music.wikisort.org - CompositionSelections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas is an album with songs from the 1954 movie, White Christmas. Among the featured artists are Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, and Trudy Stevens (who dubbed for Vera-Ellen in the movie), with Peggy Lee, who was not in the movie, singing some parts. It is one of the last 78 rpm albums Decca produced.
1954 studio album by Bing Crosby
White Christmas |
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Released | 1954 |
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Recorded | April 10 and May 4, 1954 |
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Genre | Vocal |
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Label | Decca |
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Producer | Joseph Lilley |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic | [1] |
Background
An original soundtrack recording has never been released. This was because Crosby had a recording contract with Decca Records and Rosemary Clooney was signed with Columbia Records and contractually could not record together. This album was issued with Columbia's Irving Berlin's White Christmas. In this album, Lee recorded the parts that Clooney sang in the movie. This was Crosby's third Decca LP album, recorded and released in 1954 and advertised as the soundtrack for White Christmas.
For the 78rpm set, the three song medley "Blue Skies/I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show/Mandy" running to 3 minutes 53 seconds was a too long for a 10" 78, so "Blue Skies" was removed.[2]
The music and lyrics were written by highly celebrated songwriter Irving Berlin. The album was released on CD by MCA in 1994. In the UK, it was released in 2002 as part of a 2-on-1 CD with studio recordings of songs from Holiday Inn (1942).[3] A special edition, combined with the DVD of the film, was sold in Starbucks stores during the holiday season in 2006.
Although Clooney and Crosby were unable to make an album together at this time, they made the albums Fancy Meeting You Here, How the West Was Won , and That Travelin' Two-Beat later in their careers. They also co-starred in a network radio show and frequently appeared together on television during the 1950s and 1960s.
Many reissues of the song "Sisters" incorrectly attribute the performance to both Lee and Stevens when both parts are sung by Lee using overdubbing.
Variety said, "Another sock talent parlay adds up to another click pic score package."[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Irving Berlin.
Title | Performed by |
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1. | "The Old Man" / "Gee I Wish I Was Back in the Army" | Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye with Orchestra and Chorus | 2:48 |
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2. | "Sisters" | Peggy Lee with Orchestra and Chorus | 2:26 |
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3. | "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" | Danny Kaye with The Skylarks, Orchestra and Chorus | 2:34 |
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4. | "Snow" | Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee, Trudy Stevens with Orchestra and Chorus | 2:40 |
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5. | "Blue Skies" / " I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show / Mandy" | Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye with Orchestra and Chorus | 3:50 |
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6. | "Choreography" | Danny Kaye with The Skylarks and Orchestra | 2:41 |
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7. | "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" | Bing Crosby with Orchestra | 3:04 |
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8. | "Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me" | Peggy Lee with Orchestra | 3:00 |
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9. | "What Can You Do with a General?" | Bing Crosby with Orchestra | 2:55 |
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10. | "White Christmas" (finale) | Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee, Trudy Stevens with Orchestra and Chorus | 3:17 |
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Personnel
References
- Ruhlmann, William. "White Christmas". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "Bing Crosby - Through the Years vol. 8". sleeve notes to Sepia CD 1178. 8. 2011.
- Ruhlmann, William. "Holiday Inn & White Christmas". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- "Album reviews". Variety. 13 October 1954. p. 54. Retrieved 23 December 2019 – via Archive.org.
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Singles | |
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Other songs |
- "Black Coffee"
- "The Folks Who Live on the Hill"
- "Kansas City"
- "I Love Being Here with You"
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Radio |
- The Chesterfield Supper Club
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Television |
- The Guy Mitchell Show
- What's My Line?
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Albums |
- Music of Hawaii (1939)
- Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
- Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
- Cowboy Songs (1939)
- Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
- George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
- Ballad for Americans (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 (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) (1946)
- Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
- St. Patrick's Day (1947)
- Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (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)
- Auld Lang Syne (1948)
- 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 (1949)
- Songs from Mr. Music (1950)
- Go West Young Man (1950)
- Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
- Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
- Selections from White Christmas (1954)
- Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
- High Tor (1956)
- A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (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)
- Never Be Afraid (1957)
- Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1957)
- New Tricks (1957)
- Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1958)
- How the West Was Won (1959)
- Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong) (1960)
- 101 Gang Songs (1960)
- Holiday in Europe (1960)
- The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
- On the Happy Side (1962)
- On the Sentimental Side (1962)
- I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
- Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
- Return to Paradise Islands (1963)
- Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1963)
- America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
- 12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
- That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1965)
- Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie) (1972)
- A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire) (1975)
- Seasons (1977)
- Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
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