Bing Crosby discography

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Bing Crosby discography
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Crosby, c. 1940s
Studio albums71
EPs27
Soundtrack albums7
Live albums2
Compilation albums307
Singles409
Christmas albums86
78 rpm albums57
LP albums105
Decca albums100
Total albums397

American singer Bing Crosby has released 71 studio albums, 307 compilation albums and 409 singles over the course of his career. Crosby is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 200 million records as of 1960 [1] according to different sources his sales could be 300 million, [2] 500 million records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads globally. [3] Guinness World Records recognizes "White Christmas" as the best-selling single of all time, selling 50 million copies globally. [4] [5]

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Crosby was an influence on multimedia stars that followed, including Elvis Presley. [6] Musically, Crosby set the benchmark for the intimate "easy listening" genre that influenced future male artists including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Dick Haymes. [7] He first started recording in 1926 with Don Clark and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra, when he sang the vocal refrain on "I've Got the Girl". He joined the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in 1927 which led to his first screen appearance as a member of the trio The Rhythm Boys in King of Jazz .

He released his first album containing compilations in 1939, and his first studio album Ballad for Americans , (which contained no re-issued singles) in 1940. His final album Beautiful Memories was recorded in 1976; however, material recorded before his death was issued posthumously in 1977 as the album Seasons . Crosby recorded with numerous artists, including Al Jolson, his fellow film stars Judy Garland and Bob Hope, and The Andrews Sisters.

Lifetime albums (studio and compilations)

YearAlbumLabelPeak
chart position
Certifications
1939 Music of Hawaii
(compilation)
Decca
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. 1
(recorded in 1938)
Decca
Patriotic Songs for Children
(compilation)
Decca
Cowboy Songs
(Bing Crosby's first solo album - compilation)
Decca
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. 2 Decca
George Gershwin Songs, Vol. 1
(compilation)
Decca
1940 Ballad for Americans
(Bing Crosby's first solo studio album)
Decca
Favorite Hawaiian Songs Decca
Decca Presents an Album of Christmas Music
(compilation)
Decca
Star Dust Decca 10
(reissue)
1941 Hawaii Calls Decca
Small Fry Decca
Crosbyana
(compilation)
Decca
Under Western Skies Decca
1942 Song Hits from Holiday Inn Decca
A Collection Of Early Recordings Volume 1
(compilation)
Brunswick
1944Crosby Classics
(compilation)
Columbia Masterworks
A Collection Of Early Recordings Volume 2
(compilation)
Brunswick
1945 Merry Christmas
(box set versions of 45's were available by the '50s)
Decca 1
Selections from Going My Way Decca 1
1946 Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's
(recorded in 1945)
Decca 1
Don't Fence Me In
(w/ The Andrews Sisters)
Decca 2
The Happy Prince Decca
Selections from Road to Utopia
(recorded in 1944)
Decca
Bing Crosby - Stephen Foster Decca
What We So Proudly Hail Decca
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One Decca
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two Decca
Blue Skies
(w/ Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin)
Decca 2
Bing Crosby - Jerome Kern Decca
1947 St. Patrick's Day Decca 1
Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert Decca
Cowboy Songs, Vol. One Decca
Selections from Welcome Stranger
(recorded in 1946)
Decca
Our Common Heritage Decca
El Bingo - Latin American Favorites Decca
The Small One Decca
The Man Without a Country Decca
Drifting and Dreaming Decca
St. Valentine's Day
(compilation)
Decca 8
1948Blue of the Night Decca
Selections from Showboat Decca
Bing Crosby – The Emperor Waltz
(recorded in 1947)
Decca 2
Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters
(compilation)
Decca
Selections from Road to Rio Decca
Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer Decca
Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan
(compilation)
Decca
Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows
(compilation)
Decca
Cowboy Songs, Vol. Two Decca
Auld Lang Syne Decca
1949 Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs Decca
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
(recorded in 1947)
Decca 5
Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin Decca
South Pacific Decca 8
Christmas Greetings Decca 4
Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Decca
Crosby Classics Vol. 2
(compilation)
Columbia8
1950 Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz
(compilation)
Decca
Songs from Mr. Music
(w/ Dorothy Kirsten and The Andrews Sisters - LP and also 45/78 RPM box set versions of this compilation album)
Decca 10
Go West Young Man
(w/ The Andrews Sisters LP and also a 78 RPM box set version of this album)
Decca
A Crosby Christmas (EP)
(w/ Gary Crosby, Phillip Crosby, Dennis Crosby and Lindsay Crosby)
Decca
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vols. 1-8
(set of 8 LPs - also 45 RPM box sets for each of the eight compilation albums)
Decca
Cowboy Songs Volume 3
(compilation - 45 RPM box set)
Decca
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(LP and EP versions, as well as a 45 RPM box set)
Decca
Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from...
(LP and also a 45 RPM box set version)
Decca
Al Jolson And Bing Crosby
(LP and also a 45 RPM box set)
Decca
Down Memory Lane With Bing Crosby Vol. I
(LP and also a 45 RPM box set version of this compilation album)
Decca
1951 Way Back Home
(LP and also 45/78 RPM box set versions of this album)
Decca
Bing and the Dixieland Bands
(compilation)
Decca
Yours Is My Heart Alone
(LP and also 45/78 RPM box set versions of this album)
Decca
Country Style
(LP and also a 45 RPM box set version of this album)
Decca
Beloved Hymns
(recorded in 1949 - LP and also 45/78 RPM box set versions of this album)
Decca
Bing Crosby Sings Victor Herbert Songs
(compilation)
Decca
Down Memory Lane With Bing Crosby Vol. II
(LP and also a 45 RPM box set version of this compilation album)
Decca
1952Bing and Connee
(w/ Connee Boswell - LP and also a 45 RPM box set version of this album)
Decca
Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man
(w/ Victor Young)
Decca
Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You"
(w/ Jane Wyman and The Andrews Sisters - LP and also a 45 RPM box set version of this album)
Decca
Road to Bali
(w/ Bob Hope and Peggy Lee - LP and also 45/78 RPM box set versions of this album)
Decca
A Treasury Of Immortal Performances "Columbo, Crosby"
(w/ Russ Columbo)
(EP)
RCA Victor
1953 Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris Decca
Gary Crosby and Friend (EP)
(w/ Gary Crosby)
Decca
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (EP)
(w/ The Andrews Sisters)
Decca
Bing Crosby Sings Song Hits from The King and I (EP) Decca
Bing Sings the Hits Decca
Bing Sings the Hits Vol 1 (EP) Decca
Vol 1 (EP) Decca
1954 Some Fine Old Chestnuts
(recorded in 1953)
Decca
Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas
(w/ Peggy Lee and Danny Kaye)
Decca 2
Bing: A Musical Autobiography
(17xEP and 5xLP box set compilations)
Decca 9
The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost
(recorded in 1953–1954)
Decca
The Country Girl (EP) Decca
Little Boy Lost (EP) Decca
Bing Sings the Hits Vol 2 (EP) Decca
1955 Merry Christmas
(later version of 1945 78rpm album, later renamed White Christmas in 1995)
Decca
Young Bing Crosby
(compilation)
RCA Victor, "X"
Old Masters
(box set compilation - 3xLP and 9xEP)
Decca
Some Fine Old Chestnuts Volume 1
(w/ the Buddy Cole Trio)
(EP)
Decca
Some Fine Old Chestnuts Volume 2
(w/ the Buddy Cole Trio)
(EP)
Decca
1956Shillelaghs and Shamrocks
(compilation)
Decca
Home on the Range
(compilation)
Decca
Blue Hawaii
(compilation)
Decca
High Tor
(w/ Julie Andrews and Everett Sloane)

