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Crosbyana

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Decca Presents Crosbyana: 12 Favorite Songs From Bing Crosby’s Paramount Picture
Compilation album by
ReleasedOriginal 78 album: 1941[1]
Recorded1934, 1935
GenrePopular
Length36:17
LabelDecca
Bing Crosby chronology
Small Fry
(1941)
Decca Presents Crosbyana: 12 Favorite Songs From Bing Crosby’s Paramount Picture
(1941)
Under Western Skies
(1941)

Crosbyana is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1941 featuring songs that were sung in some of Crosby's motion pictures such as Mississippi, Here is My Heart, and The Big Broadcast of 1936.

Track listing

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These previously issued songs were featured on a 6-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album DA-221.[2]

Side / Title Writer(s) Recording date Performed with Time
Disc 1 (3731):
A. "With Every Breath I Take" Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin November 9, 1934 Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra 3:15
B. "It's Easy to Remember" Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart February 21, 1935 The Rhythmettes, The Three Shades of Blue,
and Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
3:15
Disc 2 (310):
A. "June in January" Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin November 9, 1934 Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra 3:13
B. "Love Is Just Around the Corner" Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin November 9, 1934 Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra 3:00
Disc 3 (392):
A. "Down by the River" Rodgers and Hart February 21, 1935 Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra 2:50
B. "Soon" Rodgers and Hart February 21, 1935 Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra 3:01
Disc 4 (543):
A. "I Wished on the Moon" Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker August 14, 1935 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 2:50
B. "Two for Tonight" Mack Gordon, Harry Revel August 14, 1935 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 2:56
Disc 5 (547):
A. "I Wish I Were Aladdin" Mack Gordon, Harry Revel August 14, 1935 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 2:59
B. "From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes" Mack Gordon, Harry Revel August 14, 1935 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 3:03
Disc 6 (548):
A. "Without a Word of Warning" Mack Gordon, Harry Revel August 14, 1935 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 3:07
B. "Takes Two to Make a Bargain" Mack Gordon, Harry Revel August 14, 1935 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 2:48

References

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  1. ^ "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for 00725863".
  2. ^ "CollectorsFrenzy - Bing Crosby/Crosbyana 78 rpm Record Set 10". Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-23.