Article: Perry Como's achievement: living quietly.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Article: Perry Como, Making It All Sound Easy
The Washington Post;  May 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Perry Como died "in his sleep," the obituaries ... movies and, especially, on television, Perry Como was known for a style so soft and smooth ... The dream, of course, has ended. Perry Como stopped performing several years before ...

Article: Perry Como: He put stars in many eyes.(Editorial)
The Boston Herald;  May 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... office now, a 16 by 20 photograph of Perry Como, my mother, my aunt Lorraine and me ... joy just to look at it. My mother met Perry Como because of me. But I knew him and his ... most of the time. But I said, "Mama, Perry Como has front row seats for us," and she ...

Article: Perry Como Dies at 87; Crooner Was King of Casual
The Washington Post;  May 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Perry Como, 87, a onetime barber whose melodic baritone voice and old ... no season or holiday could pass without being celebrated by a Perry Como TV special. "The Perry Como Thanksgiving Show," on NBC in 1965, was followed that year ...

Article: Perry Como, 87, Affable Singer On Radio and ...
The Washington Post;  May 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Reprinted from yesterday's late editions Perry Como, 87, a onetime barber whose melodic baritone ... holiday could pass without being celebrated by a Perry Como TV special. "The Perry Como Thanksgiving Show," on NBC in 1965, was followed ...

Perry Como
Archive Photos;  January 1, 1996 ;     293 words ...Archive Photos 01-01-1996 Perry Como Previously a big band vocalist of the late 1930's and 1940's, Perry Como established himself as one of America ... music stars. singers. vocalists. Perry Como. headshot celebrities. entertainers ...

Transcript: Profile: Perry Como, who died at age 87
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  May 13, 2001 ;     408 words ...00-00-0000 Profile: Perry Como, who died at age 87 Host: LIANE ... radio and television has died. Perry Como, born Pierino Roland Como to an ... years in show business, someone told Perry Como that he'd sold over 100 million ...

Article: Perry Como to croon once again for holidays
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 2, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... After all these years, silver-haired Perry Como still projects the image of a relaxed ... present his 33rd holiday program, "Perry Como's Christmas in San Antonio," at 9 ... Como's material for 43 years. His "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall," telecast to ...