(recorded in 1955)
Decca
A Christmas Sing with Bing around the World
(recorded in 1955)
Decca
Anything Goes
(w/ Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire)
Decca
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (EP) Decca
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings Verve
High Society
(w/ Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong)
Capitol 5
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (Part 1) (EP) Decca
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (Part 2) (EP) Decca
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (Part 3) (EP) Decca
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (EP) Verve
1957 Bing with a Beat RCA Victor
A Christmas Story - An Axe, An Apple and a Buckskin Jacket Golden Records
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Golden Records
New Tricks
(recorded in 1955–1956)
Decca
The Bible Story of Christmas World Library Publications
Christmas Time (EP) Decca
Once Over Lightly (EP) Decca
New Tricks...
(w/ the Buddy Cole Trio)
(EP)
Decca
Bing with a Beat Vol. I
(w/ Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band)
(EP)
RCA Victor
Bing with a Beat Vol. II
(w/ Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band)
(EP)
RCA Victor
Bing with a Beat Vol. III
(w/ Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band)
(EP)
RCA Victor
Bing Crosby Sings New Christmas Songs (EP)Golden Records
Paris Holiday
(w/ Bob Hope)
(EP)
United Artists Records
1958 Never Be Afraid
(recorded in 1957)
Golden Records
Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy
(recorded in 1957)
Golden Records
Fancy Meeting You Here
(w/ Rosemary Clooney)
RCA Victor
Around the World with Bing! Decca
Bing in Paris Decca
That Christmas Feeling
(incorporates the 1949 78rpm album Christmas Greetings, and 5 later recordings)
Decca
In a Little Spanish Town Decca
Crosby Classics
(compilation)
Harmony
A Musical Autobiography of Bing Crosby 1927 - 1934
(compilation)
Decca
Bing Crosby Sings
(compilation)
Vocalion
Fancy Meeting You Here
(w/ Rosemary Clooney) (EP)
RCA Victor
1959Bing’s Buddies and Beaus Brunswick
Say One for Me
(w/ Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner)
Columbia
A Musical Autobiography of Bing Crosby 1941-1944
(compilation)
Decca
1960 How the West Was Won
(w/ Rosemary Clooney, recorded in 1959)
RCA Victor
Join Bing and Sing Along
(recorded in 1959)
Warner Records / RCA Victor 7 (UK)
Join Bing and Sing Along (Volume 4) (EP) Warner Records
Bing & Satchmo
(w/ Louis Armstrong)
MGM Records
Songs of Christmas Decca
1961 101 Gang Songs
(recorded in 1960)
Warner Records
El Señor Bing
(recorded in 1960)
MGM Records
My Golden Favorites Decca
A Musical Autobiography of Bing Crosby 1944-1947
(compilation)
Decca
1962 The Road to Hong Kong Liberty
Bing's Hollywood vols.1-15
(set of 15 albums)
Decca
On the Happy Side Warner Records
I Wish You a Merry Christmas Warner Records
Holiday in Europe
(recorded in 1961)
Decca
Only Forever
(compilation)
Decca
Easy to Remember
(compilation)
Decca
Accentuate the Positive
(compilation)
Decca
Sunshine Cake
(compilation)
Decca
Swinging on a Star
(compilation)
Decca
Pocket Full of Dreams
(compilation)
Decca
Pennies from Heaven
(compilation)
Decca
But Beautiful
(compilation)
Decca
General Electric Wishes You a Merry Christmas (EP)Decca
1963 Guys and Dolls Reprise
Finian's Rainbow Reprise
South Pacific Reprise
1964 Return to Paradise Islands
(recorded in 1963)
Reprise
America, I Hear You Singing
(w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring)
Reprise
Robin and the 7 Hoods
(w/ Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr.)
Reprise
12 Songs of Christmas
(w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring)
Reprise
The Very Best of Bing Crosby
(compilation)
MGM Records
1965 Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits
(recorded in 1963)
Capitol
That Travelin' Two-Beat
(w/ Rosemary Clooney, recorded in 1964)
Capitol
Bing Crosby
(compilation)
Metro Records
1966The Summit
(w/ Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.)
Reprise
Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love
(6-LP box set - reissued in 1968)
Longines Symphonette Society
Bing Crosby's All Time Hit Parade
(compilation)
Longines Symphonette Society
Bing Sings for Children
(compilation)
Vocalion
1967Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites
(w/ The Columbus Boychoir)
Decca
Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934)
(compilation)
Columbia
1968 Thoroughly Modern Bing Pickwick
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Featuring Bing Crosby
(compilation)
Columbia
1969 Hey Jude / Hey Bing!
(recorded in 1968)
Amos
1970 Goldilocks Disneyland
1971 A Time to Be Jolly Daybreak
The Best of BingMCA Records
1972 Bing 'n' Basie
(w/ Count Basie)
Daybreak
Rhythm on the Range Coral
I’ll Sing You a Song of the Islands Coral
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
(compilation)
RCA Victor
1973The Very Best of Bing
(mail-order 7-LP box set)
World Records (UK)
Soft Lights and Sweet Music
(compilation)
Biograph
Rare Early Recordings 1929-1933
(compilation)
Capitol Records
Christmas with... Bing Crosby / Nat King Cole / Dean Martin
(Christmas compilation)
Pelican Records
1974The Bing Crosby Story Volume I: The Early Jazz Years, 1928-1932
(compilation)
Columbia Special Products
1975 A Southern Memoir London Records
That's What Life Is All About United Artists 28 (UK)
A Couple of Song and Dance Men
(w/ Fred Astaire)
United Artists
1976 Tom Sawyer
(recorded in 1975)
Argo
At My Time of Life United Artists
Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium K-tel 9 (UK)
Feels Good, Feels Right Decca
1977 Beautiful Memories
(recorded in 1976)
United Artists
Bingo Viejo
(recorded in 1975)
London Records / Anahuac
A Tribute to Duke
(also featuring Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, and Woody Herman)
Concord Jazz
Seasons
(Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime)
Polydor 25 (UK)

