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Don't Fence Me In (Decca album)

Don't Fence Me In:
Songs of the Wide Open Spaces
A-559 Don't Fence Me In.jpg
Compilation album by Bing Crosby,
The Andrews Sisters
Released 1946 (original 78rpm album)
1947 (re-release 78 album: 1947
Original LP album: 1949
Recorded 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
Genre Popular, Country
Length 33:56 (original release)
Label Decca
Bing Crosby chronology
Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's
(1946)
Don't Fence Me In
(1946)
The Happy Prince
(1946)
Andrews Sisters chronology
Don't Fence Me In
(1946)
The Andrews Sisters
(1946)

Don't Fence Me In is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters released in 1946 featuring Country and Western songs. This album contained the enormously popular record "Pistol Packin' Mama", which sold over a million copies and became the first number one hit on the then-new Juke Box Folk Song Records Chart that was later renamed the Hot Country Songs Chart.

The original 78rpm album quickly entered the Billboard best-selling popular record albums chart reaching the No. 2 position in April, 1946.

These previously released songs were featured on a 6-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-417. The Andrews Sisters appear on Disc 1.

In 1947, another set was released. It excluded two of the songs from the original album. The only design difference is that the text cylinder at the bottom was turned white. You can see the black one on the original album above. These previously released songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-559.

Disc 1 (23848): "Don't Fence Me In" / "Pistol Packin' Mama"
Disc 2 (23968): "New San Antonio Rose"/ "It Makes No Difference Now"
Disc 3 (23969): "You Are My Sunshine" / "Ridin' Down the Canyon"
Disc 4 (23970): "Walking the Floor Over You" / "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine"

The 1949 10" LP album issue Decca DL 5063 consisted of eight songs on one 33 1/3 rpm record. All were reissues of earlier recordings:


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