Perry Como - Prisoner of Love (1946)

Extracts from Wikipedia:
Quote:..."Perry Como had, according to Joel Whitburn's compilations of the U.S. Pop Charts, fourteen U.S. #1 singles: "
Till The End Of Time" (1945); "Prisoner of Love" (1946); "Surrender" (1946); "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" (1947); "A - You're Adorable" (1949); "Some Enchanted Evening" (1949); "Hoop-De-Doo" (1950); "If" (1951); "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" (1952); "No Other Love" (1953); "Wanted" (1954); "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" (1956); "Round And Round" (1957); and "Catch a Falling Star" (1957).

He also had more minor hits with "Just Born (To Be Your Baby)" (#12) and "Ivy Rose" (#18).
He recorded many albums of songs for the RCA Victor label between 1952 and 1987, and is credited with numerous gold records.

Como had so many recordings achieve gold-record status that he refused to have many of them certified. It was this characteristic which made him so different from his peers, and which endeared him to legions of fans throughout the world.

Over the decades, Como is reported to have sold millions of records, but he commonly suppressed these figures.

Perry Como modelled his voice and style after Bing Crosby[3] as most male singers of the 1930s and 1940s did. Perry Como's voice is widely known for its good-natured vocal acrobatics as portrayed in his highly popular novelty songs such as "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" :Unquote:

Lyrics:
Alone from night to night youll find me,
too weak to break the chains that bind me,
I need no shackles to remind me,
Im just a prisoner of love!

For one command I stand and wait now,
from one whos master of my fate now,
I cant escape for its too late now,
Im just a prisoner of love!

Whats the good of my caring
if someone is sharing those arms with me!
Although she has another,
I cant have another, for Im not free!

Shes in my dreams awake or sleeping,
Upon my knees to her Im creeping,
My very life is in her keeping,
Im just a prisoner of love . . .

Whats the good of my caring,
if someone is sharing those arms with me!
Although she has another,
I cant have another, for Im not free!

Shes in my dreams awake or sleeping,
Upon my knees to her Im creeping,
My very life is in her keeping,
Im just a prisoner of love . . .

Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill,
with lyrics by Leo Robin and Published 1931

2000 The Very Best Of Perry Como (BMG)

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[seledge]

Does anyone else get the chills when they hear Perry sing this song? Absolutely beautiful- thanks a million for the post. I'll listen to it often.

[trooper7h]

Hi seledge,

I will be following this Perry Como track with two more of his tracks that are my favourites.

Thank you for that very positive comment. :)

Regards,

trooper7h

[Corrie121]

This is my favourite Perry Como song, and his rendition of "If" comes a close second.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful post.

Much appreciated.

[trooper7h]

Hiya Corrie121,

here are my three favourite Perry Como records in no particular order..."Prisoner of Love", "No other Love", and " 'Til The End Of time" ...Those remaining two tracks will follow soon.

Thanks for your comment and support.:)

Best wishes,

trooper7h

[sessnazx]

Fabulous.... What a special voice... l remember listening to this as a small child

Thanks for posting.

[randympreston]

BEAUTIFUL.

[michaelalbert]

My favorite PC song ever. Wonderful.

[michel8516]

QUE RECUERDOS A MI PADRE LE GUSTABAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! GUA!!!!

[jimandconnie]

This would have been my parents' 65'th anniversary (11/9/46). This was their song.

[PlayForMeASymphony]

why don't they have singers like this anymore?

[multi787311]

when i was a kid I am now 75 my family use to vacation at a place called Paris Lake which is not far from Perrys home town of Canonsburgh and my sister told me that I got a haircut from Perry when he was first a barber before he started his singing career.

[Comofan100]

comofan100 to me as a perry como fan he was the best. Sinatra came nowhere near Perry's voice, ,Sinatra's voice was rougher, he would not have sounded as good singing on his own without an orchestra.

[Twom44]

This is the song that my dad used to sing when he would come stumbling drunk into the house. We knew he was plastered when he was singing this. Dad also had a great voice. God bless his heart. I miss him every day.

[mkl62]

To all you pro wrestling fans: This was the #1 song in the USA when Andre Roussimoff came into the world (May 19, 1946). He would become famous as Andre the Giant.

[RealMusicKing]

Thank you for the upload. Nice song. I have a 4 disc vinyl set labeled "The Perry Como Library" that I bought in 1987 and it indicates that Till The End Of Time was recorded in 1944. Regards.