Posthumous releases and compilations

YearAlbumLabelPeak
chart position
Certifications
1977The Greatest Hits of Bing Crosby
(M.F. Productions 2 LP)
Jay Norris
Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Sky
(Biograph BLP-M-1)
Biograph
Kraft Music Hall January 29, 1942Spokane Records
Harry Lillis CrosbyColumbia Special Products
Bing Crosby's Good Time FavoritesCapitol Records
RememberedColumbia Special Products
Bing in the ThirtiesSpokane Records
Bing Crosby Golden Memories
(6-LP box set)
Columbia Special Products
Distinctively Bing, Volume 1Sunbeam
Distinctively Bing, Volume 2Sunbeam
A Legendary PerformerRCA
White Christmas
(Christmas collection - also featuring Rosemary Clooney)
Collector's Gold
Bing Crosby's Greatest HitsMCA Records98
Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics
(Christmas collection - abridged version of I Wish You a Merry Christmas )
Capitol Records
Happy Holiday With Frank & Bing
(Christmas collection - also featuring Frank Sinatra)
Collector's Gold
1978Bing Sings (96 of His Greatest Hits)
(8-LP box set)
Reader's Digest Music
Bing Crosby Happy Holiday
(Christmas collection)
Spokane Records
The Greatest Christmas Shows
(Christmas collection)
Fox American
A Bing Crosby Collection, Volume IColumbia
A Bing Crosby Collection, Volume IIColumbia
1979A Bing Crosby Collection, Volume IIIColumbia
Swing with BingKoala
Christmas with Bing Crosby and the Harry Simeone Chorale
(Christmas collection)
51 West Records & Tapes
You Keep Coming Back Like a SongKoala
1980Bing - The Final ChapterBBC Records
Christmas with Bing
(Christmas collection)
Reader's Digest, RCA Custom
Bing Sings Again
(8-LP box set)
Reader's Digest Music
Judy And Bing (Mail Call #2)
(also featuring Judy Garland)
Tandem Records
1981On the Air
(also featuring the Music Maids)
Spokane Records
Bing and Connee on the Air
(also featuring Connee Boswell)
Spokane Records
Music Hall Highlights
(with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra)
Spokane Records
1982Rare 1930-31 Brunswick RecordingsMCA Records
1983Bing & Bob
(also featuring Bob Hope)
Spokane Records
Bing Crosby with Glenn Miller and American Band of the Allied Expediatory Forces OrchestraBroadway Intermission
Crosbyana - Volume II "The Fabulous Rice Tapes - 1937"Broadway Intermission
Bing's Rare First BroadcastFrogbien Records
Havin' Fun!
(also featuring Louis Armstrong)
Sounds Rare
More Fun!
(also featuring Louis Armstrong)
Sounds Rare
1984Crosby & Como
(also featuring Perry Como)
Broadway Intermission
Crosbyana - Volume III: The War YearsBroadway Intermission
Christmas with Bing
(Christmas collection)
Capitol Records
Bing in the Thirties - Volume 5Spokane Records
1985The Radio Years, Volume 1GNP Crescendo
The Radio Years, Volume 2GNP Crescendo
Der Bingle - Volume 4Spokane Records
Christmas Wishes
(Christmas collection - also featuring the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra)
Capitol Records
Bing in the Thirties - Volume 6Spokane Records
Favorites By Bing CrosbyCapitol Records
Just for FunBroadway Intermission
Bing Crosby - Legendary SingersTime Life Music
1986Bing Crosby Sings Christmas Songs
(Christmas collection)
MCA Records
Dancing and Reminiscing with Bing CrosbyReader's Digest Music
Crosbyana - Volume 5 From Bing's CollectionBroadway Intermission
The Radio Years, Volume 3
(with Rosemary Clooney, Burl Ives, and Maurice Chevalier )
GNP Crescendo
Bing Crosby Sings AgainMCA Records
White Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Metacom, Inc.
Home Town Christmas
(Christmas collection - also featuring Kate Smith)
RCA Special Products
1987Tenth Anniversary Collection
(3-CD box set)
Warwick Records (UK)
  • BPI: Silver
Island Magic! / Hawaiian GoldThe Good Music Record Co.
Lady Of SpainGolden Circle, Inc.
Bing Sings CrosbyBroadway Intermission
White Christmas - Bing Crosby Sings Yuletide Favorites
(Christmas collection)
Reader's Digest
1988Together Again
(also featuring Red Nichols)
Broadway Intermission
Bing & Dinah
(also featuring Dinah Shore)
Spokane Records
The Crooner: The Columbia Years 1928-1934
(3-CD box set)
Columbia
His Most Loved RecordingsMCA Records
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney Christmas
(Christmas collection)
MCA Records
Pennies from Heaven
(Christmas collection)
Fanfare, Pro-Arte Digital
Bing in the Thirties - Volume 7Spokane Records
1989MacNamara's BandMCA Special Products
It's Christmas Time
(Christmas collection - also featuring Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole)
Laserlight Digital
Love Songs - The Crosby WayCapitol Special Markets
Winter Wonderland
(Christmas collection - also featuring Nat "King" Cole and Dean Martin)
CEMA Special Markets
Pocketful Of DreamsFanfare
Christmas
(Christmas collection - also featuring Liberace)
MCA Special Products
1990The All-Time Best Of Bing CrosbyCurb Records
The Christmas Songs Featuring War-time Christmas Broadcasts
(Christmas collection)
Vintage Jazz Classics
1991White Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Laserlight Digital
A Visit To The MoviesLaserlight Digital
Christmas With Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole, Dean Martin
(Christmas collection)
One Way Records
199216 Most Requested SongsLegacy
White Christmas and Other Favorites
(Christmas collection)
Spirit of Christmas Nelson
Merry Christmas from Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole & Julie Andrews
(Christmas collection)
GSC Music
Mail Call (Armed Forces Radio Broadcasts)
(also featuring Judy Garland)
Laserlight Digital
1993Bing: His Legendary Years 1931–1957
(4-CD box set)
MCA Records
Crosby Family Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Pilz
White Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Eclipse Music Group
Christmas with Bing & Frank
(Christmas collection - also featuring Frank Sinatra)
Eclipse Music Group
The Radio Years
(single-CD version compiled from the previous three volumes)
GNP Crescendo
Christmas Classics
(Christmas collection)
MCA Records, The Beautiful Music Company
1994That Christmas Feeling
(Christmas collection - also featuring Frank Sinatra)
Regency Music
WWII Radio (March 9 and June 29, 1944)LaserLight Digital
WWII Radio (July 6 and November 30, 1944)LaserLight Digital
WWII Radio (January 8 and 25, 1945)LaserLight Digital
WWII Radio (October 7 and December 16, 1943)LaserLight Digital
1995Christmas Through the Years
(Christmas collection)
LaserLight Digital
1996 A Little Bit of Irish
(posthumous edition, recorded in 1966)
Atlantic Records, Golden Olden Recordings
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney & Friends
(Christmas collection)
MasterTone
Live Duets 1947-1949Viper's Nest
My Favorite Country SongsMCA Special Products
My Favorite Love SongsMCA Special Products
