varnick | 1957 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[338] (not released) [338] |
" Santa Claus is Coming to Town" |
J. Fred Coots Haven Gillespie |
1946 | with
The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [201] | |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [81] | |||
" Santa Lucia" |
Teodoro Cottrau adaptation: Nick Perito |
adaptation: Ray Charles | 1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
"Save Me the Dance" | Luciano Angeleri | Ervin M. Drake | 1980 [87] | |
" Say It Isn't So" | Irving Berlin | 1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[339] (not released) [339] | |
1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[339] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed as a medley with two other songs [12] | |||
" Say You're Mine Again" | Charles Nathan | Dave Heisler | 1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & The Ramblers [340] |
" Scarlet Ribbons" | Evelyn Danzig | Jack Segal | 1958 [15] | |
" Seattle" |
Hugo Montenegro Jack Keller Ernie Sheldon |
1968 [341] | Released in June 1969 [37] | |
" The Second Time" | Francis Albert Lai | Tim Rice | 1982 [342] | with
Nick Perito Orchestra Released in 1983 [24] |
" Secretly" |
Al Kaufman Marty Symes |
1943 | with a 10-voice Mixed Choir
[343] (not released) [343] | |
" Send In the Clowns" | Stephen Sondheim | 1980 [5] | ||
" The Shadow of Your Smile" | Johnny Mandel | Paul Francis Webster [129] | 1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] |
"She's a Lady" | Cy Coben | 1950 | with
Betty Hutton featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [344] | |
" Silent Night" |
Franz Gruber Joseph Mohr |
1946 | with Organ & Choir conducted by Russ Case [201] | |
" Silver Bells" | Jay Livingston | Ray Evans | 1968 | with The Ray Charles Singers [30] |
"Simple and Sweet" | Sammy Fain | Irving Kahal | 1938 | with
Ted Weems Orchestra featuring vocal whistling by Elmo Tanner [20] |
" Sing" |
Joe Raposo Arranged by Bergen White |
1973 [17] | ||
"Sing Along with Me" | Nick Perito | Dee Williams | 1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] |
" Slightly out of Tune (Desafinado)" | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Portuguese:
Newton Mendonça English: Jon Hendricks and Jesse Cavanaugh (aka Howie Richmond) |
1963 [70] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [345] |
" Smile" | Charles Chaplin |
Geoffrey Parsons John Turner |
1961 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[346] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed as a medley with two other songs [12] |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |||
" Snowbird" | Gene MacLellan | 1970 [84] | ||
" So Far" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the stage musical Allegro [347] |
" So in Love" | Cole Porter | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[348] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed as a medley with two other songs [12] | |
1972 | ||||
"So It Goes" | John Barry Mason Alec Gould Michael Heath Johnson Arranged by Byron Olsen |
1982 [349] | with Nick Perito Orchestra Released in 1983 [24] | |
"Somebody Cares" | Johnny Robba Frank Reardon Ernest G. Schweikert |
1962 [68] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [350] | |
"Somebody Makes It So" | Paul Vance Eddie Snyder |
1967 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [351] | |
"Somebody Up There Likes Me" | Bronislau Kaper | Sammy Cahn | 1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers From the film Somebody Up There Likes Me [9] [163] |
" Somebody Somewhere" | Frank Loesser | 1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers
[352] (not released) [44] [352] | |
"Some Children See Him" | Wihla Hutson | Alfred Burt | 1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers
[353] (not released) [44] [353] |
" Someday I'll Find You" |
Noël Coward Arranged by Nick Perito |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |
" Some Enchanted Evening" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1949 [34] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [354] |
"Someone is Waiting" | Richard Ahlert Ettore Stratta |
1980 [87] | ||
" Something" | George Harrison | 1970 [84] | ||
"Sonata" | Alex Alstone | Ervin Drake Jimmy Shirl | 1946 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [355] |
"The Song of Songs" | Harold Vickers | French: Maurice Vancaire English: Clarence Lucas |
1947 [40] [356] | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [356] |
" The Songs I Love" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Sammy Cahn | 1963 [70] | |
