78 RPM - Perry Como - Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star - RCA Victor - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Perry Como
Label:	RCA Victor
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	20-7128
Date:	Dec 1957
Format:	10"
Genre:	Pop, Vocal
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	7 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Perry Como	Magic Moments	Hal David, Bert Bacharach	10.0 Rate
B	Perry Como	Catch A Falling Star	Paul Vance, Lee Pockris	8.0 Rate

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Both sides: Arr. Joe Reisman
with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers

Producer: Joe Reisman

A side (mx. H2PB-7411, take 8) recorded New York, NY, October 9, 1957.
B side (mx. H2PB-8173, take 8A) recorded New York, NY, December 3, 1957.
(source)

Also issued on 45 RPM as 47-7128

First listed in Billboard, December 30, 1957, page 38: Review Spotlight (see also the full-page RCA ad on the previous page, which lists "Catch a Falling Star" first)

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xiphophilos 25th Nov 2024		Another example where the B side ("Magic Moments") became a hit. RCA Victor's December 30, 1957 ad in Billboard shows that "Catch A Falling Star" was supposed to be the A side. RCA's January 1958 ad in Cashbox instead featured "Magic Moments". And Billboard, Jan. 20, 1958, page 63 declared "Magic Moments" "currently the stronger side, with the proviso that the flip, "Catch A Falling Star", "is also hot." In the end, though, "Catch A Falling Star" rose to #1 on the Billboard Charts, whereas "Magic Moments" climbed only to #4. In the UK, however, "Magic Moments" became the #1 hit: starting on February 28, 1958, it topped the charts for eight weeks.(Malcolm Macfarlane's Perry Como bio)



DeweyGill SUBS 15th Jun 2024		Added Indianapolis variant