Released 1951 Collectors' Classics
(1951) Way Back Home
(1951) Release date 1951 Genre Traditional pop music | Recorded 1934-1940 Artist Bing Crosby Label Decca Records | |
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Length 3:09:29 (total of all 8 albums) People also search for Christmas With Frank & Bing | ||
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vols. 1-8 are a set of Decca Records compilation albums by Bing Crosby featuring songs from his various films over the years. The albums were issued as 10” LPs numbered DL6008 to DL6015 and 4-disc 45rpm sets numbered 9-194 to 9-201.
Contents
- Background
- Track listings
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 1
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 2
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 3
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 4
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 5
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 6
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 7
- Bing Crosby Collectors Classics Vol 8
- References
Background
In January 1951, Bing Crosby was honoured with various awards and special radio programs on what was described as his 20th anniversary as a single in show business. Decca celebrated by issuing this comprehensive set of the commercial recordings of songs from his films.
Billboard had given advance details:
20 Years—and Boom for Bing!NEW YORK, Dec. 23. — One of the most extensive promotions in show business history is being readied for the month of January to herald Bing Crosby's 20th anniversary and to push Der Bingle’s new film, Mr. Music. The anniversary marks Crosby’s first appearance as a single entity in show business, tho his actual tenure in the field dates back even further to his days as a member of Paul Whiteman Rhythm Boys. The promotion is a five-way deal between Decca Records, Paramount Pictures, the Columbia Broadcasting System, Chesterfield Cigarettes and Famous-Paramount Music Publishers…Hub of the Decca drive will be the largest single issue of Crosby disks – 8 new albums – to be marketed at one time. Albums will cover songs Bing has done in his pictures…The diskery will also issue 12 new 45 r.p.m. albums, 10 of which have appeared on 78 and LP and two completely new – a collection of current Broadway show tunes and an Irish songs album. Diskery will gift Bing with a platinum record of his White Christmas which has sold over 7,000,000 copies.
Track listings
Track listings from Bing Crosby discography. Recording dates follow song titles.
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 1
Track listing (DL 6008)
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 2
Track listing (DL 6009)
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 3
Track listing (DL 6010)
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 4
Track listing (DL 6011)
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 5
Track listing (DL 6012)
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 6
Track listing (DL 6013)
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 7
Track listing (DL 6014)
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vol. 8
Track listing (DL 6015)