Auld Lang Syne | ||||
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Released | Original 78 rpm album: 1948 10" LP album: 1949 [1] 45 rpm album: 1950 [2] | |||
Recorded | 1938, 1945, 1947 | |||
Genre | Popular | |||
Length | 24:14 | |||
Label | Decca Records | |||
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Auld Lang Syne is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1948 featuring songs that were sung by Crosby and also by Fred Waring and his Glee Club. The songs were later presented in 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm sets, respectively. This set featured many of Bing's great hits such as: Silver Threads Among the Gold and Now Is the Hour .
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 twelve more in 1948.
Billboard commented:
These previously issued songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-663.
Side | Title | Recording date | Writer | Performed with | Time |
Disc 1 (23273): | |||||
A. | "Happy Birthday", "Auld Lang Syne" | March 28, 1947 | Traditional | Victor Young and His Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers | 3:04 |
B. | "Anniversary Song" | March 28, 1947 | Al Jolson, Saul Chaplin, Ion Ivanovici | Victor Young and His Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers | 3:12 |
Disc 2 (23990): | |||||
A. | "Whiffenpoof Song" | June 4, 1947 | Rudyard Kipling, Guy H. Scull, Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy | Fred Waring and the Glee Club | 3:00 |
B. | "Kentucky Babe" | June 4, 1947 | Adam Geibel, Richard Henry Buck | Fred Waring and the Glee Club | 3:15 |
Disc 3 (24279): | |||||
A. | "Now Is the Hour" | November 8, 1947 | Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau, Dorothy Stewart | The Ken Darby Singers | 3:01 |
B. | "Silver Threads Among the Gold" | November 8, 1947 | Eben E. Rexford, Hart Pease Danks | The Ken Darby Singers | 2:51 |
Disc 4 (24203): | |||||
A. | "Home Sweet Home" | July 30, 1945 | John Howard Payne, Henry Bishop | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 2:50 |
B. | "Darling Nellie Gray" | April 25, 1938 | Benjamin Hanby | The Paul Taylor Choir | 3:01 |
The album with all of the same selections was transferred to a 10" LP in 1949 with the catalog number DL 5028. The set was also released in 1950 on four 45 rpm discs on a set numbered 9-119.
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