"Perry Como wasn't that different to me than Paul Simon or Ray Charles, " she tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

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Soon afterward, Perry Como recorded their song "Magic Moments, " which also climbed the charts.

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David's work was performed by a huge array of artists over the decades, including Perry Como, Louis Armstrong, the Carpenters and Sandie Shaw.

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Flying on a perfect day to your perfect tunes may be heaven, but trapped in a cockpit with Perry Como elevator musak is something far closer to some very bizarre kind of torture.

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