" South of the Border" |
Michael Carr Jimmy Kennedy |
1957 | with Como's Little Combo | |
" Souvenir d'Italie" | Lelio Luttazzi | Italian: Giulio Scarnicca Renzo Tarabusi English: Carl Sigman |
1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
"Sow the Seeds of Happiness" |
Jack Keller Noel Sherman |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[357] (not released) [357] | |
" St. Louis Blues" |
W. C. Handy Arranged by Jack Andrews & Joe Lipman |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [42] [358] | |
" Stand Beside Me" | Tompall Glaser | 1965 [110] | ||
"Stay with Me" | Nick Perito | Ray Charles | 1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] |
"A Still Small Voice" | Ben Weisman | Al Stillman | 1958 [15] | |
" Stop! And Think It Over" |
Roy C. Bennett Sid Tepper |
1967 | with Ray Charles Singers [176] [359] | |
"The Story of the First Christmas" | Traditional Christmas Story Medley adapted by John A. Richards | 1950 [360] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [361] | |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [81] | |||
"Summer Me, Winter Me" | Michel Legrand | Marilyn and Alan Bergman | 1969 [362] | (not released) [44] |
" Summertime" | George Gershwin |
Ira Gershwin
[363] Du Bose Heyward |
1952 | with
Sally Sweetland featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [52] |
" Summer Wind" | Henry Mayer | Danish: Hans Bradtke English: Johnny Mercer |
1965 [176] | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [176] [364] |
" Sunrise, Sunset" | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | 1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [124] |
"Sunshine Wine" | Cindy Walker | 1968 [365] | Released in June 1969 [37] | |
"Surrender" | Bennie Benjamin George Weiss |
1946 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [366] | |
"Sweet Adorable You" | Thomas Baker Knight | 1965 [110] | ||
" Sweet Leilani" | Harry Owens | 1980 | Performed by the Ray Charles Singers
[367] Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] | |
" The Sweetest Sounds" | Richard Rodgers | 1962 [68] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [368] | |
" Swingin' on a Star" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Johnny Burke | 1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] |
T | ||||
"Take a Look at Me" | Ronald E. McCown Arranged by Cam Mullins |
1973 [369] | (not released) [44] [369] | |
"Take Me Home" | Michelle Aller Robert Esty Arranged by Cam Mullins |
1973 [370] | (not released) [44] [370] | |
"Talk of the Town" | Chester Conn | Gus Kahn | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[371] (not released) [44] [371] |
"Tell Her of My Love, Paloma" | Unknown | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[372] (not released) [44] [372] | |
" Temptation" | Nacio Herb Brown | Arthur Freed [38] | 1945 (twice) | Both 1945 versions with
Ted Steele Orchestra February 1945 version with The Satisfiers [373] |
1974 | with the Ray Charles Singers [43] | |||
" Thank Heaven for Little Girls" | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[374] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
"That Ain't All" | John D. Loudermilk | 1965 [110] | ||
"That Christmas Feeling" | Bennie Benjamin George Weiss |
1946 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [201] | |
"That Old Gang of Mine" | Ray Henderson |
Mort Dixon Billy Rose |
1939 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [20] [21] |
1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [375] | |||
"That's All this Old World Needs" | Bob Tubert Demetriss ( Tubert ) Tapp |
1967 (twice) [376] | Nashville version released in June 1969
[37] New York version not released [376] | |
"That's the Beginning of the End" | Alex Kramer Joan Whitney |
1946 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [377] | |
" That's What Friends Are For" | Burt Bacharach | Carole Bayer Sager | 1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] |
"That's Where I Came In" | Peter DeRose | Charles Tobias | 1946 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [378] |
" Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" |
John D. Loudermilk Arranged by Mike Leech [379] |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [149] | |
"There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas" |
Carl Sigman Mickey J. Addy |
1950 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [380] | |
1968 | with Ray Charles Singers [30] [380] | |||
"There'll Never Be Another Night Like This" |
David Reilly Anthony Bygraves |
1980 [87] | ||
