| Songs from Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court | ||||
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| Released | 1949 | |||
| Recorded | December 18–27, 1947 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 18:16 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and other stars of the Paramount movie A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court featuring songs from the film. All of the songs were written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke.
Billboard liked it saying:
The album reached the No. 5 position in Billboard's album charts. [2]
These newly issued songs were featured in a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-699.
| Side | Title | Recording date | Performed by | Time |
| Disc 1 (24524): | ||||
| A. | "Once and for Always" | December 27, 1947 | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and Victor Young and His Orchestra. [3] | 2:54 |
| B. | "If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon" | December 27, 1947 | Bing Crosby with The Rhythmaires and Victor Young and His Orchestra. [3] | 3:06 |
| Disc 2 (24525): | ||||
| A. | "Busy Doing Nothing" | December 27, 1947 | Bing Crosby with Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix and Victor Young and His Orchestra. [3] | 3:02 |
| B. | "'Twixt Myself and Me"* | December 18, 1947 | Murvyn Vye with Victor Young and His Orchestra. [4] | 3:00 |
| Disc 3 (24526): | ||||
| A. | "Once and for Always" | December 18, 1947 | Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming with Victor Young and His Orchestra. [3] | 3:09 |
| B. | "When Is Sometime" | December 18, 1947 | Rhonda Fleming with Victor Young and His Orchestra. [4] | 3:05 |
*This song was cut from the film after its world premiere at Radio City Music Hall, New York. [5]
Decca included all the Crosby songs on Decca DL 4261 in 1962 for the LP set Bing’s Hollywood. [6]
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