Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer

Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer is a Decca Records compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Mary Martin and Johnny Mercer.

Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer
Compilation album by
Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer
ReleasedOriginal 78 album: 1948
Recorded1938–1945
GenrePopular
Length27:59
LabelDecca Records
Bing Crosby chronology
Selections from Road to Rio
(1948)		 Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer
(1948)		 Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan
(1948)

Background

Bing Crosby had enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1940s with his discography showing six No. 1 hits in 1944 alone. His films such as Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's were huge successes as were the Road films he made with Bob Hope. On radio, his Kraft Music Hall and Philco Radio Time shows were very popular. Decca Records built on this by issuing a number of 78rpm album sets, some featuring freshly recorded material and others utilizing Crosby's back catalogue. Ten of these sets were released in 1946, nine in 1947 and nine more in 1948.

Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer includes several songs which had already been hits – "Small Fry" and "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" – had charted in 1938 and "Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta" reached No. 5 in 1945.

Reception

The reviewer for Billboard said:

Second in series of Decca packages with triple-talent peg featuring der Bingle's former vocal wax compatriots. All disks are former single releases but album as a whole should appeal to all who are Crosby fans (who ain't). Particularly valuable and as rhythmically appealing as when they first came out are the Mercer team-ups with Gallagher-Shean version of "Mr. Crosby and Mr. Mercer"; "Small Fry," "On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen." In fact whole album sparkles with the xairy, wunnerful Crosby touch.[1]

Track listing

These songs were featured on a five 10" 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-631.[2]

Side / TitleWriter(s)Recording datePerformed withTime
Disc 1 (23410):
A. "Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)"Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van HeusenMarch 9, 1945Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra3:06
B. "You've Got Me Where You Want Me"Johnny Mercer, Harry WarrenJuly 31, 1944Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra2:51
Disc 2 (23804):
A. "Connecticut"Hugh Martin, Ralph BlaneMarch 9, 1945Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra3:09
B. "Mine"George Gershwin, Ira GershwinJuly 31, 1944Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra2:45
Disc 3 (25091):
A. "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie"Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. SterlingMarch 13, 1942Mary Martin and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra2:32
B. "Lily of Laguna"Leslie StuartMarch 13, 1942Mary Martin and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra2:28
Disc 4 (25148):
A. "On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen"Johnny Mercer, Walter DonaldsonApril 15, 1940Johnny Mercer and Victor Young and His Orchestra2:27
B. "Mr. Meadowlark"Johnny Mercer, Walter DonaldsonApril 15, 1940Johnny Mercer and Victor Young and His Orchestra2:40
Disc 5 (24293):
A. "Small Fry"Frank Loesser, Hoagy CarmichaelJuly 1, 1938Johnny Mercer and Victor Young's Small Fryers3:06
B. "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean"Ed Gallagher, Al SheanJuly 1, 1938Johnny Mercer and Victor Young's Small Fryers2:55

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References
  1. "Billboard". Billboard: 33. March 6, 1948.
  2. "DISCOGS". discogs.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  3. "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
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