Selections from Showboat explained

Selections from Showboat
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Bing Crosby, Frances Langford, Tony Martin, Kenny Baker, Lee Wiley
Cover:	Selections_from_Showboat_(album_cover).jpg
Released:	Original 78 album: 1948 10” LP DL 5060: 1949 7” 45rpm box set 1949
Recorded:	1939–1947
Genre:	Popular
Label:	Decca Records
Chronology:	Bing Crosby
Prev Title:	Blue of the Night
Prev Year:	1948
Year:	1948
Next Title:	The Emperor Waltz
Next Year:	1948

Selections from Showboat is a Decca Records compilation album of phonograph records featuring songs from the Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat.

Track listing

These songs were featured on a four 10” 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-619.

Disc 1: (25259)Disc 2: (25260)Disc 3: (25261)Disc 4: (25262)

LP release

The album was also issued as a 10” vinyl LP in 1949 with the catalogue number DL 5060.^[1]

LP track listing

SIDE ONE

1. “Ol’ Man River”
2. “I Still Suits Me”
3. “Make Believe”
4. “You Are Love”

SIDE TWO

1. “Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man”
2. “Bill”
3. “Why Do I Love You?”
4. “All the Things You Are”

Other release

The album was also issued as a 4-disc 45 rpm box set in 1949 (Catalogue No. 9-14).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: DISCOGS. discogs.com. September 15, 2015.
2. Web site: DISCOGS. discogs.com. September 15, 2015.