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Stop! And Think It Over: Perry Como's Color "Music Hall" DVD Features Nancy Wilson, Bobbie Gentry, George Carlin

March 12, 2019 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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For a staggering six decades, Perry Como was a welcome presence on television screens with his long-running, award-winning programs.  Perhaps no recording artist used the medium of television as well as Mr. C did, all the while charting dozens of hit records including "Catch a Falling Star," "Magic Moments," and "It's Impossible."  Last year saw a new PBS biography and song retrospective (Till The End Of Time - Perry Como Classics) and an accompanying 4-CD set with 100 original recordings spanning Como's five decades with RCA Records, including dozens of rare and previously unissued masters as well as all the biggest hits (Greatest Hits & Magic Moments) and the DVD release of his 1977 holiday special Perry Como's Olde English Christmas. Now, Como devotees have even more to enjoy as MPI Home Video releases a unique DVD from the late crooner.

GEORGE CARLIN

In 1959, Mr. C began hosting the weekly Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall which later became a series of monthly specials with stellar guest stars. Although Perry was part of the NBC-TV network's early color broadcasts starting in the mid-1950s, very few color editions of Como's regular programs of the 1950s and 1960s have survived. One exciting exception has now happily surfaced.  Perry Como's Music Hall - Special Edition in Color premieres on home video a rare April 1967 live "In Living Color" broadcast from NBC's New York studios.

Perry welcomed the rising star (and future legend) George Carlin along with the late pop-jazz chanteuse Nancy Wilson, and young ballerina Joyce Cuoco. In prime form, Perry sings his latest hit "Stop! And Think It Over" and other favorites such as "A Taste of Honey," "How Beautiful The World Can Be," and Antonio Carlos Jobim's beautiful "Dindi" in addition to "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" and Paul Simon's "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" with Nancy. Carlin performs his fast-spinning disc jockey routine, and The Ray Charles Singers, Como's longtime collaborators, join him and the cast for a rousing tax day 1967 finale of "The Money Tree," "Pennies From Heaven," and "The Best Things In Life Are Free. "

PERRY COMO AND BOBBIE GENTRY

That's not all.  MPI has included a treasure trove of bonus features including Perry in a comedy skit opposite Flip Wilson; singing and clowning with Carol Burnett; a duet of Doctor Dolittle's "Talk to the Animals" with the one and only Bobbie Gentry; and a variety of Como solo performances including Henry Mancini's "Dear Heart" and a heartfelt "America the Beautiful." All in glorious full color!

Enjoy the rare treat of Perry Como's Music Hall - Special Edition in Color, available today (March 12) from MPI Home Video at Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada!

Categories: News Formats: DVD Genre: Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal Tags: Bobbie Gentry, George Carlin, Nancy Wilson, Perry Como

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Rich D says

    March 12, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    I would love to see more of Perry's Christmas shows on DVD - it would be great to see some of his Kraft Music Hall Christmas shows from the late 50's and early 60's !!

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  2. Larry says

    May 30, 2019 at 12:02 am

    I would be excited to see on DVD the Perry Como Holiday Special from November 1967. It had an amazing variety of talent including Rowan and Martin, Bobbie Gentry, Jefferson Airplane and Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66. I remember how Perry sang the Italian standard "Oh Marie" with the Brasil 66 vocalists--Lani Hall and Janis Hansen--in Italian and Portuguese. It was simply fantastic.

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