The Scene Changes (Perry Como album)

The Scene Changes is Perry Como's 12th RCA Victor 12-inch long-play album.^[3]

The Scene Changes
Studio album by Perry Como
Released	May 1965
Recorded	February 9, 11, and 12, 1965
Studio	RCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Nashville sound[1]
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Chet Atkins
Perry Como chronology
The Songs I Love (1963) The Scene Changes (1965) Lightly Latin (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

The Scene Changes combines Como's vocals with the "Nashville sound" of producer Chet Atkins and vocal arranger Anita Kerr.^[1] Songs for the album were recorded at RCA Victor's Nashville studios.^[4] The album included two early Willie Nelson compositions and a recent top 30 Como single, "Dream On Little Dreamer".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Where Does a Little Tear Come From?" (Johnny MacRae, Marge Barton) – 2:23
2. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson) – 3:02
3. "Here Comes My Baby" (Bill West, Dottie West) – 2:35
4. "Sweet Adorable You" (Thomas Baker Knight) – 2:25
5. "I Really Don't Want to Know" (Don Robertson, Howard Barnes) – 2:36
6. "That Ain't All" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:07

Side two

1. "Dream On Little Dreamer" (Jan Crutchfield, Fred Burch) – 2:18
2. "Stand Beside Me" (Tompall Glaser) – 2:47
3. "A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket of Nails" (Eddie Snyder, Sarah Graham, Richard Ahlert) – 1:58
4. "Gringo's Guitar" (Cindy Walker) – 2:58
5. "My Own Peculiar Way" (Nelson) – 2:48
6. "Give Myself a Party" (Don Gibson) – 2:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from LP liner notes.^[5]

Musicians

• Perry Como – vocals
• The Anita Kerr Quartet – vocals

Additional musicians

• Grady Martin – guitar
• Ray Edenton – guitar
• Hal Bradley – guitar
• Jim Wilkerson – guitar
• Floyd Cramer – piano
• Boots Randolph – saxophone
• Buddy Harman – drums, tambourine
• Bob Moore – double bass
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Pete Drake – steel guitar
• Cam Mullins – trumpet, trombone
• Dutch McMillin – saxophone

Technical

• Chet Atkins – producer
• Anita Kerr – arranger
• Chuck Seitz – engineer
• William Vandevort – engineer
• Red O'Donnell – liner notes