| South Pacific | ||||
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| Released | Original 78 album: 1949 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1949 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 21:36 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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South Pacific is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Ella Fitzgerald and Evelyn Knight released in 1949 featuring songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific . The album was placed 8th in Billboard's chart of best-selling popular record albums in July 1949. [2]
The songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-714. [3] All music by Richard Rodgers; all lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
| Side | Title | Time |
| Disc 1 (24609): recorded March 10, 1949, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra [4] | ||
| A. | "Bali Ha'i" | 3:21 |
| B. | "Some Enchanted Evening" | 3:05 |
| Disc 2 (24637): recorded April 18, 1949, Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra [5] | ||
| A. | "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" | 3:15 |
| B. | "Honey Bun" | 2:53 |
| Disc 3 (24640): recorded April 25, 1949, Evelyn Knight with Victor Young and His Orchestra. [5] | ||
| A. | "A Wonderful Guy" | 3:01 |
| B. | "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" | 3:08 |
| Disc 4 (24639): recorded April 27, 1949, Ella Fitzgerald with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra. [5] | ||
| A. | "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" | 2:59 |
| B. | "Happy Talk" | 3:15 |
The songs from the album were subsequently released on a 10" vinyl long-playing record (DL 5207) in 1951 [6] and the LP achieved 10th. position in the album charts. [7]
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