"There'll Soon Be a Rainbow" | Henry Nemo David Saxon |
1943 | Performed A Cappella with a 10-voice mixed choir [381] | |
"There Never Was a Night So Beautiful" | John Rox | 1954 | with Hugo Winterhalter & his Orchestra [382] | |
"There's a Big Blue Cloud (Next to Heaven)" |
Ervin Drake Hans Lengsfelder Paul James McGrane |
1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [383] | |
" There's a Kind of Hush" |
David Leslie Reed Geoff Stevens Arranged by Nick Perito |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |
"There's No Boat Like a Rowboat" | Irving Gordon | 1951 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [384] | |
" They Say It's Wonderful" | Irving Berlin | 1946 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the musical Annie Get Your Gun [59] | |
"The Things I Didn't Do" | Fred Jay Ira Kosloff Irving Reid |
1954 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
"This is a Great Country" | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin | 1962 [115] | |
" This is All I Ask" | Gordon Jenkins | 1963 [70] | ||
" This Nearly Was Mine" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[385] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
" Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | L. Russell Brown | Irwin Levine | 1973 [17] | |
" Till the End of Time" |
Frédéric Chopin Adaptation: Buddy Kaye Ted Mossman |
Buddy Kaye Ted Mossman |
1945 [38] [40] | with Russell Case Orchestra [386] |
" Tina Marie" | Bob Merrill | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] | |
"Together Forever" | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | 1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers
[124] also appears on the album Seattle [37] |
" To Know You (Is to Love You)" | Robert Allen | Allan Roberts | 1952 | with
Betty Hutton featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [387] (not released) [44] |
1952 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [387] | |||
1959 | with
Ray Charles featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [42] | |||
"Tomboy" |
Joe Farrell Jim Conway |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [10] [107] | |
" Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You" | Michael Masser | Gerry Goffin | 1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] |
"Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral" | James Royce Shannon | 1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] | |
" Too Young" | Sydney Lippman | Sylvia Dee | 1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] |
"Too Young to Go Steady" | Jimmy McHugh | Harold Adamson | 1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] |
"Toselli's Serenade (Dreams and Memories)" | Enrico Toselli | English: Carl Sigman | 1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
" Toyland" |
Victor Herbert Arranged & Adapted by Nick Perito |
1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers [30] | |
"Traveling Down a Lonely Road" (Love theme from La Strada) | Nino Rinaldi Rota Michele Galderi |
Italian: Nino Rinaldi Rota Michele Galderi English: Don Raye |
1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
" Trees" | Oscar Rasbach | Joyce Kilmer | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[388] (not released) [388] |
"Trouble Comes" |
Jack Segal Marvin Fisher |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[389] (not released) [389] | |
"(Trouble Ends) Out Where the Blues Begins" | Cliff Friend | 1936 | with Ted Weems Orchestra [20] | |
" Try a Little Tenderness" |
James Campbell Reginald Connelly Harry M. Woods |
1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[390] First Released in 1993 on the CD compilation Yesterday & Today – A Celebration in Song [390] | |
" Try to Remember" | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | 1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [124] |
"Tulips and Heather" | Harold Fields, Howard Barnes and Joseph Roncoroni (credited as Milton Carson) |
1951 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [391] | |
" Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | Bob Nolan | 1950 | with the Western-Ayres (a Country music section of the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra)
[58] featuring vocal backing from Sons of the Pioneers [392] | |
"Turnaround" | Alan Green Harry Belafonte Malvina Reynolds |
1968 | with the Ray Charles Singers
[124] also appears on the album Seattle [37] | |
"Turn Around" | Henry Mayer | Al Stillman | 1970 | (not released) [44] |
