| The Emperor Waltz: Selections from Paramount’s Technicolor Picture | ||||
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| Released | Original 78 album: 1948 | |||
| Recorded | January / March 1947 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 11:52 | |||
| Label | Decca Records | |||
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The Emperor Waltz is an album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby of songs featured in his film The Emperor Waltz .
This was not a soundtrack recording as Crosby recorded the songs separately some months after completing the film in September 1946. A song called "Get Yourself a Phonograph" had been recorded for the film but was eventually omitted. Crosby had previously recorded "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" on May 24, 1929 [1] with a trio giving support but this time he has the benefit of a full orchestral backing. The song "The Kiss in Your Eyes" was adapted from a slow waltz called "Im Chambre séparée" ("Separate Rooms") written by Richard Heuberger. "Friendly Mountains" was arranged by Joseph J. Lilley based on original Swiss airs and the music for "Emperor Waltz" was written by Johann Strauss the younger in 1888. [2] Johnny Burke wrote the lyrics for the last three mentioned tunes.
The album reached the No. 2 spot in the Billboard best-selling popular record albums chart on August 7, 1948. It was 9th in the year's top-selling popular record albums listing. [3]
These songs were featured on a 2-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-620.
| Side / Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Performed with | Time |
| Disc 1 (24204): | ||||
| A. "Friendly Mountains" | Johnny Burke | March 17, 1947 | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 3:04 |
| B. "The Kiss in Your Eyes" | Richard Heuberger, Johnny Burke | January 17, 1947 | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 3:01 |
| Disc 2 (24170): | ||||
| A. "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" | Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Ralph Erwin | January 17, 1947 | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 3:09 |
| B. "Emperor Waltz" | Johann Strauss, Johnny Burke | March 17, 1947 | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 2:38 |
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Blue Skies is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire released in 1946 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical film Blue Skies. Like Song Hits from Holiday Inn, the entire 78 rpm album would be composed of Irving Berlin songs written specifically for the film. This was the first release of one of Astaire's greatest songs, "Puttin' On the Ritz", on shellac disc record.
St. Patrick's Day is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1947 featuring songs with an Irish theme. This includes one of Crosby's most-beloved songs, "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" which was number four on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks, and topped the Australian charts for an entire month, on shellac disc record. This version, the 1945 re-recording, was released earlier in another Crosby album, Selections from Going My Way.
I Wish You a Merry Christmas was a long-playing vinyl album of Christmas themed songs recorded by Bing Crosby for his own company, Project Records, and issued by Warner Bros. (W-1484) in 1962.
A Time to Be Jolly is a long-playing vinyl album recorded by Bing Crosby for RCA imprint Daybreak Records at Mercury Sound Studio West on Mission Street, San Francisco. Crosby was supported by Jack Halloran and the Voices of Christmas with the orchestra conducted by Les Brown.
Feels Good, Feels Right is a 1976 vinyl album recorded by Bing Crosby for Decca Records during four morning sessions in 1976 at Decca Studio No.3, Broadhurst Gardens, London. He was accompanied by Alan Cohen and his Orchestra. Cohen also did all the orchestral arrangements.
Never Be Afraid is an LP album by Bing Crosby made for children by Golden Records in 1957. It is a musical adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes, the fairy story with a moral by Hans Christian Andersen. The music was by Lew Spence and the lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Keith.
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Christmas Greetings is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1949 featuring popular Christmas songs.
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