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South Pacific (Decca album)

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1949 compilation album by Bing Crosby
South Pacific
Compilation album by
ReleasedOriginal 78 album: 1949[1]
Recorded1949
Genre Popular
Length21:36
Label Decca
Bing Crosby chronology

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]

Track listing

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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
Disc 2 (24637): recorded April 18, 1949, Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra[5]
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]
B. "Happy Talk" 3:15

LP release

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for 00728333". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2016年06月14日.
  2. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. July 23, 1949.
  3. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  4. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "78 Discography". 78discography.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  6. ^ "BSN PUBS". bsnpubs.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Joel Whitburn's Top LP's, 1945 - 1972 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 39.
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