" 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" | Ray Charles | Clement Clarke Moore (original poem) | 1953 | with Mitchell Ayres String Ensemble [77] |
" The Twelve Days of Christmas" | Traditional Christmas Song in the Public Domain | 1953 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [77] | |
"Twilight on the Trail" | Louis Alter | Sidney D. Mitchell | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [4] |
"Two Blind Loves" | Harold Arlen | E. Y. Harburg | 1939 [20] | with Ted Weems Orchestra From the film Marx Bros. At the Circus [393] |
"Two Lost Souls" | Richard Adler | Jerry Ross | 1955 | with Jaye P. Morgan featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [10] |
"Two Loves Have I" | Vincent Scotto | English: Jack Murray & Barry Trivers French: Georges Koger & Henri Varna |
1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [394] |
U | ||||
" Unchained Melody" |
Alex North Hy Zaret |
1956 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[395] First Released in 1993 on the CD compilation Yesterday & Today – A Celebration in Song [395] | |
"Un giorno dopo l'altro (One Day is Like Another)" | Luigi Tenco | Earl S. Shuman | 1966 | with the Allesandro Allessandroni Singers [19] |
"Until Today" |
J. Fred Coots Oscar Levant |
Benny Davis | 1936 | with Ted Weems Orchestra [20] |
V | ||||
" Vaya Con Dios" |
Inez James Buddy Pepper Larry Russell |
1958 | with
Mitchell Ayres Orchestra &
Ray Charles Singers Part of the "Dear Perry" Medley [4] | |
" The Very Thought of You" |
Ray Noble Arranged by Don Costa |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |
W | ||||
" Walk Right Back" | Sonny Curtis | 1973 [396] | ||
" Wanted" |
Jack Fulton Lois Steele |
1953 [38] | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus [397] | |
"Watchin' the Trains Go By" | Tot Seymour Al Goodhart |
1950 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [398] | |
"Watermelon Weather" | Hoagy Carmichael | Paul Francis Webster | 1952 | with
Eddie Fisher featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [58] [399] |
" The Way We Were" | Marvin Hamlisch | Marilyn & Alan Bergman | 1974 [43] [400] | |
" The Way You Look Tonight" | Jerome Kern | Dorothy Fields | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[401] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
" Weave Me the Sunshine" | Peter Yarrow | 1974 | with the Ray Charles Singers [43] | |
" We Kiss in a Shadow" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1951 [34] | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [402] |
" Welcome Home" | unknown | 1973 | (not released) [44] | |
" We'll Meet Again" | Albert R. Parker | Hugh Charles | 1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers [151] |
" We've Only Just Begun" | Roger Nichols | Paul Williams | 1970 [84] | |
"What Am I Gonna Do About You?" | Jule Styne | Sammy Cahn | 1946 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [403] |
" What Kind of Fool Am I?" |
Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley |
1963 [70] | ||
" What'll I Do?" | Irving Berlin | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [61] | |
"What Love Is Made Of" |
Paul Vance Jack Segal Eddie Snyder |
1967 | with the Ray Charles Singers [404] | |
"What More Is There to Say? | Al Frisch | Robert Mellin | 1952 [405] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra (not released) [44] [405] |
" What's New?" | Bob Haggart | Johnny Burke | 1962 [68] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [406] |
"What's One More Time?" |
Richard Leigh Arranged by Byron Olsen |
1982 [407] | with Nick Perito Orchestra Released in 1983 [24] | |
"When" | George Fischoff Arranged by Byron Olsen |
1980 [87] | ||
"When Day is Done" | Robert Katscher | German: Robert Katscher English: Buddy DeSylva [58] |
1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [408] |
"When Hearts Are Young" |
Sigmund Romberg Al Goodman |
Cyrus Wood | 1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] |
" When I Fall in Love" | Victor Young | Edward Heyman | 1958 [4] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [409] |
" When I Lost You" | Irving Berlin | 1963 [70] | ||
" When I Need You" | Albert Hammond | Carole Bayer Sager | 1977 [126] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [410] |
" When I Wanted You" | Gino Cuncio Arranged by Gerald Alters & Stanley Schwartz |
1978 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [411] | |
"When Is Sometime?" | Jimmy Van Heusen | Johnny Burke | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra From the 1949 film A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [412] |
"When She Smiles" | Jerry Liliendahl | 1980 [87] | ||
"When Tonight Is Just a Memory" | Bennie Benjamin George Weiss |
1947 | with
Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [413] | |
" When You and I Were Young, Maggie" |
J. A. Butterfield Geo. W. Johnson Arranged by O. B. Masingill |
1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] | |
" When You Come to the End of the Day" | Frank C. Westphal | Gus Kahn | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[414] First Released in 1955 on the greatest hits album RCA Victor Platter Party, with various artists [335] |
1958 [15] | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [414] | |||
" When You Were Sweet Sixteen" | James Thornton | 1947 | with
The Satisfiers
[38]
[40] features instrumental backing from Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra [415] from the film The Great John L. [38] [40] [415] | |
"When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same)" | Peter De Rose | Charles Tobias | 1947 | with Russ Case & his Orchestra [61] |
"When You're Away" | Victor Herbert | Henry Blossom | 1955 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers
[416] (not released) [44] [416] |
"When You're in Love" | Gene de Paul | Johnny Mercer | 1968 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [124] |
" When You're Smiling" |
Larry Shay Mark Fisher Joe Goodwin |
1947 | with The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case & his Orchestra [417] | |
" Where Do I Begin?" | Francis Lai | Carl Sigman | 1971 | with the Ray Charles Singers [64] |
"Where Does a Little Tear Come From?" | Marge Barton Fred MacRae Arranged by Anita Kerr |
1965 | with the Anita Kerr Quartet [110] | |
" Where Is Love?" |
Lionel Bart Arranged by Nick Perito |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra and the Tony Mansell Singers [151] | |
" Where or When" | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1980 [5] | |
" Where You're Concerned" | Nancy Goland | 1977 [418] | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Tony Mansell Singers Released in 1978 [126] | |
" The Whiffenpoof Song" | Tod B. Galloway |
Meade Minnigerode George S. Pomeroy |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers Part of the "Letters" Medley [4] |
" While We're Young" |
Alec Wilder Morty Palitz |
Bill Engvick | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [52] [116] |
1960 | ||||
" White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 1947 | with Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra and a Mixed Chorus [201] | |
1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [81] | |||
1980 | Part of Bing Crosby Medley [5] | |||
" Whither Thou Goest" | Guy Singer | 1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [15] | |
"Who Put That Dream in Your Eyes?" | Al Stewart M. P. Brown |
1975 | Windmill [419] | |
"Why Did You Leave Me?" | Norman Kaye Steve Nelson |
1952 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [420] | |
" Why Does It Have to Rain on Sunday?" |
Bob Merrill Vi Ott |
1975 | ||
"Wild Horses" |
Robert Schumann Adaptation: Johnny Burke writing as "K.C. Rogan" |
Johnny Burke writing as "K.C. Rogan" |
1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus [421] |
" The Wind Beneath My Wings" |
Larry Henley Jeff Silbar |
1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [48] | |
" Winter Wonderland" |
Felix Bernard Dick Smith |
1946 | with The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case & his Orchestra [201] | |
1959 [81] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [422] | |||
"With All My Heart and Soul" |
Larry Stock Stanley Adams |
1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra [423] | |
" With a Song in My Heart" | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1948 (twice) | with Henri René Orchestra & Chorus [61] [424] |
with Robert Tucker Chorus
[425] from the film Words and Music [61] [425] | ||||
" Without a Song" | Vincent Youmans |
Billy Rose Edward Eliscu |
1951 [59] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [426] |
1970 | with The Doodletown Pipers [118] | |||
"Without Your Love" | Johnny Lange Fred Striker Arranged by Cam Mullins |
1973 [427] | (not released) [44] [427] | |
"Woman of the World" | 1973 | (not released) [44] | ||
" Wonderful Baby" |
Don McLean Arranged by William E. Justis |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [428] | |
"World of Dreams" | Des O'Connor Arranged by William E. Justis |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds [429] | |
"A World of Love (That I Found in Your Arms)" | François Deguelt | English: Judy Spencer | 1967 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [430] |
