Bing Crosby discography explained

Artist:Bing Crosby
Option:14
1Option Name:78 rpm albums
1Option:57
2Option Name:LP albums
2Option:105
3Option Name:Decca albums
3Option:98
4Option Name:Total albums
4Option:163
Soundtrack:7
Option Name:Christmas albums
Studio:71
Live:2
Compilation:83
Ep:6
Singles:409

American singer Bing Crosby has released 71 studio albums, 83 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]

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)

See also: Bing Crosby's record labels after 1955.

YearAlbumLabelPeak
chart position
Certifications
1939Music of HawaiiDecca
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. 1
(recorded in 1938)
Decca
Patriotic Songs for ChildrenDecca
Cowboy Songs
(Bing Crosby's first solo album)
Decca
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. 2Decca
George Gershwin Songs, Vol. 1Decca
1940Ballad for Americans
(Bing Crosby's first solo studio album)
Decca
Favorite Hawaiian SongsDecca
Christmas MusicDecca
Star DustDecca10
(reissue)
1941Hawaii CallsDecca
Small FryDecca
CrosbyanaDecca
Under Western SkiesDecca
1942Song Hits from Holiday Inn
(w/ Fred Astaire)
Decca
1945Merry ChristmasDecca1
  • : 4× Platinum
Selections from Going My WayDecca1
1946Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's
(recorded in 1945)
Decca1
Don't Fence Me In
(w/ The Andrews Sisters)
Decca2
The Happy PrinceDecca
Selections from Road to Utopia
(recorded in 1944)
Decca
Bing Crosby - Stephen FosterDecca
What We So Proudly HailDecca
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. OneDecca
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. TwoDecca
Blue Skies
(w/ Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin)
Decca2
Bing Crosby - Jerome KernDecca
1947St. Patrick's DayDecca1
Bing Crosby – Victor HerbertDecca
Cowboy Songs, Vol. OneDecca
Selections from Welcome Stranger
(recorded in 1946)
Decca
Our Common HeritageDecca
El Bingo - Latin American FavoritesDecca
The Small OneDecca
The Man Without a CountryDecca
Drifting and DreamingDecca
1948Blue of the NightDecca
Selections from ShowboatDecca
Bing Crosby – The Emperor Waltz
(recorded in 1947)
Decca2
St. Valentine's DayDecca8
Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews SistersDecca
Selections from Road to RioDecca
Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny MercerDecca
Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis JordanDecca
Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway ShowsDecca
Cowboy Songs, Vol. TwoDecca
Auld Lang SyneDecca
1949Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter SongsDecca
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
(recorded in 1947)
Decca5
Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George GershwinDecca
South PacificDecca8
Christmas GreetingsDecca4
Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy HollowDecca
1950Top o' the Morning / Emperor WaltzDecca
Songs from Mr. Music
(w/ Dorothy Kirsten and The Andrews Sisters)
Decca10
Go West Young Man
(w/ The Andrews Sisters)
Decca
A Crosby Christmas (EP)
(w/ Gary Crosby, Phillip Crosby, Dennis Crosby and Lindsay Crosby)
Decca
1951Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics - Vols. 1-8
(set of 8 albums)
Decca
Way Back HomeDecca
Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from...Decca
Bing and the Dixieland BandsDecca
Yours Is My Heart AloneDecca
Country StyleDecca
Beloved Hymns
(recorded in 1949)
Decca
1952Bing and Connee
(w/ Connee Boswell)
Decca
When Irish Eyes Are SmilingDecca
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)
Decca
Road to Bali
(w/ Bob Hope and Peggy Lee)
Decca
1953Decca
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
1954Some Fine Old Chestnuts
(recorded in 1953)
Decca
Bing Sings the HitsDecca
Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas
(w/ Peggy Lee and Danny Kaye)
Decca2
Decca9
1955The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost
(recorded in 1953–1954)
Decca
Merry Christmas
(later version of 1945 78rpm album, later renamed White Christmas in 1995)
Decca
1956Shillelaghs and ShamrocksDecca
Home on the RangeDecca
Blue HawaiiDecca
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 AroundDecca
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman SwingsVerve
High Society
(w/ Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong)
Capitol5
1957Bing with a BeatRCA Victor
A Christmas Story - An Axe, An Apple and a Buckskin JacketGolden Records
Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesGolden Records
New Tricks
(recorded in 1955–1956)
Decca
The Bible Story of ChristmasWorld Library Publications
Christmas Time (EP)Decca
Once Over Lightly (EP)Decca
1958Never 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 ParisDecca
That Christmas Feeling
(incorporates the 1949 78rpm album Christmas Greetings, and 5 later recordings)
Decca
In a Little Spanish TownDecca
1959Bing’s Buddies and BeausBrunswick
Say One for Me
(w/ Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner)
Columbia
1960How the West Was Won
(w/ Rosemary Clooney, recorded in 1959)
RCA Victor
Join Bing and Sing Along
(recorded in 1959)
Warner Records / RCA Victor7 (UK)
Bing & Satchmo
(w/ Louis Armstrong)
MGM Records
Songs of ChristmasDecca
1961101 Gang Songs
(recorded in 1960)
Warner Records
El Señor Bing
(recorded in 1960)
MGM Records
My Golden FavoritesDecca
1962The Road to Hong KongLiberty
Bing's Hollywood vols.1-15
(set of 15 albums)
Decca
On the Happy SideWarner Records
I Wish You a Merry ChristmasWarner Records
Holiday in Europe
(recorded in 1961)
Decca
1963Guys and DollsReprise
Finian's RainbowReprise
South PacificReprise
1964Return 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
1965Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits
(recorded in 1963)
Capitol
That Travelin' Two-Beat
(w/ Rosemary Clooney, recorded in 1964)
Capitol
1966The Summit
(w/ Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.)
Reprise
Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I LoveThe Longines Symphonette
1967Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites
(w/ The Columbus Boychoir)
Decca
1968Thoroughly Modern BingPickwick
Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version)The Longines Symphonette
1969Hey Jude / Hey Bing!
(recorded in 1968)
Amos
1970GoldilocksDisneyland
1971A Time to Be JollyDaybreak
1972Bing 'n' Basie
(w/ Count Basie)
Daybreak
Rhythm on the RangeCoral
I’ll Sing You a Song of the IslandsCoral
1975A Southern MemoirLondon Records
That's What Life Is All AboutUnited Artists28 (UK)
A Couple of Song and Dance Men
(w/ Fred Astaire)
United Artists
1976Tom Sawyer
(recorded in 1975)
Argo
At My Time of LifeUnited Artists
Bing Crosby Live at the London PalladiumK-tel9 (UK)
Feels Good, Feels RightDecca
1977Beautiful Memories
(recorded in 1976)
United Artists
Bingo Viejo
(recorded in 1975)
London Records / Anahuac
Seasons
(Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime)
Polydor25 (UK)

