Selections from Road to Utopia explained

Selections from Road to Utopia
Type:studio
Artist:Bing Crosby
Cover:Selections_from_Road_to_Utopia_(album_cover).jpg
Released:Original 78 album: 1946
Recorded:1944, 1946
Genre:Popular
Label:Decca
Chronology:Bing Crosby
Prev Title:The Happy Prince
Prev Year:1946
Next Title:Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster
Next Year:1946

Selections from Road to Utopia is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1946 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical comedy film Road to Utopia. However, the song "Road to Morocco" came from the film of the same name and was not actually used in Road to Utopia. Another song - "Goodtime Charlie" - was sung by Crosby and Bob Hope in the film but was not commercially recorded. The songs "Would You?" and "Personality" were sung by Dorothy Lamour in the film, not Crosby.

Track listing

These newly issued songs were featured on a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-423.[1] All songs written by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics).

Side / Title Recording date Performed with Time
Disc 1 (40000):
A. "Put It There, Pal" December 8, 1944 Bob Hope and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra 2:21
B. "Road to Morocco" December 8, 1944 Bob Hope and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra 2:56
Disc 2 (18743):
A. "Welcome to My Dream" July 17, 1944 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:24
B. "It's Anybody's Spring" July 17, 1944 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:39
Disc 3 (18790):
A. "Personality" January 16, 1946 Eddie Condon and His Orchestra 3:30
B. "Would You?" July 19, 1944 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:46
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: DISCOGS. discogs.com. September 8, 2015.
  2. Web site: A Bing Crosby Discography. A Bing Crosby Discography. September 8, 2015.