Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 - Composition

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Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 are a set of Decca Records compilation albums by Bing Crosby featuring songs from his various films over the years. The albums were issued as 10” LPs numbered DL6008 to DL6015 and 4-disc 45rpm sets numbered 9-194 to 9–201.

Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8

Compilation album by

Bing Crosby

Released

1951

Recorded

1934–1940

Genre

Popular

Length

3:09:29 (total of all 8 albums)

Label

Decca

Bing Crosby chronology

Go West Young Man
(w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(1950)

Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8
(1951)

Way Back Home
(1951)

Background

In January 1951, Bing Crosby was honoured with various awards and special radio programs on what was described as his 20th anniversary as a single in show business.[1] Decca celebrated by issuing this comprehensive set of the commercial recordings of songs from his films.

Track listings

Track listings from Bing Crosby discography.[2] Recording dates follow song titles.

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 1

Track listing (DL 6008) [3]

Side one (tracks 1–3 from *Here Is My Heart*; track 4 from *The Big Broadcast of 1936*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"June in January" (November 9, 1934)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:13
2.	"Love Is Just Around the Corner" (November 9, 1934)	Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:00
3.	"With Every Breath I Take" (November 9, 1934)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:09
4.	"I Wished on the Moon" (August 14, 1935)	Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	3:05

Side two (from *Mississippi*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"Soon"" (February 21, 1935)	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:01
2.	"Down by the River"" (February 21, 1935)	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	2:50
3.	"It’s Easy to Remember" (February 21, 1935)	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	The Rhythmettes, The Three Shades of Blue, and Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:15
4.	"Swanee River (The Old Folks At Home)" (February 21, 1935)	Stephen Foster	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra, and The Crinoline Choir	3:05
Total length:				24:38

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 2

Track listing (DL 6009)[4]

Side one (from *Two for Tonight*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"Without a Word of Warning" (August 14, 1935)	Harry Revel, Mack Gordon	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	3:07
2.	"Takes Two to Make a Bargain" (August 14, 1935)	Harry Revel, Mack Gordon	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	2:48
3.	"I Wish I Were Aladdin" (August 14, 1935)	Harry Revel, Mack Gordon	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	2:59
4.	"From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes" (August 14, 1935)	Harry Revel, Mack Gordon	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	3:03

Side two (track 1 from *Two for Tonight*; tracks 2–4 from *Anything Goes*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"Two for Tonight" (August 14, 1935)	Harry Revel, Mack Gordon	The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra	2:56
2.	"Moonburn" (November 13, 1935)	Edward Heyman, Hoagy Carmichael	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:10
3.	"My Heart and I" (November 13, 1935)	Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:22
4.	"Sailor Beware" (November 13, 1935)	Richard Whiting, Leo Robin	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	2:52
Total length:				24:17

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 3

Track listing (DL 6010)[5]

Side one (from *Rhythm on the Range*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"I’m an Old Cowhand" (July 17, 1936)	Johnny Mercer	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	2:40
2.	"Empty Saddles" (July 14, 1936)	Billy Hill	Victor Young and His Orchestra	3:01
3.	"I Can't Escape from You" (July 17, 1936)	Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	3:12
4.	"The House That Jack Built for Jill" (July 17, 1936)	Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin,	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	2:45

Side two (from *Pennies from Heaven*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"Pennies from Heaven" (July 24, 1936)	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:08
2.	"Let's Call a Heart a Heart" (July 29, 1936)	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:04
3.	"One, Two, Button Your Shoe" (July 29, 1936)	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	2:50
4.	"So Do I" (July 24, 1936)	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra	3:10
Total length:				23:50

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 4

Track listing (DL 6011)[6]

Side one (from *Waikiki Wedding*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"Sweet Leilani" (February 23, 1937)	Harry Owens	Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians	2:40
2.	"Blue Hawaii" (February 23, 1937)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians	3:07
3.	"In a Little Hula Heaven" (February 28, 1937)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	3:10
4.	"Sweet Is the Word for You" (March 5, 1937)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	Victor Young and His Orchestra	3:13

