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"At Your Command"
Song

"At Your Command" is a 1931 song recorded by Bing Crosby on June 24, 1931 with piano accompaniment by Harry Barris.[1] The lyrics were written by Bing Crosby and Harry Tobias, The music was composed by Harry Barris.

The song was released as a Brunswick Records 78 single and the recording reached no. 1 on the pop singles charts for three weeks in the U.S., with a chart run of nine weeks.[2] The song was published by Robbins Music Corporation in New York.

Bing Crosby sang "At Your Command" in the 1931 Mack Sennett two-reeler movie short I Surrender Dear.[3]

The song has appeared on the following Bing Crosby albums:

  • The Voice of Bing in the 30s, Brunswick, 1959
  • No. 1 Hits & Million Sellers, Castle Pie, 2002
  • All the Number-One Hits, Goldies, 2002
  • Swinging on a Star: His Fifty Greatest Hits of the 30s & 40s, ASV/Living Era, 2003
  • Gold, Geffen, 2008

References

  1. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Song artist 1 - Bing Crosby. tsort.info.
  3. ^ I Surrender Dear (1931). IMDB.

Sources

  • Giddins, Gary, "Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams" pp. 259–60, 2001. ISBN 0-316-88188-0 and ISBN 0-316-88645-9.
  • Grudens, Richard (2002). Bing Crosby – Crooner of the Century. Celebrity Profiles Publishing Co.. ISBN 1-57579-248-6.
  • Macfarlane, Malcolm. Bing Crosby – Day By Day. Scarecrow Press, 2001.
  • Osterholm, J. Roger. Bing Crosby: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1994.