A Sentimental Date with Perry, also known as A Sentimental Date with Perry Como, is an album by Perry Como released by RCA Victor in February 1948.
Originally, it was a four-records album (cat. no. P-187) containing eight songs across eight sides. In 1952, it was re-issued on a 10-inch LP record.
There was also a later 12-inch LP version with the same title and the same (but extended to 12) song list, see #12-inch LP. It was released in the middle to late 1950s.
The album was originally released as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. P 187) containing eight tracks across eight sides and as a set of three 7-inch 45-rpm records (WP 187; did not include the record "What'll I Do?"/"Love Me or Leave Me").
In 1952, it was issued in two more formats: on LP (a 10-inch LP, cat. no. LPM 2035) and on EP (two EPs in a gatefold sleeve; EPB 3035).
The album spent three consecutive weeks at number one on Billboards Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in FebruaryâÂÂMarch 1948.
Set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records (RCA Victor P 187)
In the middle to late 1950s, RCA Victor released a 12-inch LP (cat. no. LPM 1177) titled A Sentimental Date with Perry Como that contained the same songs as the original album plus four additional songs ("Blue Room" and "With a Rose in My Heart" on side 1, "Lies" and "No Other Love" on side 2). There was also a double-EP version of the new album, with 9 tracks instead of 12 (EPB 1177).
12-inch LP (RCA Victor LPM 1177)