Posthumous releases and compilations

YearAlbumLabelPeak
chart position
Certifications
1977The Greatest Hits of Bing Crosby
(M.F. Productions 2 LP)
Bing Sings
  • : 2× Platinum
Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Sky
(Biograph BLP-M-1)
1991White ChristmasLaserlight Digital
199216 Most Requested Songs
1993A Little Bit of Irish
(posthumous edition, recorded in 1966)
Golden Olden Recordings
Bing: His Legendary Years 1931–1957
(4-CD box set)
1995Christmas Through the Years
1997Bing's Gold Records
1998
(Christmas collection)
199920th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bing Crosby
2006The Definitive Collection
2010On the Sentimental Side
(posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album)
Collectors' Choice Music
2011Christmas
(Christmas collection)
2017The Bible Story of Christmas narrated by Bing Crosby
(re-issued by WLP) Vinyl LP and CD
2019Bing at Christmas9 (UK)
2023A Valentine from Bing
Bing Crosby’s Irish Songbook
Bing & Ella
(w/ Ella Fitzgerald)
Bing At the Movies (Volume 1)
Bing Crosby's Christmas Gems

Singles

Pre-Decca era

YearSingleChart positions
US[8] US
R&B
US
AC
US CountryUK
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[9] [10] US
R&B[11]
US
AC
[12]
US CountryUK[13]
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"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) (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

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.[14] 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",[15] and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100.[16] 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 positions
align=centre2011align=centre2012align=centre2013align=centre2014align=centre2015align=centre2016align=centre2017align=centre2018align=centre2019align=centre2020align=centre2021align=centre2022align=centre2023
"White Christmas"11[17] 7[18] 7[19] 8[20] 5[21] 12[22] 10[23] 11[24] 16[25] 13[26] 13[27] 13[28] 13[29]
align=left "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"1818[30] 30[31] 25[32] 2422[33] 2627[34] 31[35] 4357[36] 47[37] 65
align=left "Do You Hear What I Hear?"79[38] 703890[39] 67[40] 707482709587[41]
align=left "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)87
align=left "Silver Bells"9563[42]
align=left "Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)"6187[43] 7487[44] 7336[45] 25[46] 56[47] 42[48] 44
align=left "Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)"21[49]
align=left "I Wish You a Merry Christmas"4986[50] 9392
align=left "I'll Be Home for Christmas"9728[51] 373375[52] 82[53] 67[54]
align=left "The Little Drummer Boy"464662[55] 81[56] 7990
align=left "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (with The Andrews Sisters)9061[57]
align=left "Winter Wonderland"989486[58] 6674
align=left "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"87
align=left "Silent Night"887376[59] 64[60]
align=left "Frosty the Snowman"9489

