WOODBURY, N.J., Sept. 15, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Art Vallee remembers his favorite anecdotes of the legend that made easy listening a genre in this loving, picture-filled biography, Dream Along with Me and Perry Como. The new book, released through Xlibris, speaks through the eyes of a friend in an affectionate and vividly remembering light.
Dream Along with Me and Perry Como fondly recalls the real man behind the smooth voice, stripped of the celebrity glitter and the immaculate tuxedo. Vallee came to know Perry to be a very simple man, uncorrupted by show business and very partial to the unassuming. He compares both their lives as having started in a small and obscure job at a barbershop and then going up similar but separate paths to better stations in life. He goes back to the times when they would visit each other's homes, cut each other's hair to see who was the better barber, play pranks on their friends, and take walks in the heat of mid-afternoon.
Vallee's portrayal of the man "who invented casual" is surprising when set against the make-believe Hollywood world. Perry Como, as can be assumed from Vallee's descriptions, is gentle, lovable, funny , and - above all - humble. Vallee captures that man and now shares him with the rest of the world. Dream Along with Me and Perry Como is an easily lovable account of a deep friendship that extended over and beyond work, fame and time. It will move you and imprint in your mind forever a fond picture of The Man with The Voice. To learn more about Art Vallee and Perry Como's friendship, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
Dream Along with Me and Perry Como * by Art Vallee
Legendary Entertainer... My Best Friend
Publication Date: June 26, 2006
Picture Book; $29.99; 82 pages; 978-1-4134-0192-9
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