{"id":7893,"date":"2012-05-18T06:32:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T11:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=7893"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:02:46","slug":"happy-birthday-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/05\/18\/happy-birthday-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Mr.C!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryComo1935.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/05\/18\/happy-birthday-perry\/perrycomo1935\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryComo1935.jpg?fit=640%2C757&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,757\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PerryComo1935\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryComo1935.jpg?fit=640%2C757&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7894\" title=\"PerryComo1935\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryComo1935.jpg?resize=640%2C757&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryComo1935.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryComo1935.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_21_133728427013540\">We interrupt today&#8217;s regularly scheduled program &#8211; today would have been <strong>Perry Como&#8217;s 100th birthday<\/strong>!<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_21_133728427013540\">He was best known for his smooth as silk crooning and gave us treasures such as <strong>&#8220;Dream Along With Me&#8221;<\/strong>, <strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes&#8221;<\/strong> and my favorite &#8211; <strong>&#8220;If I&#8217;m Lucky&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><!--more--><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dmkg_E2evbg\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_21_133728427013540\">From Wikipedia:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_21_1337284270135169\">Pierino Ronald &#8220;Perry&#8221; Como<\/strong>\u00a0(May 18, 1912 &#8211; May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. &#8220;Mr. C.&#8221;, as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history. Como was seen weekly on television from 1949 to 1963, then continued hosting the Kraft Music Hall &#8211; variety program on a monthly basis until 1967. His television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. Also a popular recording artist, Perry Como produced numerous hit records with record sales so high the label literally stopped counting at Como&#8217;s behest. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is a later photo of\u00a0<strong>Perry<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Dinah Shore<\/strong>\u00a0from one of my vintage\u00a0<strong>Family Circle<\/strong>\u00a0magazines circa 1956!<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryFamilyCircle.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/05\/18\/happy-birthday-perry\/perryfamilycircle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryFamilyCircle.jpg?fit=640%2C841&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,841\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PerryFamilyCircle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryFamilyCircle.jpg?fit=640%2C841&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7906\" title=\"PerryFamilyCircle\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryFamilyCircle.jpg?resize=640%2C841&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryFamilyCircle.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PerryFamilyCircle.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>&#8230;and thanks to the miracle of the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Perry_Como_1952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Internet Archive,<\/strong><\/a> here&#8217;s <em><strong>The Perry Como Show<\/strong><\/em> shot LIVE in 1952!!!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/Perry_Como_1952\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBrought to you by<em><strong> Chesterfield Cigarettes!<\/strong><\/em> You can tell the advertisers were sweating the Federal Trade Commission back then, but not Mr. C. He was the voice and image of calm!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0Happy birthday Mr. Como!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We interrupt today&#8217;s regularly scheduled program &#8211; today would have been Perry Como&#8217;s 100th birthday! He was best known for his smooth as silk crooning and gave us treasures such as &#8220;Dream Along With Me&#8221;, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Let The Stars Get &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/05\/18\/happy-birthday-perry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,4],"tags":[1157,1596,1599,588,1211,1597,1598,1600,1595],"class_list":["post-7893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-news","tag-100-years-old","tag-100th-birthday","tag-1599","tag-chesterfield","tag-cigarettes","tag-crooners","tag-family-circle","tag-happy-birthday-perry-como","tag-perry-como"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-23j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36676,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/10\/21\/happy-birthday-mom-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":7893,"position":0},"title":"Happy Birthday, Mom","author":"Joe","date":"October 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the 100th anniversary of my mother's birth. 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