Notes and References

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  2. Spin. Seven Chart-Toppers You Won't See on MTV. April 1992 . 55. 0886-3032.
  3. Web site: On the Record: How did Bing Crosby get his nickname? . . Mar 1, 2020. Bradford. Brady. Maron. John. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417045241/https://heraldcourier.com/community/on-the-record-how-did-bing-crosby-get-his-nickname/article_75ed01ce-4d9e-59ae-a769-9e5c1e4f4046.html. April 17, 2021. live.
  4. Web site: 2017-12-20 . ‘White Christmas’ at 75: A Snapshot of the Most Successful Song In Music History . 2022-08-11 . Billboard.
  5. Web site: Best-selling single . 2022-08-11 . Guinness World Records . en-gb.
  6. Book: Giddens, Gary. 2001-01-28. MUSIC; Bing Crosby, The Unsung King of Song.
  7. Gibbins, Gary "Bing Crosby: A Pocket Full of Dreams" published by Little, Brown
  8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Pop Memories: 1890–1954 . registration . Joel Whitburn . 1986 . Record Research.
  9. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Pop Memories: 1890–1954 . registration . 1986 . Record Research.
  10. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Pop Singles: 1955–2006 . 2007 . Record Research.
  11. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004 . 2005 . Record Research.
  12. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Songs: 1961–2006 . 2007 . Record Research.
  13. Book: Roberts, David . British Hit Singles & Albums . 2006 . HIT Entertainment.
  14. News: Jingle bell rock: Why lots of radio stations go all-Christmas in December. Judkis. Maura. 2015-12-22. Chicago Tribune. 8 February 2019.
  15. Web site: Andy Williams Hits New High, The Ronettes 'Ride' Back After 52 Years & More Hot 100 Chart Moves. Billboard . 8 February 2019.
  16. News: Carey Brings Back 'Christmas'. 2013-12-14 . Billboard. 115.
  17. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190204235701/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2011-12-10. 2019-02-04. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  18. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 5, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094644/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-01-05. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  19. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 11, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094545/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-01-11. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  20. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 10, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094435/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-01-10. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  21. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094423/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-12. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  22. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 7, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094234/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-01-07. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  23. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 9, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094222/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-09. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  24. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 8, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223024719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-08. 2019-02-23. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  25. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 7, 2019 . Billboard . 1 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210818011431/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-07. August 18, 2021.
  26. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 5, 2020 . Billboard . 1 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210103234728/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2020-12-05. January 3, 2021.
  27. Web site: Holiday 100 (Week of December 11, 2021). Billboard. December 11, 2021. 13 December 2021.
  28. Holiday 100 (Week of January 7, 2023). Billboard. January 7, 2023. January 5, 2023.
  29. Holiday 100 (Week of December 2, 2023). Billboard. December 2, 2023. November 28, 2023.
  30. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 8, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094729/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2012-12-08. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  31. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 28, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094609/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-28. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  32. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 13, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-12-13. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  33. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 10, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094320/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-10. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  34. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 22, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223023540/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-22. 2019-02-23. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  35. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 14, 2019 . Billboard . 1 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210103151038/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-14. January 3, 2021.
  36. Web site: Holiday 100 (Week of December 4, 2021). Billboard. December 4, 2021. 13 December 2021.
  37. Holiday 100 (Week of December 3, 2022). Billboard. December 3, 2022. November 30, 2022.
  38. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 14, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094632/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-14. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  39. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094309/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-17. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  40. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094210/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-16. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  41. Holiday 100 (Week of January 6, 2024). Billboard. January 6, 2024. January 3, 2024.
  42. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094114/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-30. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  43. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 9, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094332/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-01-09. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  44. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094159/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-01-03. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  45. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 4, 2020 . Billboard . 1 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210103152333/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2020-01-04. January 3, 2021.
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  47. Web site: Holiday 100 (Week of January 8, 2022). Billboard. January 8, 2022. 12 January 2022.
  48. Holiday 100 (Week of December 10, 2022). Billboard. December 10, 2022. December 6, 2022.
  49. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 19, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094412/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-19. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  50. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 24, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094258/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-24. 2018-04-07. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  51. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 5, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223023907/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-01-05. 2019-02-23. Billboard . 5 March 2019.
  52. Web site: Holiday 100 (Week of December 25, 2021). Billboard. December 25, 2021. 21 December 2021.
  53. Holiday 100 (Week of December 17, 2022). Billboard. December 17, 2022. December 13, 2022.
  54. Holiday 100 (Week of December 9, 2023). Billboard. December 9, 2023. December 5, 2023.
  55. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 26, 2020 . Billboard . 1 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210104000238/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2020-12-26. January 4, 2021.
  56. Web site: Holiday 100 (Week of January 1, 2022). Billboard. January 1, 2022. 30 December 2021.
  57. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of December 21, 2019 . Billboard . 1 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210103151133/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-21. January 3, 2021.
  58. Web site: Holiday 100: The week of January 2, 2021 . Billboard . 1 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210104000856/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2021-01-02. January 4, 2021.
  59. Holiday 100 (Week of December 24, 2022). Billboard. December 24, 2022. December 20, 2022.
  60. Holiday 100 (Week of December 23, 2023). Billboard. December 23, 2023. December 19, 2023.