Their Complete Recordings Together
(also featuring the Andrew Sisters)
MCA Records, Decca
Christmas Sing with Frank and Bing
(Christmas collection - also featuring Frank Sinatra)
LaserLight Digital
Top O' the Morning - His Irish Collection
(also featuring the Andrew Sisters)
MCA Records, Decca
1997Bing's Gold Records - The Original Decca RecordingsMCA Records
My Favorite Irish SongsMCA Records
When Irish Eyes are Smiling / Shillelaghs and ShamrocksMCA Records
My Favorite Hawaiian SongsMCA Special Products
His Greatest Hits and Finest PerformancesUniversal Music Special Markets, Reader's Digest Music
1998 Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas
(Christmas collection)
MCA Records, Spectrum Music
Winter Wonderland
(Christmas collection)
EMI Gold (UK)
It's Christmas Time
(Christmas collection - also featuring Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong)
LaserLight Digital
Silver Bells Of Christmas
(Christmas collection - also featuring Rosemary Clooney)
KRB Music Companies
The Holiday Album
(Christmas collection - also featuring Nat King Cole)
Fine Tune
1999The Best of Bing Crosby (20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection)MCA Records
Legends of The 20th CenturyEMI
The Very Best of Bing Crosby Christmas
(Christmas collection)
MCA Records14 [nb 6]
Christmas with Bing Crosby - All-Time Favorites
(Christmas collection)
Universal Music Special Markets, GSC Music
My Favorite Hawaiian SongsMCA Special Products
I'll Be Home for Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Sleigh Bells
2000The Best of the War YearsStardust Records
A Merry Christmas with Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
(Christmas collection)
MCA Records
Academy Award Winners & Nominees 1934-1960MCA
2001Bing Crosby & Friends Christmas Special - featuring Frank Sinatra
(Christmas collection)
Park South Records
Song Hits From The Movies 1930 to 1953Nimbus Records
Christmas with Bing Crosby
(Christmas collection)
Lifestyles
Two Classic Albums from Bing CrosbyCollectors' Choice Music
Lost Columbia Sides 1928-1933Collectors' Choice Music
Bing Crosby In Hollywood (1930-1934) Volume OneCollectables
Bing Crosby In Hollywood (1930-1934) Volume TwoCollectables
Cocktail Hour - DuetsAllegro Corporation, Columbia River Entertainment Group
2002The Radio Years
(double-CD box set compiled from the earlier three volumes)
GNP Crescendo
The Bing Crosby Radio Variety ShowMr Punch Audio
Christmas with Bing Crosby
(Christmas collection)
Universal Music Special Markets, Platinum Legends
2003Songs of WWIIDelta
Bing Crosby Christmas
(Christmas collection)
NorthQuest
A Centennial Anthology of His Decca RecordingsMCA Records
The Essential Bing Crosby: The Columbia YearsColumbia, Legacy
2004Bing Crosby Christmas Collection
(Christmas collection)
PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.
Swingin' with Bing, Bing Crosby's Lost Radio PerformancesShout! Factory
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmass
(Christmas collection)
Liquid 8 Records
Two Of A Kind
(also featuring Bob Hope)
Universal Special Products
2005Bing Crosby Christmas Collection
(Christmas collection)
Timeless Media Group
The Original CroonerAmerican Legends
America's Favorite EntertainerAmerican Legends
Christmas with Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby
(Christmas collection)
St. Clair Entertainment Group, Inc.
2006The Definitive CollectionGeffen Records
Christmas Classics
(Christmas collection)
Capitol Records, UMe12 [nb 7]
White Christmas
(Christmas collection - also featuring Rosemary Clooney)
LaserLight Digital
White Christmas
(Christmas collection - different from above collection)
LaserLight Digital
The EssentialsFantastic Price Records
Caroling with The Crooners
(Christmas collection - also featuring Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole)
KRB Music Companies
Best Of Bing CrosbyDirect Source Special Products Inc.
The Centennial Anthology
(also included a DVD)
Master Classics
2007Seasons Greetings from Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby
(Christmas collection)
EMI Music Special Markets
Hits Of Bing CrosbyNorthQuest
A Crosby Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Varèse Sarabande
Christmas With Bing Crosby & Friends
(Christmas collection)
Forever Gold
2008GoldGeffen Records
Bing Crosby Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Allegro Corporation
2009The EssentialsStardust Records
Bing Crosby White Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Lifestyles
The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56
(7-CD box set)
Mosaic Records
2010 On the Sentimental Side
(posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album)
Collectors' Choice Music
Bing on BroadwayCollectors' Choice Music
So Rare: Treasures from the Crosby ArchiveCollectors' Choice Music
Bing Sings the Sinatra SongbookCollectors' Choice Music
The Crosby Christmas Sessions
(Christmas collection)
Collectors' Choice Music
Bing Sings the Great American SongbookCollectors' Choice Music
The Crosby-Clooney Radio SessionsCollectors' Choice Music
2011Christmas Favorites
(Christmas collection)
The Bing Crosby Archive
IconGeffen Records, UMe
Bing In DixielandBing Crosby Enterprises
Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Sonoma Entertainment
Christmas by the Fire
(Christmas collection - came with a fireplace DVD)
Universal Music Special Markets
2012Christmas (10 Great Songs)
(Christmas collection)
Capitol Records
Bing Crosby Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Lifestyles
Through The Years: Volume Ten
(with Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Norman Luboff Choir, Dick Haymes, & The Andrews Sisters)
Sepia Records
2013Christmas with Bing!
(Christmas collection)
Sony Music Commercial Music Group, The Bing Crosby Archive
Bing Sings the Johnny Mercer SongbookBing Crosby Enterprises
2014Bing Sings the Irving Berlin SongbookBing Crosby Enterprises
American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered - The SoundtrackBing Crosby Enterprises
2016The Twelve Days Of Christmas/Radio Broadcast
(Christmas collection)
Sounds Of Yester Year
2017Among My Souvenirs: More Treasures from the Crosby ArchiveUMe
Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Newbourne Media, Universal Music Special Markets
2019Bing at Christmas
(Christmas collection)
Decca9 (UK)
2021The All-Time Best of Bing CrosbyCurb Records
2023A Valentine from BingPrimary Wave Music (Worldwide)
Bing Crosby’s Irish SongbookPrimary Wave Music (Worldwide)
Bing & Ella
(w/ Ella Fitzgerald)
Primary Wave Music
Bing Crosby's Christmas Gems
(Christmas collection)
Primary Wave Music
Bing at the Movies (Volume 1)Primary Wave Music (Worldwide)
2024Ultimate Christmas
(Christmas collection)
UMG Recordings3 (US)
[8]

