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{{Infobox album
| name       = 40 Greatest Hits
| type       = greatest
| artist     = [[Perry Como]]
| cover      = 40 greatest hits perry como.jpg
| alt        = 40 greatest hits Perry Como
| released   = {{Start date|1975}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
| length     =
| label      = [[K-Tel]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Just Out of Reach]]
| prev_year  = 1975
| next_title = [[The Best of British]]
| next_year  = 1977
}}
'''''40 Greatest Hits''''' is a [[greatest hits]] album by [[Perry Como]]. It was released by [[K-Tel]] by arrangement with [[RCA Records]] in 1975 and peaked at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name=Hits>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/40%20Greatest%20Hits|title=40 Greatest Hits-Perry Como|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref> It was the [[List of Christmas number one albums (UK)#Runners-up|Christmas number two album]] that year.<ref name="Year 1975">{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19751221/7502/|title=Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|location=[[London]]|access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> The album was not issued in the United States & has never had an official CD release in the UK.
==Track listing==
===Side One===
#[[Magic Moments]]
#Caterina
#[[Catch a Falling Star]]
#I Know
#[[When You Were Sweet Sixteen]]
#I Believe
#[[Try To Remember]]
#Love Makes The World Go Round
#[[Prisoner of Love (1931 song)|Prisoner Of Love]]
#[[Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes]]
===Side Two===
#[[Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)|Hot Diggity]]
#[[Round and Round (Shapiro/Stallman song)|Round and Round]]
#If I Loved You
#[[Hello, Young Lovers (song)|Hello Young Lovers]]
#Delaware
#Moonglow
#[[Killing Me Softly with His Song|Killing Me Softly]]
#[[More (1956 song)|More]]
#[[Dear Hearts and Gentle People]]
#I Love You & Don't You Forget It
===Side Three===
#[[And I Love You So (song)|And I Love You So]]
#[[For the Good Times (song)|For The Good Times]]
#[[(They Long to Be) Close to You|Close To You]]
#Seattle
#[[Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree|Tie A Yellow Ribbon]]
#[[Walk Right Back]]
#[[What Kind of Fool Am I?]]
#[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]
#Where Do I Begin
#Without A Song
===Side Four===
#[[Somos Novios (It's Impossible)|It's Impossible]]
#I Think of You
#[[If (Bread song)|If]]
#[[We've Only Just Begun]]
#I Want To Give
#[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head|Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head]]
#[[You Make Me Feel So Young]]
#[[Temptation (1933 song)|Temptation]]
#[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]
#[[Sing (The Carpenters song)|Sing]]
==Chart performance==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1975)
! scope="col" | Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19751116|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2021}}
|-
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1975)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=27 December 1975 |title=Top Selling Albums For 1975 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |url-status=live |format=PDF |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309074922/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2021 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1976)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=25 December 1976 |title=Top 50 Albums of 1976 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1976/Music-Week-1976-12-25.pdf |url-status=live |format=PDF |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309081449/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1976/Music-Week-1976-12-25.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2021 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>
| 44
|-
|}
==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Perry Como|title=40 Greatest Hits|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1974|certyear=1975|id=140-3446-2|accessdate=30 November 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Perry Como}}
[[Category:Perry Como albums]]
[[Category:1975 greatest hits albums]]
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