Star Songs: Catch a Falling Star (#7)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (62161)
United States
January 6, 2022 11:11am CST
As usual, I’m watching snow falling on web cams. Unfortunately, they’re local web cams. 
The city is doing okay, but the heavier snow is falling in the southern and eastern parts of Kentucky. We won’t see the stars in the sky tonight because of the cloud cover, but that doesn’t mean I can’t give you another song with “star” in the title. This theme was suggested by @RasmaSandra and I hope she’s enjoying it.
#7: Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como
Sometimes I feel like Perry Como at Woodstock
(Bartender in a gay bar in Brothers)
The other day I promised @DianneN I would not say “they can’t all be Bing Crosby” to her one day. Well, this is that day.
Yes, Perry Como and his cardigan sweaters were a joke (and still are, probably), but dang that man could sing. I have one of his songs on my 100 favorites list. Yes, amid the Clash and David Bowie songs, there sits Perry Como.
This was Como’s last #1 hit (understandable, considering that rock and roll was taking over by the time this was released in 1957). It won him a Grammy as well.
And it remains a pop standard from a long-forgotten (by most) but long-loved (by some, still) singing great.
Catch a Falling Star
Written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss
Recorded by Perry Como
Released as a single, 1957
Love may come and tap you on the shoulder:
The city is doing okay, but the heavier snow is falling in the southern and eastern parts of Kentucky. We won’t see the stars in the sky tonight because of the cloud cover, but that doesn’t mean I can’t give you another song with “star” in the title. This theme was suggested by @RasmaSandra and I hope she’s enjoying it.
#7: Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como
Sometimes I feel like Perry Como at Woodstock
(Bartender in a gay bar in Brothers)
The other day I promised @DianneN I would not say “they can’t all be Bing Crosby” to her one day. Well, this is that day.
Yes, Perry Como and his cardigan sweaters were a joke (and still are, probably), but dang that man could sing. I have one of his songs on my 100 favorites list. Yes, amid the Clash and David Bowie songs, there sits Perry Como.
This was Como’s last #1 hit (understandable, considering that rock and roll was taking over by the time this was released in 1957). It won him a Grammy as well.
And it remains a pop standard from a long-forgotten (by most) but long-loved (by some, still) singing great.
Catch a Falling Star
Written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss
Recorded by Perry Como
Released as a single, 1957
Love may come and tap you on the shoulder:
Music video by Perry Como performing Catch a Falling Star (Audio). (C) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainmenthttp://vevo.ly/t9wOAC
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16 responses
@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
6 Jan 22
Oh, well, they can’t all be Bing Crosby….oh, wait, that doesn’t work on you. 
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@kobesbuddy (74591)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Jan 22
@FourWalls Tiny Tim, did he get any votes? LOL
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@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Jan 22
I had a 45 when I was younger called Catch a Pickled Herring...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesCatch A Pickled Herring · Boreson & SetterbergFun Novelty Songs? 2009 Master Classics RecordsReleased on: 2009-...
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
Yeah, don’t put that in your pocket!!!! 2 people like this
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jan 22
I am I am and I sure love this song, Perry sings it so well,
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
6 Jan 22
I can’t listen to that nonstop, but a little Perry Como hits the right spot every now and then!!!
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
6 Jan 22
@FourWalls I can't listen to too much Perry either. My music tastes have changed over the years
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
I think I’d enjoy it better if I were in Tampa.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
7 Jan 22
I saw him once
I thought he was in a Coma.
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
He isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Some people use his music when they have insomnia.
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
@JimBo452020 — that’s what Engelbert Humperdink is for: heavy-duty insomnia cases.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
7 Jan 22
@FourWalls
I can really.relate.to that,
Perry Coma
If that doesn't make you sleep nothing will
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
6 Jan 22
When I was young, I thought that Perry Como was so boring, but now that I am older I appreciate him more.
My favorite song of his is "And I Love You So".
Provided to YouTube by BMG Special ProductsAnd I Love You So · Perry ComoIt's Impossible? 1973 BMG MusicReleased on: 1987-10-03Composer, Lyricist: Don McLean...
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
6 Jan 22
Excellent song. Did you know that Don McLean wrote that?
@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
7 Jan 22
Perry is too high energy and exciting for me. I saw him in Vegas once and then had to go to a Kiss concert to calm down.
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
I understand. Those cardigan sweaters….MAN!!!
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@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
7 Jan 22
@FourWalls They are a major part of it. It's like watching electricity.
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
15 Jan 22
Oh, I enjoy Perry Como, too. Not a lot, because that’s not my “era” of music, but good music is good music, period.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
17 Jan 22
@FourWalls i concur totally - good music is good music
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
Oh, what a nice coincidence! Glad it brings back wonderful memories for you. 
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@DianneN (246905)
• United States
7 Jan 22
@FourWalls Thank you! Just asked stupid Alexa to play it for me
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
As I said li wasn’t raised on pop standards, but they were still prevalent so I could see the stars on TV when I was a kid. Obviously it stuck with me.
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@kobesbuddy (74591)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Jan 22
My Aunt Marnie & Uncle Bill heard Perry Como performing live. Catch a Falling Star, their favorite song he did:)
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
6 Jan 22
It’s not my favorite of his, but it’s a good one!
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@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
7 Jan 22
I remember this song and Perry very well.
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
Now you see why your brain twirls when reading my countdowns? R.E.M. and Perry Como on successive days?!?
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
7 Jan 22
i love that song - remember listening to it (my dad loved como)!
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
He had those Kraft music shows in the 60s when I was growing up. A song he covered will be showing up soon……
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
7 Jan 22
@DocAndersen — no, dear, stars. Hence, the theme.
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@DocAndersen (54411)
• United States
7 Jan 22
@FourWalls what did he cover it with? A tarp?
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@FourWalls (62161)
• United States
6 Jan 22
Yes, not all of those “Tin Pan Alley” songs were well written, but they are delightful to listen to! (I wasn’t even born when this came out, which makes me very thankful for records and a mother who liked a variety of things.)
