Saturday Night with Mr. C. was Perry Como's third RCA Victor 12" long-play album, and his first recorded in stereophonic sound.

[2][3][4] The album is structured as an extended version of the request section of his popular television show, beginning and ending with his theme songs "Dream Along With Me" and "You Are Never Far Away" and with his TV request theme, "We Get Letters" used twice in the album as an intro.

All stereo pressings of Saturday Night With Mr. C. excluded the track "Come Rain or Come Shine", despite that song having its title clearly printed on the jacket.

[6] In the United Kingdom, the album was called Dear Perry and spent five weeks in the Melody Maker album chart Top 10, entering on 8 November 1958 and peaking at number 6.

[7] Perry is accompanied by the Mitchell Ayres orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers, with arrangements by Joe Lipman.