Glendora (song)


"Glendora" is a popular song written by Ray Stanley and published in 1956. It was recorded on May 8, 1956 by Perry Como. It was released by RCA Victor in the United States and by RCA in France ; it was released in the United Kingdom by HMV.
The song deals with a man's unusual attraction to a department store mannequin, and his disillusionment when, at the end of the song, he happens to see it disassembled during the store's renovation.
The flip side of the US and UK releases is "More." The French release's flip side is "Mandolins in the Moonlight." The song reached number eight on the US charts and number 18 on the UK charts.
"Glendora" was re-released by RCA Victor as a single in the "Gold Standard" series, backed with "More." It has been included on albums Como-Tion and Love Makes the World Go 'Round.
The song was later recorded by Billy Young in 1963, the Downliners Sect in 1966, and the Slickee Boys in 1979.
In Finland the song has been recorded by Olavi Virta, Brita Koivunen, and Rauli Badding Somerjoki.
The song is repeatedly mentioned in Nikos Nikolaidis' Greek film The Wretches Are Still Singing filmed in 1979. More specifically, one of the lead characters mentions at the start of the film that "Well, do you know when everything got screwed up?", proceeding to answer his own question with "when that cretin Perry Como sang Glendora". However, at the end of the film another leading actor admits that it was not Perry Como's fault by saying that "It was one of Konstantinos' jokes to cover things up".