Selections from Going My Way

Selections from Going My Way
Studio album by Bing Crosby
Released Original 78 album: 1945
Original LP album: 1949
Recorded 1944, 1945
Genre Popular
Label Decca
Bing Crosby chronology
Merry Christmas
(1945)Merry Christmas1945		 Selections from Going My Way
(1945)		 Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's
(1946)Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's1946
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Allmusic[1]

Selections from Going My Way is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in late 1945 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical comedy-drama film Going My Way. This was the first release of one of Crosby's best songs throughout his career, "Swinging on a Star", on shellac disc record.

Reception

The album quickly went to the top of the Billboard Best-selling popular record albums chart in October 1945 and remained there for several weeks.[2]

Track listing

These newly issued songs were featured on a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-405.[3]

Side / TitleWritersRecording datePerformed withTime
Disc 1 (18597):
A. "Going My Way"Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van HeusenFebruary 7, 1944John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra2:50
B. "Swinging on a Star"Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van HeusenFebruary 7, 1944the Williams Brothers Quartet* and
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra		2:28
Disc 2 (18704):
A. "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral"James Royce ShannonJuly 17, 1945John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra3:17
B. "The Day After Forever"Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van HeusenFebruary 7, 1944John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra3:00
Disc 3 (18705):
A. "Ave Maria"Franz SchubertApril 25, 1945Victor Young and His Orchestra3:16
B. "Home Sweet Home"Henry Rowley Bishop, John Howard PayneJuly 30, 1945Victor Young and His Orchestra2:55

*featuring a young Andy Williams

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Other releases

Decca released a dual 10” LP of Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's on Decca DL 5052 in 1949.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Going My Way - Bing Crosby - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic".
  2. ↑ "Billboard". Billboard. October 13, 1945.
  3. ↑ "DECCA (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 18500 - 19000".
  4. ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ "DISCOGS.COM". discogs.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
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