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1945 studio album by Bing Crosby
Selections from Going My Way (Academy Award Picture) |
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Released | Original 78 album: 1945 Original LP album: 1949 |
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Recorded | 1944, 1945 |
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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.
Chart performance
The album reached the top of the
Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in October 1945.
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Track listing
These newly issued songs were featured on a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-405.
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Side / Title |
Writers |
Recording date |
Performed with |
Time
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Disc 1 (18597):
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A. "Going My Way" |
Johnny Burke,
Jimmy Van Heusen |
February 7, 1944 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
2:50
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B. "
Swinging on a Star" |
Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen |
February 7, 1944 |
the Williams Brothers Quartet* and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
2:28
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Disc 2 (18704):
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A. "
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" |
James Royce Shannon |
July 17, 1945 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
3:17
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B. "The Day After Forever" |
Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen |
February 7, 1944 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
3:00
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Disc 3 (18705):
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A. "
Ave Maria" |
Franz Schubert |
July 30, 1945 |
Victor Young and His Orchestra |
3:16
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B. "
Home Sweet Home" |
Henry Rowley Bishop,
John Howard Payne |
July 30, 1945 |
Victor Young and His Orchestra |
2:55
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*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.
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References
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Music of Hawaii (1939)
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Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
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Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
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Cowboy Songs (Bing Crosby's first solo album) (1939)
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Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
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George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
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Ballad for Americans (Bing Crosby's first solo studio album)(1940)
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Favorite Hawaiian Songs (1940)
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Christmas Music (1940)
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Star Dust (1940)
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Hawaii Calls (1941)
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Small Fry (1941)
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Crosbyana (1941)
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Under Western Skies (1941)
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Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/
Fred Astaire) (1942)
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Merry Christmas (1945)
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Selections from Going My Way (1945)
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Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's (1946)
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Don't Fence Me In (w/
The Andrews Sisters) (1946)
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The Happy Prince (1946)
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Selections from Road to Utopia (1946)
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Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster (1946)
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What We So Proudly Hail (1946)
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Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One (1946)
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Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two (1946)
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Blue Skies (w/
Fred Astaire and
Irving Berlin) (1946)
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Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
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St. Patrick's Day (1947)
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Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947)
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Cowboy Songs, Vol. One (1947)
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Selections from Welcome Stranger (1947)
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Our Common Heritage (1947)
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El Bingo (1947)
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The Small One (1947)
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The Man Without a Country (1947)
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Drifting and Dreaming (1947)
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Blue of the Night (1948)
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Selections from Showboat (1948)
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The Emperor Waltz (1948)
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St. Valentine's Day (1948)
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Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters (1948)
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Selections from Road to Rio (1948)
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Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer (1948)
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Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan (1948)
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Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows (1948)
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Cowboy Songs, Vol. Two (1948)
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Auld Lang Syne (1948)
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Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs (1949)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
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Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin (1949)
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South Pacific (1949)
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Christmas Greetings (1949)
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Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
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Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz (1950)
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Songs from Mr. Music (w/
Dorothy Kirsten and
The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
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Go West Young Man (w/
The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
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Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 (1951)
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Way Back Home (1951)
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Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from... (1951)
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Bing and the Dixieland Bands (1951)
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Yours Is My Heart Alone (1951)
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Country Style (1951)
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Beloved Hymns (1951)
- Bing and Connee (w/
Connee Boswell) (1952)
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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1952)
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Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man (w/
Victor Young) (1952)
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Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" (w/
Jane Wyman and
The Andrews Sisters) (1952)
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Road to Bali (w/
Bob Hope and
Peggy Lee) (1952)
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Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
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Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
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Bing Sings the Hits (1954)
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Selections from White Christmas (w/
Peggy Lee and
Danny Kaye) (1954)
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Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
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The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost (1955)
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Merry Christmas (later version of 1945 78rpm album) (1955)
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Shillelaghs and Shamrocks (1956)
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Home on the Range (1956)
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Blue Hawaii (1956)
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High Tor (w/
Julie Andrews and
Everett Sloane) (1956)
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A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956)
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Anything Goes (w/
Donald O'Connor,
Mitzi Gaynor and
Zizi Jeanmaire) (1956)
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High Society (w/
Frank Sinatra,
Grace Kelly, and
Louis Armstrong) (1956)
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Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956)
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Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956)
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Bing with a Beat (1957)
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A Christmas Story (1957)
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1957)
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New Tricks (1957)
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The Bible Story of Christmas (1957)
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Never Be Afraid (1958)
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Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1958)
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Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/
Rosemary Clooney) (1958)
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Around the World with Bing! (1958)
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Bing in Paris (1958)
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That Christmas Feeling (1958)
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In a Little Spanish Town (1958)
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Bing’s Buddies and Beaus (1959)
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Say One for Me (w/
Debbie Reynolds and
Robert Wagner) (1959)
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How the West Was Won (w/
Rosemary Clooney) (1960)
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Join Bing and Sing Along (1960)
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Bing & Satchmo (w/
Louis Armstrong) (1960)
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Songs of Christmas (1960)
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101 Gang Songs (1961)
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El Señor Bing (1961)
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My Golden Favorites (1961)
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The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
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Bing's Hollywood (set of 15 albums) (1962)
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On the Happy Side (1962)
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I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
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Holiday in Europe (1962)
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Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
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Return to Paradise Islands (1964)
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America, I Hear You Singing (w/
Frank Sinatra and
Fred Waring) (1964)
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (w/
Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin, and
Sammy Davis Jr.) (1964)
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12 Songs of Christmas (w/
Frank Sinatra and
Fred Waring) (1964)
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Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1965)
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That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/
Rosemary Clooney) (1965)
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The Summit (w/
Dean Martin,
Frank Sinatra and
Sammy Davis Jr.) (1966)
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Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1966)
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Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites (w/
The Columbus Boychoir) (1967)
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Thoroughly Modern Bing (1968)
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Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version) (1968)
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Hey Jude/Hey Bing! (1969)
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Goldilocks (1970)
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A Time to Be Jolly (1971)
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Bing 'n' Basie (w/
Count Basie) (1972)
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Rhythm on the Range (1972)
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I’ll Sing You a Song of the Islands (1972)
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A Southern Memoir (1975)
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That's What Life Is All About (1975)
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A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/
Fred Astaire) (1975)
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Tom Sawyer (1976)
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At My Time of Life (1976)
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Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium (1976)
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Feels Good, Feels Right (1976)
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Beautiful Memories (1977)
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Bingo Viejo (1977)
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Seasons (Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime) (1977)
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A Little Bit of Irish (posthumous edition, recorded in 1966) (1993)
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Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
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On the Sentimental Side (posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album) (2010)
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