| Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer | ||||
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| Released | Original 78 album: 1948 | |||
| Recorded | 1938–1945 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 27:59 | |||
| Label | Decca Records | |||
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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 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.
The reviewer for Billboard said:
These songs were featured on a five 10" 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-631. [2]
| Side / Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Performed with | Time |
| Disc 1 (23410): | ||||
| A. "Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)" | Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen | March 9, 1945 | Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra | 3:06 |
| B. "You've Got Me Where You Want Me" | Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren | July 31, 1944 | Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra | 2:51 |
| Disc 2 (23804): | ||||
| A. "Connecticut" | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | March 9, 1945 | Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra | 3:09 |
| B. "Mine" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | July 31, 1944 | Judy Garland and Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra | 2:45 |
| Disc 3 (25091): | ||||
| A. "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" | Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling | March 13, 1942 | Mary Martin and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:32 |
| B. "Lily of Laguna" | Leslie Stuart | March 13, 1942 | Mary Martin and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:28 |
| Disc 4 (25148): | ||||
| A. "On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen" | Johnny Mercer, Walter Donaldson | April 15, 1940 | Johnny Mercer and Victor Young and His Orchestra | 2:27 |
| B. "Mr. Meadowlark" | Johnny Mercer, Walter Donaldson | April 15, 1940 | Johnny Mercer and Victor Young and His Orchestra | 2:40 |
| Disc 5 (24293): | ||||
| A. "Small Fry" | Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael | July 1, 1938 | Johnny Mercer and Victor Young's Small Fryers | 3:06 |
| B. "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" | Ed Gallagher, Al Shean | July 1, 1938 | Johnny Mercer and Victor Young's Small Fryers | 2:55 |
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