Perry Como, born Pierino Ronald Como on May 18, 1912, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was an American singer and television personality. He was the seventh of 13 children born to Italian immigrant ...

Sixty years ago, Perry Como cut a hit record of the dumbest song ever written. O.K., maybe not quite ever, but “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom),” a stupefyingly banal novelty tune, surely ranks right ...

What made him successful? Was it dazzling special effects? Booty-shaking dance routines? Ear-splitting guitar riffs? No, it was the warm, relaxed manner of the man Bing Crosby dubbed “the man who ...

Perry Como is so relaxed that he sometimes gives the impression of being made of sponge rubber with a core of Seconal. His eye is soft, his movements languid, his voice soothing. He views the world as ...

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Maybe some nice guys finish last. Perry Como was not one of them. Armed with a velvet baritone and a cardigan sweater, Como for almost 70 years offered a soothing pool of calm amid the turbulent seas ...