Selections_from_Going_My_Way

<i>Selections from Going My Way</i>

Selections from Going My Way

1945 studio album by Bing Crosby

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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Chart performance

The album reached the top of the Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in October 1945.[2]

Track listing

These newly issued songs were featured on a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-405.[3]

Side / TitleWritersRecording datePerformed withTime
Disc 1 (18597):
A. "Going My Way"Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van HeusenFebruary 7, 1944John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra2:50
B. "Swinging on a Star"Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van HeusenFebruary 7, 1944the Williams Brothers Quartet* and
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra		2:28
Disc 2 (18704):
A. "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral"James Royce ShannonJuly 17, 1945John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra3:17
B. "The Day After Forever"Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van HeusenFebruary 7, 1944John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra3:00
Disc 3 (18705):
A. "Ave Maria"Franz SchubertJuly 30, 1945Victor Young and His Orchestra3:16
B. "Home Sweet Home"Henry Rowley Bishop, John Howard PayneJuly 30, 1945Victor Young and His Orchestra2:55

*featuring a young Andy Williams

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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.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Going My Way - Bing Crosby - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic".
  2. [2]
    "Billboard". Billboard. October 13, 1945.
  3. [3]
    "DECCA (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 18500 - 19000".
  4. [4]
    "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  5. [5]
    "DISCOGS.COM". discogs.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.


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