Perry Como

Like, I don't love the songs.

Now, I, you know, as somebody who loves to hit to the antique stores and junk shops and pick up old vinyl, you know, I, I love to hear Perry Como records, and I love to hear Charlie Pride's take on Christmas from about 1971.

Right.

But if I'm listening to a top 10 country performer from 2015 and their interpretation of Christmas, chances are I'm not gonna love it.

You know, "Savor it, son." You know, with, with the voice of a World War II veteran.

Yeah.

So it was really fun to, when we, when we wrote these songs, to channel our own Christmas memories into it and, and have these omniscient narrators who are at once Perry Como, and at once our own fathers.

He didn't have a beard like Santa, but his cheeks were just as red.

It feels good.

What was Perry Como's problem?

What was his problem?

Yeah, look at his shirt and his hair.

Anyway.

But the song's so fun.

Well, uh, happy birthday, Perry Como.

No.

And that, my friends, was Dreaming by Johnny Burnette from 1960.

That one came in at number 11 Coming in in 1965 at number 25, let me think, 1965 here, Perry Como.

Let's try it.

Sir, do it.

Little dreamer, dream on.

Little dreamer, dream on.

Oh, I got you guessing, got you guessing, huh? Dream On Little Dreamer by Perry Como, 1965.

Hmm.

I remember that one.

Perry Como.

Don't

let the stars

Well, the interesting thing about the, Lorne's life before SNL, and this I would say is my favorite part of the book to report because nobody knew any of this stuff.

Even though he worked on some real duds like The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, he, and he also worked for Perry Como, you know.

[gasps]

Every time he was on one of these shows, he took something away from it.

Yep.

And, uh, so it ama- What I appreciate hearing is, you can hear a song that, say, Frank Sinatra or Perry Como or Andy Williams, somebody like that recorded, and every now and then you'll hear just shading of the pitch just a little bit.

Yeah.

But it's so refreshing to hear stuff like that, 'cause it's real, it's warm.

Robert Allen passed away in 2000 at the age of 73 from cancer.

He was a composer and pianist who was famous for his 1950s traditional pop standards for artists like Johnny Mathis and also Perry Como, including the songs Chances Are and Home for the Holidays.

Nick Reynolds passed away in 2008 at the age of 75 from acute respiratory disease.

He was an American folk singer and guitarist who was a founding member of the Kingston Trio.