Real Estate
A Long Island home once owned by cardigan-wearing crooner Perry Como, whose family-oriented pop music captured audiences in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, has come back on the market at $2.9 million.
May 20, 2019
Jan. 29, 2016
The stately Colonial is set on 2.5 acres in the Sands Point community of Long Island, New York.
Obituaries
Singer sold more than 100 million records over six decades and hosted an award-winning TV show.
May 13, 2001
Entertainment & Arts
Nick Perito, a composer and arranger who worked with Perry Como and was nominated for Emmys for telecasts of the Kennedy Center Honors, has died.
Aug. 15, 2005
At 80, Perry Como has distilled life to a leisurely essence: a little golf, a little TV, a nightly cocktail, lots of sleep and play with the grandchildren.
Dec. 22, 1992
Music
Despite the impact of Elvis Presley and the rock revolution in the second half of the ‘50s, traditional pop singers--from Nat (King) Cole to Frank Sinatra--remained major sales forces in pop music during that period.
Jan. 28, 1994
Jack Fulton, 90, big-band singer and writer of such songs as “Wanted,” which earned a gold record for singer Perry Como.
Nov. 21, 1993
Re “Perry Como, Soothing Pop Crooner, Dies at 87,” obituary, May 13, and “J.
May 16, 2001