Side two (from *Double or Nothing)*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"The Moon Got in My Eyes" (July 12, 1937)	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:13
2.	"(You Know It All) Smarty" (July 12, 1937)	Burton Lane, Ralph Freed	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:35
3.	"It’s the Natural Thing to Do" (July 12, 1937)	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:13
4.	"All You Want to Do Is Dance" (July 12, 1937)	Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:51
Total length:				24:02

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 5

Track listing (DL 6012)[7]

Side one (from *Sing You Sinners*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"Small Fry" (July 1, 1938)	Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser	Johnny Mercer and Victor Young’s Small Fryers	3:06
2.	"Laugh and Call It Love" (July 11, 1938)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:47
3.	"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" (July 11, 1938)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:38
4.	"Don't Let That Moon Get Away" (July 11, 1938)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:36

Side two (from *Paris Honeymoon*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"You're a Sweet Little Headache" (November 4, 1938)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:50
2.	"Joobalai" (November 4, 1938)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:52
3.	"I Have Eyes" (November 4, 1938)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:00
4.	"The Funny Old Hills" (November 4, 1938)	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:44
Total length:				22:33

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 6

Track listing (DL 6013)[8]

Side one (tracks 1–3 from *Doctor Rhythm*; track 4 from *The Star Maker*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"On the Sentimental Side" (January 21, 1938)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:51
2.	"My Heart Is Taking Lessons" (January 21, 1938)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:45
3.	"This Is My Night to Dream" (January 21, 1938)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:08
4.	"Schooldays" / "Sunbonnet Sue" / "Jimmy Valentine" / "If I Were a Millionaire" (medley) (July 30, 1938)	Gus Edwards, Will D. Cobb / Edwards, Cobb / Edwards, Edward Madden / Edwards, Cobb	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, and The Music Maids	3:10

Side two (from *The Star Maker*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"An Apple for the Teacher" (June 22, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	Connee Boswell and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:03
2.	"Still the Bluebird Sings" (June 9, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:37
3.	"A Man and His Dream" (June 9, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:02
4.	"Go Fly a Kite" (June 9, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:39
Total length:				24:15

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 7

Track listing (DL 6014)[9]

Side one (from *East Side of Heaven*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"East Side of Heaven" (March 10, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:01
2.	"Sing a Song of Sunbeams" (March 10, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:50
3.	"That Sly Old Gentleman" (March 10, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:01
4.	"Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb" (March 10, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:32

Side two (from *Rhythm on the River*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"Only Forever" (July 3, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:07
2.	"When the Moon Comes over Madison Square" (July 3, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:38
3.	"That's For Me" (July 3, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:05
4.	"Rhythm on the River" (July 3, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:01
Total length:				23:15

Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 8

Track listing (DL 6015)[10]

Side one (from *If I Had My Way*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"I Haven’t Time to Be a Millionaire" (April 12, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:09
2.	"April Played the Fiddle" (April 12, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:00
3.	"The Pessimistic Character" (April 12, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:28
4.	"Meet the Sun Half-Way" (April 12, 1940)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:34

Side two (track 1 from *If I Had Way*; tracks 2–4 from *Road to Singapore*)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed with	Length
1.	"If I Had My Way" (March 31, 1939)	James Kendis, Lou Klein	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:49
2.	"Sweet Potato Piper" (December 15, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter’s Frying Pan Five, and The Foursome	2:22
3.	"Too Romantic" (December 15, 1939)	James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:09
4.	"The Moon and the Willow Tree" (December 15, 1939)	Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Burke	John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	3:08
Total length:				22:39

