Recorded 1944, 1945 Release date 1945 | Artist Bing Crosby Label Decca Records | |
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Released Original 78 album: 1945
Original LP album: 1949 Selections from Going My Way
(1945) Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's
(1946) Genres Traditional pop music, Pop music Similar Favorite Hawaiian Songs - V, Victor Herbert Melodies, Favorite Hawaiian Songs - V, Selections from Road to Rio, Victor Herbert Melodies | ||
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.
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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.
Track listing
These newly issued songs were featured on a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-405.
*featuring a young Andy Williams
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.
References
Selections from Going My Way Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA