Lightly Latin

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Field	Value
name	Lightly Latin
type	Album
artist	Perry Como
cover	Como Latin.jpg
released	May 1966
recorded	December 29, 30, 1965 ~ February 22, 25, 28, March 1, 1966
genre	Vocal
label	RCA Victor
producer	Andy Wiswell
prev_title	The Scene Changes
prev_year	1965
next_title	Perry Como in Italy
next_year	1966
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Lightly Latin is Perry Como's 13th RCA Victor 12" long-play album.

Background

By 1966 Como semi-retired,{{cite book | last = Larkin | first = Colin | title = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | edition = 4th | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-531373-4 | page = 1989 | quote = Entry for Perry Como (unpublished preview)

Overview

The album features lighter Latin-American style arrangements by Nick Perito, his first collaboration with Como. The 1966 release includes five compositions by Brazilian guitarist and bossa Nova specialist Antonio Carlos Jobim, the recent Grammy Award winning hit from the Vincente Minnelli directed motion picture The Sandpiper; The Shadow Of Your Smile, and an early cover version of "Yesterday" by the Beatles.

The album reached No. 86 on Billboard Top LPs, with the minor success he made another language themed album a few months later.

Reception

Billboard said that "Perry's nation-wide TV following consistent record sales, coupled with the current interest in Latin music, make this one, (the album), a natural."{{cite magazine | title = New LPs | magazine = Billboard | date = 1966-05-07 | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_igEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA2 | page = 2 | access-date = 2025-07-12 | quote = Perry Como's album Lightly Latin is listed among the "New LPs" in this issue. | language = en | issn = 0006-2510

Track listing

Side 1

"How Insensitive" (music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius De Moraes)
"Stay With Me" (Music by Nick Perito and lyrics by Ray Charles)
"(The) Shadow of Your Smile" (music by Johnny Mandel & words by Paul Francis Webster)
"Meditation" (music by Antonio Carlos Jobim with original lyrics by Newton Mendonça)
"And Roses and Roses" (words and music by Ray Gilbert and Dorival Caymmi)
"Yesterday" (words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Side 2

"Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma" (music by Sosa Tomas Mendez and lyrics by Patricia P. Valando and Ronnie Carson)
"Dindi" (Music by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Aloysio De Oliveira)
"Baía" (Music and original lyrics by Ary Evangelista Barroso)
"Once I Loved" (music by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics by Vinicius De Moraes)
"Manhã de Carnaval" (music by Luiz Bonfá and lyrics by Antonio Mariz)
"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (music by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees and Buddy Kaye)

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1966) | Peak position | |---|---| | US Billboard Top LPs | 86 | | US Cashbox Top 100 Albums | 65 | ::

References

{{AllMusic
"Lightly Latin". Kokomo.
"Lightly Latin-credits". AllMusic.
(1966-06-18). "Billboard issue — June 18, 1966". Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
Whitburn, Joel. (1996). "Top LPs, 1955–1996". Record Research.
Hoffmann, Frank W. (1988). "The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974". Scarecrow Press.

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