Singles

Pre-Decca era

YearSingleChart positions
US [9] [nb 9] US
R&B
US
AC
US Country UK
1927"Muddy Water" (with Paul Whiteman)11
"Side by Side" (The Rhythm Boys with Paul Whiteman)3
"I'm Coming, Virginia" (The Rhythm Boys with Paul Whiteman)6
"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)1
"The Calinda" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)7
1928"Changes" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)4
"Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman)1
"Make Believe" (with Paul Whiteman)7
"Sunshine" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)6
"Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)6
"Mississippi Mud" (with Frankie Trumbauer)18
"From Monday On" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)14
"You Took Advantage of Me" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)9
"Louisiana" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)12
"It Was the Dawn of Love" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)19
"I'm on the Crest of a Wave" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)6
"Out-O'-Town Gal" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)16
1929"Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)8
"Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers)9
"Louise" (with Paul Whiteman)6
"Little Pal" (with Paul Whiteman)9
"Your Mother and Mine" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)16
"Waiting at the End of the Road" (with Paul Whiteman)12
"I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)6
"If I Had a Talking Picture of You" (with Paul Whiteman)7
"Great Day" (with Paul Whiteman)1
"Without a Song" (with Paul Whiteman)6
"A Bundle of Old Love Letters" (with Paul Whiteman)10
1930"After You've Gone" (with Paul Whiteman)14
"I Like to Do Things for You" (with Paul Whiteman et al.)19
"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (with Paul Whiteman)3
"Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" (with Paul Whiteman)16
"It Must Be True" (with Gus Arnheim)4
"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington et al.)1
"Them There Eyes" (with Gus Arnheim & The Rhythm Boys)7
1931"The Little Things in Life" (with Gus Arnheim)4
"I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim)3
"One More Time" (with Gus Arnheim)4
"Just a Gigolo"12
"Out of Nowhere"1
"Ho Hum!" (with Gus Arnheim & Loyce Whiteman)6
"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"4
"Just One More Chance"1
"Were You Sincere?"12
"I Found a Million Dollar Baby"2
"I'm Thru with Love"3
"At Your Command"1
"Many Happy Returns of the Day"3
"Stardust"5
"Dancing in the Dark"3
"I Apologize"3
"Sweet and Lovely"9
"Goodnight, Sweetheart"5
"A Faded Summer Love"8
"Gems from George White's Scandals"
(with Mills Brothers, The Boswell Sisters & Victor Young)
3
1932"Dinah" (with Mills Brothers)1
"Can't We Talk It Over?" (with Helen Crawford)10
"Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)"
(Bing's Theme Song)
4
"Snuggled on Your Shoulder (Cuddled in Your Arms)"11
"Paradise"7
"Shine" (with Mills Brothers)7
"Lazy Day"4
"Sweet Georgia Brown"2
"Cabin in the Cotton"11
"Love Me Tonight"4
"Some of These Days"16
"Please"1
"Waltzing in a Dream"6
"Here Lies Love"11
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"1
1933"Just an Echo in the Valley"2
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You"5
"Street of Dreams"13
"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me"1
"Young and Healthy"2
"You're Beautiful Tonight, My Dear"12
"I've Got the World on a String"19
"You've Got Me Crying Again"12
"Shadow Waltz"1
"I've Got to Sing a Torch Song"9
"Learn to Croon"3
"Down the Old Ox Road"8
"Blue Prelude"10
"My Love"4
"Thanks"2
"The Day You Came Along"3
"The Last Round-Up"2
"Home on the Range"18
"Beautiful Girl"11
"Temptation"3
"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?"5
1934"We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines"8
"Little Dutch Mill"1
"Good Night, Lovely Little Lady"2
"Once in a Blue Moon"11
"Love Thy Neighbor"2
"Ridin' Around in the Rain"13
"May I?"4
"She Reminds Me of You"10
"Love in Bloom"1
"Straight from the Shoulder"16
"Give Me a Heart to Sing To"12

