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On May 4, 1959, the first ever Grammy Awards were held. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Ella Fitzgerald and Harry Mancini, among others, each won two awards. Perry Como won Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for “Catch a Falling Star”.

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Artist: Perry Como
Song: "Prisoner Of Love"

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Oh my papa, you’re such a loveable ol’ cornball.

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My mother made my first pair of long trousers. They were white flannel for wearing at the local annual church bazaar and open-air carnival, where I was to be allowed to take tickets on the merry-go-round. Those homemade trousers didn’t seem to fit or appear as well, nor was the flannel of the same quality, as the shop-bought ready-made versions of white flannels I saw on other boys. I was crestfallen and my day at the carnival spoiled. The long hours of my mother’s labour and love went unappreciated, until now as I look back upon it. How sad that we can’t know what we know until we know it. I wonder if the appearance of my name on so many best-dressed lists is a consequence of the boyish shame from wearing those homemade flannel trousers.