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Perry Como was an American singer, radio and television performer whose career covered more than fifty years. He is probably best known for his television

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (/ˈkoʊmoʊ/; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning

Show (1954–1960) and The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963). Perry Como also hosted a series of variety shows that collectively ran from 1948 to 1969, followed

Robbins album), 1971 Today! (Mississippi John Hurt album), 1966 Today (Perry Como album), 1987 Today! (Skip James album), 1966 Today (The Statler Brothers

place to do it." In 1953, Perry Como recorded "Eli, Eli" and "Kol Nidrei", and performed the latter on his television shows each year at the appropriate

for the radio show originated with Doug Storer, who was then an advertising executive with the Blackman Company. Storer had heard Perry Como on his non-sponsored

on stories written by Gardner. Perry Mason was one of Hollywood's first weekly one-hour series filmed for television, and remains one of the longest-running

After Perry Como left the Ted Weems Orchestra in late 1942, he returned to his home in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania with the idea of going back to his barbering

regularly scheduled variety show shown on American network television. The Encyclopedia of Television noted that the program "is historically important

Benny, George Burns, Bob Hope, Perry Como, etc.) crowding him more and more as the years went on, as more television performers and creators found their