Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs
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| Compilation album by Bing Crosby | ||||
| Released | 1949 | |||
| Recorded | 1936-1947 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 20:03 | |||
| Label | Decca Records | |||
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Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs is a Decca Records studio 78rpm album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby featuring the songs of Cole Porter.
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 eleven more in 1948.
Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs includes several songs which had already enjoyed chart success. "I Love You" was a No. 1 hit in 1944 and "Night and Day" charted as well.
Billboard reviewed the album saying:
These songs were featured on a four-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-691. All songs were written by Cole Porter and feature John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, except "I Never Realized", written by Cole Porter and Melville Gideon and featuring Victor Young and His Orchestra.
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