^Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record - Page 157
Malcolm Macfarlane, Ken Crossland - 2012 -
Como used the song for the first time in his 1981 Christmas special, from which RCA lifted a recording for a new compilation of Christmas songs, plus a Christmas single. Around the same time, Como recorded eight new songs for an album whose working title was Goodbye for Now, a Stephen Sondheim song from the motion picture Reds. The remaining titles were again contemporary ballads. With eight new recordings to hand, RCA needed two more to make up the now standard ten ...