References

Macfarlane, Malcolm. "Bing Crosby – Day by Day". BING magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
"A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
"Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
"Decca Album Discography, Part 2:". Bsnpubs. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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Discography Filmography
Albums	Music of Hawaii (1939) Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939) Patriotic Songs for Children (1939) Cowboy Songs (Bing Crosby's first solo album) (1939) Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939) George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939) Ballad for Americans (Bing Crosby's first solo studio album)(1940) Favorite Hawaiian Songs (1940) Christmas Music (1940) Star Dust (1940) Hawaii Calls (1941) Small Fry (1941) Crosbyana (1941) Under Western Skies (1941) Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/ Fred Astaire) (1942) Merry Christmas (1945) Selections from Going My Way (1945) Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's (1946) Don't Fence Me In (w/ The Andrews Sisters)(1946) The Happy Prince (1946) Selections from Road to Utopia (1946) Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster (1946) What We So Proudly Hail (1946) Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One (1946) Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two (1946) Blue Skies (w/ Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin) (1946) Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946) St. Patrick's Day (1947) Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947) Cowboy Songs, Vol. One (1947) Selections from Welcome Stranger (1947) Our Common Heritage (1947) El Bingo (1947) The Small One (1947) The Man Without a Country (1947) Drifting and Dreaming (1947) Blue of the Night (1948) Selections from Showboat (1948) The Emperor Waltz (1948) St. Valentine's Day (1948) Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters (1948) 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) Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows (1948) Cowboy Songs, Vol. Two (1948) Auld Lang Syne (1948) Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs (1949) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin (1949) South Pacific (1949) Christmas Greetings (1949) Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949) Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz (1950) Songs from Mr. Music (w/ Dorothy Kirsten and The Andrews Sisters) (1950) Go West Young Man (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (1950) Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 (1951) Way Back Home (1951) Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from... (1951) Bing and the Dixieland Bands (1951) Yours Is My Heart Alone (1951) Country Style (1951) Beloved Hymns (1951) Bing and Connee (w/ Connee Boswell) (1952) When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1952) Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man (w/ Victor Young) (1952) Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" (w/ Jane Wyman and The Andrews Sisters) (1952) Road to Bali (w/ Bob Hope and Peggy Lee) (1952) Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953) Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954) Bing Sings the Hits (1954) Selections from White Christmas (w/ Peggy Lee and Danny Kaye) (1954) Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954) The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost (1955) Merry Christmas (later version of 1945 78rpm album) (1955) Shillelaghs and Shamrocks (1956) Home on the Range (1956) Blue Hawaii (1956) High Tor (w/ Julie Andrews and Everett Sloane) (1956) A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956) Anything Goes (w/ Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire) (1956) High Society (w/ Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong) (1956) Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956) Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) Bing with a Beat (1957) A Christmas Story (1957) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1957) New Tricks (1957) The Bible Story of Christmas (1957) Never Be Afraid (1958) Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1958) Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1958) Around the World with Bing! (1958) Bing in Paris (1958) That Christmas Feeling (1958) In a Little Spanish Town (1958) Bing’s Buddies and Beaus (1959) Say One for Me (w/ Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner) (1959) How the West Was Won (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1960) Join Bing and Sing Along (1960) Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong) (1960) Songs of Christmas (1960) 101 Gang Songs (1961) El Señor Bing (1961) My Golden Favorites (1961) The Road to Hong Kong (1962) Bing's Hollywood (set of 15 albums) (1962) On the Happy Side (1962) I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962) Holiday in Europe (1962) Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963) Return to Paradise Islands (1964) America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964) Robin and the 7 Hoods (w/ Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr.) (1964) 12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964) Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1965) That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1965) The Summit (w/ Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.) (1966) Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1966) Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites (w/ The Columbus Boychoir) (1967) Thoroughly Modern Bing (1968) Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version) (1968) Hey Jude / Hey Bing! (1969) Goldilocks (1970) A Time to Be Jolly (1971) Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie) (1972) Rhythm on the Range (1972) I’ll Sing You a Song of the Islands (1972) A Southern Memoir (1975) That's What Life Is All About (1975) A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire) (1975) Tom Sawyer (1976) At My Time of Life (1976) Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium (1976) Feels Good, Feels Right (1976) Beautiful Memories (1977) Bingo Viejo (1977) Seasons (Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime) (1977) A Little Bit of Irish (posthumous edition, recorded in 1966) (1993) Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998) On the Sentimental Side (posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album) (2010)
Family	Dixie Lee (first wife) Gary Crosby (son) Dennis Crosby (son) Phillip Crosby (son) Lindsay Crosby (son) Kathryn Crosby (second wife) Harry Crosby (son) Mary Crosby (daughter) Nathaniel Crosby (son) Denise Crosby (granddaughter) Larry Crosby (brother) Bob Crosby (brother)
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