The Perry Como Show  /  The Chesterfield Supper Club & The Kraft Music Hall

Original Air Dates: 1948 - 1950, 1955 - 1963 (NBC); 1950 - 1955 (CBS)

 

OPENING THEME: Dream Along With Me ( I'm On My Way To A Star ) Words and Music by Carl Sigman

Dream along with me, I'm on my way to a star
Come along, come along, leave your worries where they are
Up and beyond the sky, watchin' the world roll by
Sharin' a kiss, a sigh, just use your imagination!

On a cloud of love, we'll hear the music of night
We can wink at the moon as we hold each other tight
And if we go in the right direction, heaven can't be very far
Dream along with me, I'm on my way to a star!

(We can wink at the moon as we hold each other tight . . . )
And if we go in the right direction, heaven can't be very far
Dream along with me, I'm on my way to a star!

 

LETTERS SEGMENT THEME: Dear Perry (We Get Letters) composed by Ray Charles (Part of this song has been used for the 'Letters" segment on the Late Show With David Letterman as well).

Letters, we get letters,
we get stacks an' stacks of letters . . .

Dear Perry . . . would you be so kind,
to fill a request, and sing the song I like best?

   

Perry with two of his smallest fans - Kukla & Ollie

CLOSING THEME: You Are Never Far Away From Me, music by Robert Allan with lyrics by Allen Roberts.

You are never far away from me,
When we part I hold your memory!
You linger in my dreams, when day has flown . . .
And through the lonely night, I'm not alone!

When two sweethearts care, as you and I,
There's no sadness in the word, good-bye!
Because you're always in my heart my love,
Wherever I may be, you are never far away from me!