Perry Como - Como's Golden Records (2024) [Hi-Res]

Supplanted by more recent hits roundups on CD, this original RCA package still offers listeners a solid mix of Perry Como's big smashes from the '40s and '50s. The golf-swing crooner is surrounded by strings and big bands throughout, effortlessly reeling off classic pop like "Prisoner of Love," "Temptation," and the Bacharach/David slice of kitsch "Magic Moments" (nice bubbling bassoon on this one). And the gleeful fun rolls on, as the likes of "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" and "A Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)" help close out the album. Slip into that cardigan, mix a gin and tonic, and get ready to tee off.