"Wouldn't It Be Nice?" | Jimmy McHugh | Harold Adamson | 1945 | with The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Ted Steele Orchestra [431] |
"Wrong Rainbow" | Michael Bacon Arranged by Cam Mullins |
1975 | with The Nashville Sounds
[432] (not released) [44] [432] | |
Y | ||||
"Yellow Beach Umbrella" | Craig Doerge | Judy Henske | 1975 | with The Nashville Sounds
[433] (not released) [44] [433] |
"Yes, No, Maybe!" | Shirley Brotman Walter Brown Arranged by Bob Mersey |
1976 [434] | (not released) [434] | |
" Yesterday" | Lennon–McCartney | 1966 | with Nick Perito Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers [18] | |
"Yesterday I Heard the Rain" | Canache Armando Manzanero | Gene Lees | 1971 | with the Ray Charles Singers [64] |
"Yo Te Quiero Asi" | Don McLean | Spanish: Jose Maria Pater | 1973 | Only had a limited release as a Victor single in the US and as a RCA single in other countries [435] |
" You Alone (Solo Tu)" | Robert Allen | Al Stillman | 1953 | with Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra & Chorus [436] |
1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[436] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed as a medley with two other songs [12] | |||
"You Are in Love" | Bart Howard | 1959 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers | |
"You Are My World" |
Paul Vance Bobby London Arranged by Kenny Ascher |
1980 [87] | ||
"You Are Never Far Away" | Robert Allen | Allen Roberts | 1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus
[437] (not released) [437] |
1958 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Ray Charles Singers [4] | |||
" You Are So Beautiful" |
Billy Preston Bruce Fisher Arranged by Gerald Alters & Stanley Schwartz |
1978 | with Nick Perito Orchestra
[438] First Released in 1983 [24] | |
" You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Stevie Wonder | 1974 | with the Ray Charles Singers [43] | |
"You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" | John Benson Brooks | Bob Russell | 1959 [42] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [439] |
"You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes" | 1936 | with the Ted Weems Orchestra [21] | ||
" You Do Something to Me" | Cole Porter | 1955 [25] | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra [440] | |
" You Light Up My Life" |
Joe Brooks Arranged by Nick Perito [441] |
1977 | with Nick Perito Orchestra [126] | |
"You'll Always Be My Lifetime Sweetheart" | Robert "Bobby" Day |
Johnny Burke (writing as K.C. Rogan) |
1955 | |
" You'll Never Walk Alone" | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | 1951 | with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra
[442] (not released) [442] |
1952 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [52] [442] | |||
1970 | with The Doodletown Pipers [118] | |||
1980 [5] | ||||
"You Made It That Way (Watermelon Summer)" | Dwayne Blackwell Rani Blackwell Arranged by Cam Mullins |
1967 [443] | ||
" You Make Me Feel So Young" | Joseph Myrow | Mack Gordon | 1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] |
" You Needed Me" | Randy Goodrum | 1980 [5] | ||
" Young at Heart" | Johnny Richards | Carolyn Leigh | 1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] |
" Young Love" |
Ric Cartey Carole Joyner Arranged by O. B. Masingill |
1960 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Chorus [116] | |
"You're Following Me" | Burt Bacharach | Bob Hilliard | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers. [10] |
" You're Just in Love" | Irving Berlin | 1950 | with
The Fontane Sisters featuring instrumental backing from Mitchell Ayres Orchestra From the Broadway musical Call Me Madam [34] | |
" You're Nearer" | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | 1948 | with Robert Tucker Chorus Recorded for the film Words & Music [444] |
1968 [124] | with Nick Perito Orchestra [444] | |||
1987 | with Nick Perito Orchestra featuring Guitar Solo by Dennis Budimir [48] | |||
" You Were Meant for Me" | Nacio Herb Brown | Arthur Freed | 1961 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
[445] featuring Guitar played by Tony Mottola performed in a medley with two other songs [12] |
" You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" |
Teddy Powell Larry Stock |
1946 | with The Satisfiers featuring instrumental backing from Russ Case Orchestra [446] | |
Z | ||||
"Zing Zing —Zoom Zoom" | Sigmund Romberg | Charles Tobias | 1950 | with Sigmund Romberg Orchestra & Chorus [447] |