Decca and beyond

YearSingleChart positions
US [11] [12] US
R&B
[13]
US
AC
[14]
US Country UK [15]
1934"Two Cigarettes in the Dark"5
"The Very Thought of You"11
"The Moon Was Yellow"13
"June in January"
(from Crosbyana )
1
"Love Is Just Around the Corner"
(from Crosbyana )
8
"With Every Breath I Take"
(from Crosbyana )
4
"Maybe I'm Wrong Again"14
1935"Soon"
(from Crosbyana )
1
"Down by the River"
(from Crosbyana )
17
"It's Easy to Remember"
(from Crosbyana )
1
"I Wished on the Moon"
(from Crosbyana )
2
"Without a Word of Warning"
(from Crosbyana )
5
"I Wish I Were Aladdin"
(from Crosbyana )
7
"From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes"
(from Crosbyana )
10
"Red Sails in the Sunset"1
"Silent Night" (gold record)
(from Christmas Music )
7
"On Treasure Island"8
1936"Would You?"20
"The Touch of Your Lips"4
"Robins and Roses"2
"It Ain't Necessarily So"18
"I'm an Old Cowhand"
(from Cowboy Songs )
2
"I Can't Escape from You"7
"Empty Saddles"
(from Under Western Skies )
8
"Song of the Islands"
(from Music of Hawaii )
14
"South Sea Island Magic"
(from Favorite Hawaiian Songs )
3
"Me and the Moon"9
"Pennies from Heaven"1
"Let's Call a Heart a Heart"10
"So Do I"18
1937"One, Two, Button Your Shoe"19
"Sweet Leilani" (gold record)
(from Favorite Hawaiian Songs )
1
"Blue Hawaii"
(from Favorite Hawaiian Songs )
5
"Too Marvelous for Words"1
"What Will I Tell My Heart?"5
"Sweet Is the Word for You"8
"Never in a Million Years"2
"Moonlight and Shadows"10
"My Little Buckaroo"
(from Cowboy Songs )
19
"Peckin'" (w/ Jimmy Dorsey)9
"The Moon Got in My Eyes"1
"(You Know It All) Smarty"18
"It's the Natural Thing to Do"2
"Remember Me?"1
"I Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight"6
"Can I Forget You?"8
"Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)"
(w/ Connee Boswell)
1
"Basin Street Blues" (w/ Connee Boswell)12
"The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)"8
"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon"
(from Favorite Hawaiian Songs )
4
1938"When the Organ Played 'O, Promise Me'"5
"There's a Gold Mine in the Sky" (w/ Eddie Dunstedter)
(from Cowboy Songs )
6
"On the Sentimental Side"4
"The Moon of Manakoora"10
"Let Me Whisper I Love You"7
"When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby"3
"Now It Can Be Told"7
"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams"1
"Small Fry" (w/ Johnny Mercer)
(from Small Fry )
3
"Mr. Gallagher & Mr. Shean" (w/ Johnny Mercer)
(from Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer )
7
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" (w/ Connee Boswell)1
"Don't Let That Moon Get Away"19
"Mexicali Rose"
(from Cowboy Songs )
3
"My Reverie"3
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"1
1939"You're a Sweet Little Headache"3
"I Have Eyes"4
"The Funny Old Hills"5
"Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn" (w/ The Dorsey Brothers)14
"It's a Lonely Trail"
(from Cowboy Songs )
17
"The Lonesome Road"
(from Star Dust )
12
"I Cried for You"
(from Star Dust )
13
"Between a Kiss and a Sigh"15
"My Melancholy Baby"
(from Star Dust )
14
"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"
(from Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. 1 )
12
"East Side of Heaven"6
"Sing a Song of Sunbeams"8
"Deep Purple"
(from Star Dust )
14
"God Bless America"
(from Patriotic Songs for Children )
17
"That Sly Old Gentleman (from Featherbed Lane)"
(from Small Fry )
10
"Little Sir Echo"
(from Small Fry )
3
"And the Angels Sing"10
"Alla en el rancho grande"6
"Whistling in the Wildwood"14
"An Apple for the Teacher" (w/ Connee Boswell)
(from Small Fry )
2
"Go Fly a Kite"10
"A Man and His Dream"4
"Start the Day Right" (w/ Connee Boswell)
(from Bing and Connee)
12
"What's New?"2
"Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters - EP)
13
"Yodelin' Jive" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters - EP)
4
"My Isle of Golden Dreams"
(from Favorite Hawaiian Songs )
18
1940"Between 18th & 19th on Chestnut Street" (w/ Connee Boswell)
(from Bing and Connee)
12
"Sweet Potato Piper"11
"Just One More Chance" (re-recording)16
"I'm Too Romantic" (aka "Too Romantic")3
"The Singing Hills"
(from Under Western Skies )
3
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
(from Under Western Skies )
12
"April Played the Fiddle"10
"I Haven't Time to Be a Millionaire"13
"Meet the Sun Half-Way"15
"Sierra Sue"
(from Under Western Skies )
2
"Mister Meadowlark" (w/ Johnny Mercer)
(from Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer )
18
"Trade Winds"
(from Hawaii Calls )
2
"Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind"8
"That's for Me"9
"Only Forever"1
"When the Moon Comes Over Madison Square"27
"Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (re-recording)
(from Drifting and Dreaming )
27
"You Made Me Love You"25
1941"Please" (re-recording)24
"Along the Santa Fe Trail"
(from Under Western Skies )
4
"Lone Star Trail"
(from Under Western Skies )
23
"New San Antonio Rose"
(from Don't Fence Me In )
7
"It Makes No Difference Now"
(from Don't Fence Me In )
23
"Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?"
(from St. Patrick's Day )
22
"Dolores"2
"Paradise Isle"
(from Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One )
23
"You and I"5
"Brahms' Lullaby"20
"'Til Reveille"6
"Be Honest With Me"
(from Don't Fence Me In )
19
"You Are My Sunshine"
(from Don't Fence Me In )
19
"The Whistler's Mother-in-law" (w/ Muriel Lane)9
"The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid" (w/ Mary Martin & Jack Teagarden)23
"Clementine"20
"Shepherd Serenade"4
"The Anniversary Waltz"24
1942"Deep in the Heart of Texas"3
"I Don't Want to Walk Without You"9
"Sing Me a Song of the Islands"
(from Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two )
22
"Miss You"9
"The Lamplighter's Serenade"23
"When the White Azaleas Start Blooming"21
"Skylark"14
"The Bombardier Song"19
"Be Careful, It's My Heart"
(from Song Hits from Holiday Inn )
2
"White Christmas" (gold record)
(from Song Hits from Holiday Inn )
1135
"Moonlight Becomes You"3
1943"Constantly"13
"Sunday, Monday, or Always" (gold record)13
"If You Please"17
"Mary's a Grand Old Name"20
"People Will Say We're in Love"
(from Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows )
2
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"
(from Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows )
4
"Pistol Packin' Mama" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)(gold record)
(from Don't Fence Me In )
231
"Vict'ry Polka" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)5
"I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)" (gold record)
(from Merry Christmas )
38
"White Christmas" (gold record)6
"Jingle Bells" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Merry Christmas )
19
"Let's Start the New Year Right"
(from Song Hits from Holiday Inn )
18
1944"San Fernando Valley"1
"Poinciana"3
"I Love You"1
"I'll Be Seeing You"1
"Swinging on a Star" (gold record)
(from Selections from Going My Way )
1
"Going My Way"
(from Selections from Going My Way )
15
"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)2
"Amor"2
"Long Ago (and Far Away)"5
"The Day After Forever"15
"Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)1
"It Could Happen to You"18
"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" (gold record)
