Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Bing Crosby |
Cover: | Selections_from_The_Bells_of_St._Mary's_(album_cover).jpg |
Released: | 1946 (original 78rpm album) 1949 (original LP album) |
Recorded: | 1945 |
Genre: | Popular |
Label: | Decca |
Chronology: | Bing Crosby |
Prev Title: | Selections from Going My Way |
Prev Year: | 1945 |
Next Title: | Don't Fence Me In (w/ The Andrews Sisters) |
Next Year: | 1946 |
Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1946 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical comedy-drama film The Bells of St. Mary's.
The original 78rpm album reached number one on the Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in March 1946.[1]
These newly-issued songs were featured on a 2-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-410.[2]
Side / Title | Writers | Recording date | Performed with | Time | |
Disc 1 (18720): | |||||
A. "Aren't You Glad You're You?" | September 10, 1945 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:54 | ||
B. "In the Land of Beginning Again" | Grant Clarke, George W. Meyer | September 10, 1945 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:07 | |
Disc 2 (18721): | |||||
A. "The Bells of St. Mary's" | September 10, 1945 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:04 | ||
B. "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" | July 17, 1945 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:48 |
Decca released a dual 10” LP of Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's on Decca DL 5052 in 1949.[4]