# So Smooth

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***So Smooth*** is [Perry Como's](/source/Perry_Como) first RCA Victor 12" long-play album, recorded and originally released in 1955.[1] It successfully reached the pop top-10 in the US.[2]

## Overview

*So Smooth* was Como's first album recorded at [Webster Hall](/source/Webster_Hall) in New York City, and his first album with the [Ray Charles Singers](/source/Ray_Charles_Singers) who would support him generally throughout the remainder of his recording career.[3] *So Smooth* was released in the UK as *We Get Letters Volume 2* as his popularity gained international appeal during the late 1950s. Under this title, the album peaked at number 4 in the *[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror)* albums chart, entering on 28 June 1958 and spending seven weeks within the top five.[4]

Although RCA Victor issued several LP collections by Como prior to this album, this was Como's first album of all-new material recorded especially for an LP release. Como viewed the LP format differently from the singles market, eschewing the kind of popular novelty songs he often recorded for single releases on the 45 and 78 RPM format in favor of collections devoted to well-known standards mostly dating back to the 1930s and 1940s.

All selections were arranged by [Joe Lipman](/source/Joe_Lipman).

## Chart performance

The album reached No. 7 on the [Best-Selling Pop LP's](/source/Billboard_200) chart, staying on it for ten weeks.[2] It climbed to No. 5 on the [*Cashbox* Top 15 Best-Selling Albums](/source/Cash_Box) during a thirty-week run on it.[5]

## Track listing

**Side one**

1. "[It's a Good Day](/source/It's_a_Good_Day)" (Words and music by [Peggy Lee](/source/Peggy_Lee) and [Dave Barbour](/source/Dave_Barbour)) – 1:43
1. "[As Time Goes By](/source/As_Time_Goes_By_(song))" (Words and music by [Herman Hupfeld](/source/Herman_Hupfeld)) – 3:12
1. "[I've Got the World on a String](/source/I've_Got_the_World_on_a_String)" (Words and music by [Harold Arlen](/source/Harold_Arlen) and [Ted Koehler](/source/Ted_Koehler)) – 2:21
1. "[My Funny Valentine](/source/My_Funny_Valentine)" (Words and music by [Richard Rodgers](/source/Richard_Rodgers) and [Lorenz Hart](/source/Lorenz_Hart)) – 2:44
1. "[For Me and My Gal](/source/For_Me_and_My_Gal_(song))" (Words and music by [George W. Meyer](/source/George_W._Meyer), [Edgar Leslie](/source/Edgar_Leslie) and [E. Ray Goetz](/source/E._Ray_Goetz)) – 2:33
1. "[I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues](/source/I_Gotta_Right_to_Sing_the_Blues)" (Words and music by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler) – 2:47

**Side two**

1. "[Breezin' Along with the Breeze](/source/Breezin'_Along_with_the_Breeze)" (Words and music by [Haven Gillespie](/source/Haven_Gillespie), [Seymour Simons](/source/Seymour_Simons) and [Richard Whiting](/source/Richard_A._Whiting)) – 2:17
1. "[It's the Talk of the Town](/source/It's_the_Talk_of_the_Town)" (Words and music by [Jerry Livingston](/source/Jerry_Livingston) and [Marty Symes](/source/Marty_Symes) with [Al J. Neiburg](/source/Al_J._Neiburg)) – 3:40
1. "[You Do Something to Me](/source/You_Do_Something_to_Me_(Cole_Porter_song))" (Words and music by [Cole Porter](/source/Cole_Porter)) – 1:54
1. "It Happened in Monterey" (Words and music by Mabel Wayne and [William Rose](/source/Billy_Rose)) – 3:03
1. "[One for My Baby and One More for the Road](/source/One_for_My_Baby_(and_One_More_for_the_Road))" (Words and music by [Harold Arlen](/source/Harold_Arlen) and [Johnny Mercer](/source/Johnny_Mercer)) – 3:43
1. "[In The Still of the Night](/source/In_the_Still_of_the_Night_(1937_song))" (Words and music by [Cole Porter](/source/Cole_Porter)) – 2:45

## Charts

Weekly chart peaks for So Smooth Chart (1955) Peak position UK Record Mirror Official Album Chart[4] 4 US Billboard Best-Selling Pop LP's[2] 7 US Cashbox Top 15 Best-Selling Albums[5] 5

## References

1. ["So Smooth"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130504090753/http://www.kokomo.ca/album_01.htm). Kokomo. Archived from [the original](http://www.kokomo.ca/album_01.htm) on May 4, 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2011.

1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). [*Top LPs, 1955–1972*](https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/52/mode/2up). Record Research. p. 34. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

1. ["So Smooth-credits"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/so-smooth-r24865/credits). AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

1. *[British Hit Singles & Albums](/source/British_Hit_Singles_%26_Albums)* 18th edition, [Guinness World Records](/source/Guinness_World_Records) 2005, page 117

1. Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). [*The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974*](https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/76/mode/2up). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.

## External links

- [Perry Como Discography](http://www.kokomo.ca/)

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