( The )  Wind Beneath My Wings

 

Words and Music by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, 1983, 1988

 

Arranged, Conducted and Produced by Nick Perito

Co-Produced by Roncom Productions, Inc.

 

Recorded at Evergreen Studios, Burbank, California

Orchestra Contractor: Joe Soldo

Recording Engineer: John Richards

Assistant Engineer: Mike Hatcher

Recording Time 4:12

 

Recorded February 2nd & 3rd, 1987    ~ Matrix No. unknown

Remixing by Mike Moran, RCA Studios, New York City.

Mastered by Jack Adelman at RCA, New York City

 

Album issue: BMG-LP12 "Perry Como Today" 6368-1-R STEREO 1987

 

 

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Arranged, Conducted and Produced by Nick Perito

Co-Produced by Roncom Productions, Inc.

Recorded at Evergreen Studios, Burbank, California

Orchestra Contractor: Joe Soldo

Recording Engineer: John Richards

Assistant Engineer: Mike Hatcher

Recorded February 2nd & 3rd, 1987

 

Notes: ~ ( a.k.a. "Hero" ) Gary Morris had a Country Chart hit with this song on Warner Brothers

and Lou Rawls charted R&B/Popular on Epic. Under the title "Hero" Gladys Night and the Pips

also charted on Columbia. Others renditions were done by Willie Nelson and Sheena Easton on

Columbia and EMI America respectively. Bette Midler sang the song on the 1988 soundtrack

of "Beaches" and had a hit single on Atlantic. The song was a Grammy Awards winner for

Record and Song of the year in 1989.

A Perry Como Discography 

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