Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster

Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster
Compilation album by Bing Crosby
Released Original 78 album: 1946
Re-release 78 album: 1946
Original LP album: 1949
Recorded 1935, 1940, 1941
Genre Popular
Label Decca
Bing Crosby chronology
Selections from Road to Utopia
(1946)		 Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster
(1946)		 What We So Proudly Hail
(1946)

Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby of songs by Stephen Foster released in 1946.

Background

Bing Crosby had enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1940s with his discography showing six No. 1 hits in 1944 alone. His films such as Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's were huge successes as were the Road films he made with Bob Hope. On radio, his Kraft Music Hall and Philco Radio Time shows were very popular. Decca Records built on this by issuing a number of 78rpm album sets, some featuring freshly recorded material and others utilizing Crosby's back catalogue. Ten of these sets were released in 1946, nine in 1947 and nine more in 1948. Most of these 78rpm albums were reissued as 10" vinyl LP's in subsequent years.

Reception

Billboard liked the album saying: "It was expected that sooner or later Bing Crosby would make an album of Stephen Foster tunes. Crosby does full justice to the popular composer's music."[1]

Original track listing

The songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-440.[2]

Disc 1: (18801)

  1. "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", recorded March 22, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "Nell and I", recorded March 22, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Disc 2: (18802)

  1. "Beautiful Dreamer", recorded March 22, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair", recorded June 16, 1941 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Disc 3: (18803)

  1. "My Old Kentucky Home", recorded December 9, 1940 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "De Camptown Races", recorded December 9, 1940 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3]

Disc 4: (18804)

  1. "Old Folks at Home", recorded February 21, 1935 with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "Old Black Joe", recorded June 16, 1941 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3]

Re-issue track listing

The same songs were issued on another 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-482 later in 1946,[4] although the actual discs had different numbers.

Disc 1: (25127)

  1. "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", recorded March 22, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "Nell and I", recorded March 22, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Disc 2: (25128)

  1. "Beautiful Dreamer", recorded March 22, 1940 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair", recorded June 16, 1941 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Disc 3: (25129)

  1. "My Old Kentucky Home", recorded December 9, 1940 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "De Camptown Races", recorded December 9, 1940 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3]

Disc 4: (25130)

  1. "Old Folks at Home", recorded February 21, 1935 with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra[3]
  2. "Old Black Joe", recorded June 16, 1941 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3]

LP track listing

The same songs were issued on a Decca 10" album DL 5010 in 1949.

SIDE ONE

  1. "Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair"
  2. "Nell and I"
  3. "Beautiful Dreamer"
  4. "Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair"

SIDE TWO

  1. "My Old Kentucky Home"
  2. "Camptown Races
  3. "Swanee River"
  4. "Old Black Joe"

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard". Billboard: 30. June 1, 1946.
  2. ↑ "DISCOGS". discogs.com. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "DISCOGS". discogs.com. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
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