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PREVIEW
9
(Wilson-Porter-Levy)
recorded January 4, 1955 (14:00-17:00);
Webster Hall, 119 E. 11th Street, New York City, Producer: Joe Carlton
Perry Como: vocal; Mitchell Ayres: leader; George Barnes: guitar; Sebastian Mure: guitar; Robert Haggart:
bass; James Crawford: drums; Terry Snyder: drums; Henry Rowland: piano; Bernard Kaufman: saxophone;
Henry Ross: saxophone/contractor; Harry Terrill: saxophone; Stanley Webb: saxophone; Philip Zolkind:
saxophone; The Ray Charles Singers (14:00-17:00: Jack Brown, Lillian Clark, Marilyn Jackson,
Robert Spiro, Stephen Steck, Jr. / 15:00-17:00: Marilyn Palmer, David Vogel, Lois Winter): vocal chorus
RCA Victor 47-5994
master F2-PB 0300-1
Perry Como started making hit records in the
mid-1940s and simply didn’t stop, having a Top
20 record in 1970.
Ko Ko Mo
was his first cover
of a rock ‘n’ roll record (though his cover of the
country song,
Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your
Eyes
, was a #1 hit in 1952.) In fact,
Ko Ko Mo
was RCA’s first cover of a rock ‘n’ roll record
by one of their pop performers.
There’s an interesting story about the original
record (make that records) by Gene (Forrest) &
Eunice (Levy). They first recorded
Ko Ko Mo
for Combo Records. But Gene was still under
contract to Aladdin Records and so when the