(from Selections from Going My Way )
4
"White Christmas" (gold record)5
"Don't Fence Me In" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)(gold record)
(from Don't Fence Me In )
19
1945"Evelina"
(from Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows )
9
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)2
"The Three Caballeros" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)8
"Sleigh Ride in July"14
"Like Someone in Love"15
"Just a Prayer Away"4
"All of My Life"12
"Yah-ta-ta, Yah-ta-ta (Talk, Talk, Talk)" (w/ Judy Garland)
(from Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer )
5
"You Belong to My Heart"
(from El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites )
3
"Baia"
(from El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites )
6
"My Baby Said Yes" (w/ Louis Jordan)14
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"3
"If I Loved You"
(from Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows )
8
"Along the Navajo Trail" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Go West Young Man )
2
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" (w/ Les Paul Trio)
(from Drifting and Dreaming )
1
"The Road to Morocco" (w/ Bob Hope)
(from Selections from Road to Utopia )
21
"I Can't Begin to Tell You" (gold record)1
"White Christmas" (gold record)1
"Aren't You Glad You're You?"
(from Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's )
8
"In the Land of Beginning Again"
(from Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's )
18
"Symphony" [16] 3
1946"Give Me the Simple Life"16
"The Bells of St. Mary's"
(from Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's )
21
"McNamara's Band" (gold record)
(from St. Patrick's Day )
10
"Day by Day" (w/ Mel Tormé & His Mel-Tones)15
"Sioux City Sue"3
"Personality"
(from Selections from Road to Utopia )
9
"They Say It's Wonderful"
(from Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows )
12
"South America, Take It Away" (w/ The Andrews Sisters) [17] (gold record)2
"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)14
"Night and Day"21
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
(from Blue Skies )
12
"White Christmas" (gold record)1
1947"A Gal in Calico"8
"Easter Parade"
(from Song Hits from Holiday Inn )
22
"That's How Much I Love You"17
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" (w/ Al Jolson)(gold record)
(from Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters )
20
"Tallahassee" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)10
"There's No Business Like Show Business" (w/ The Andrews Sisters & Dick Haymes)
(from Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters )
25
"Feudin' and Fightin'"
(from Bing and the Dixieland Bands )
9
"The Freedom Train" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)21
"You Do"8
"How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)"6
"The Whiffenpoof Song" (gold record)
(from Auld Lang Syne )
7
"White Christmas" (gold record)3
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)22
"Silent Night" (new version)228
1948"Ballerina"10
"Now Is the Hour" (gold record)
(from Auld Lang Syne )
1
"You Don't Have to Know the Language" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Selections from Road to Rio )
21
"Pass That Peace Pipe"21
"But Beautiful"
(from Selections from Road to Rio )
20
"Blue Shadows on the Trail"
(from Home on the Range)
23
"A Fella with an Umbrella"23
"White Christmas" (gold record)6
"A Hundred and Sixty Acres" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Go West Young Man )
23
1949"Far Away Places"2
"Galway Bay" (gold record)
(from When Irish Eyes Are Smiling )
3
"If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon"
(from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court )
27
"Careless Hands"12
"Riders in the Sky"14
"Some Enchanted Evening"
(from South Pacific )
3
"Bali Ha'i"
(from South Pacific )
12
"Dear Hearts and Gentle People" (gold record)2
"Mule Train"4
"Way Back Home"
(from Way Back Home )
21
"White Christmas" (gold record)5
1950"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Go West Young Man )
24
"Quicksilver" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)
(from Go West Young Man )
6
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"4
"I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell"22
"Play a Simple Melody" (w/ Gary Crosby)(gold record)
(from Gary Crosby and Friend - EP)
4
"Sam's Song" (w/ Gary Crosby)
(from Gary Crosby and Friend - EP)
4
"La Vie en rose"13
"I Cross My Fingers"18
"All My Love"11
"Beyond the Reef"26
"Harbor Lights"8
"White Christmas" (gold record)13
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"14
"A Crosby Christmas" (w/ his sons)22
1951"A Marshmallow World"14
"Sparrow in the Treetop" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)8
"When You and I Were Young, Maggie Blues" (w/ Gary Crosby)
(from Gary Crosby and Friend - EP)
8
"Moonlight Bay" (w/ Gary Crosby)
(from Gary Crosby and Friend - EP)
14
"Gone Fishin'" (w/ Louis Armstrong)19
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (w/ Jane Wyman)11
"Shanghai"21
"Domino"15
"White Christmas" (gold record)13
1952"The Isle of Innisfree"
(from Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man )
3
"Watermelon Weather" (w/ Peggy Lee)28
"Till the End of the World"1610
"Zing a Little Zong" (w/ Jane Wyman)
(from Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" )
1810
"Silver Bells" (w/ Carol Richards)20
"Keep It a Secret"28
1953"You Don't Know What Lonesome Is"
(from Home on the Range)
23
"Open Up Your Heart"22
"Hush-a-bye"24
"White Christmas" (gold record)21
1954"Changing Partners"
(from Bing Sings the Hits )
139
"Y'all Come"
(from Bing Sings the Hits )
20
"Down by the Riverside" (w/ Gary Crosby)28
"Young at Heart"24
"Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep"
(from Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas )
2711
"White Christmas" (gold record)
(from Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas )
21
1955"Stranger in Paradise"
(from Bing Sings the Hits )
17
"White Christmas" (gold record)7
1956"In a Little Spanish Town" (w/ Buddy Cole & his Trio)
(from In a Little Spanish Town)
4922
"True Love" (w/ Grace Kelly)
(from High Society )
34
"Well, Did You Evah!" (w/ Frank Sinatra)
(from High Society )
92
"Now You Has Jazz" (w/ Louis Armstrong)
(from High Society )
88
"White Christmas" (gold record)65
1957"Around the World"
(from Around the World with Bing!)
255
"How Lovely Is Christmas"
(from A Christmas Story – An Axe, an Apple and a Buckskin Jacket )
97
"Silent Night"54
"Silver Bells" (w/ Carol Richards)78
"White Christmas" (gold record)34
195866
195959
1960"Adeste Fideles"45
"I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)" (gold record)102
"Silent Night"54
"White Christmas" (gold record)26
196112
196238
1968"Step to the Rear"29
1975"That's What Life Is All About"
(from That's What Life Is All About )
3541
1977"White Christmas"5
1982"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (w/ David Bowie)3
1983"True Love" (w/ Grace Kelly)70
1985"White Christmas"69
199829
20183461
20194231
20202049
"Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)36
"I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)"50
2021"White Christmas"2148
20221639
20231438
20241942
"Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)" (w/ The Andrews Sisters)71

Holiday 100 chart entries

Since many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to Christmas music each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over. [18] In December 2011, Billboard began a Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data", [19] and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100. [20] Many Crosby recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there.

TitleHoliday season peak chart positionsAlbum
20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
"Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)"21 [21] Merry Christmas
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"79 [22] 70 [23] 38 [24] 90 [25] 67 [26] 70 [27] 74 [28] 82 [29] 70 [30] 95 [31] 87 [32] 76 [33] I Wish You a Merry Christmas
"Frosty the Snowman"94 [34] 89 [35]
"I Wish You a Merry Christmas"49 [21] 86 [36] 93 [34] 92 [35]
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"97 [37] 28 [38] 37 [28] 33 [39] 75 [40] 82 [41] 67 [42] 45 [33] Merry Christmas
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
(with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires)
18 [43] 18 [44] 30 [45] 25 [46] 24 [24] 22 [47] 26 [48] 27 [49] 31 [50] 43 [29] 57 [30] 47 [34] 65 [35] 75 [51]
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"87 [50] I Wish You a Merry Christmas
"The Little Drummer Boy"46 [38] 46 [52] 62 [53] 81 [54] 79 [31] 90 [32] 89 [55]
"Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)"
(with The Andrews Sisters)
61 [23] 87 [56] 74 [57] 87 [37] 73 [49] 36 [52] 25 [39] 56 [58] 42 [59] 44 [32] 39 [55] Merry Christmas
"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"
(with David Bowie)
87 [60] (non-album single)
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
(with The Andrews Sisters)
90 [38] 61 [61] Merry Christmas
"Silent Night"88 [52] 73 [58] 76 [62] 64 [63]
"Silver Bells"
(with Carol Richards)
95 [60] 63 [64]
"White Christmas"11 [43] 7 [65] 7 [60] 8 [23] 5 [24] 12 [57] 10 [48] 11 [27] 16 [28] 13 [29] 13 [66] 13 [31] 13 [35] 17 [67]
"Winter Wonderland"98 [38] 94 [52] 86 [68] 66 [34] 74 [32] 73 [33] I Wish You a Merry Christmas

Notes

  1. The 1974 rerelease titled "White Christmas"
  2. The 1974 rerelease
  3. The 1975 rerelease
  4. 2010 release
  5. 2002 release
  6. 2018 rerelease
  7. 2017 rerelease
  8. 2017 rerelease
  9. Joel Whitburn's methodology for creating pre-1940s chart placings has been criticised, [10] and they should not be taken as definitive.

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  2. "Seven Chart-Toppers You Won't See on MTV". Spin. April 1992. p. 55. ISSN   0886-3032.
  3. Brady, Bradford; Maron, John (Mar 1, 2020). "On the Record: How did Bing Crosby get his nickname?". Bristol Herald Courier . Archived from the original on April 17, 2021.
  4. "'White Christmas' at 75: A Snapshot of the Most Successful Song In Music History". Billboard. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  5. "Best-selling single". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  6. Giddens, Gary (2001-01-28). MUSIC; Bing Crosby, The Unsung King of Song.
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