South Pacific (Decca album) explained

South Pacific
Type:compilation
Artist:Bing Crosby
Cover:South_Pacific_(Decca_album)_(album_cover).jpg
Released:Original 78 album: 1949[1]
Recorded:1949
Genre:Popular
Label:Decca
Chronology:Bing Crosby
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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

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.

width=10%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
B. "Some Enchanted Evening" 3:05
Disc 2 (24637): recorded April 18, 1949, Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra[5]
A. "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" 3:15
B. "Honey Bun" 2:53
Disc 3 (24640): recorded April 25, 1949, Evelyn Knight with Victor Young and His Orchestra.
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.
A. "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" 2:59
B. "Happy Talk" 3:15

LP release

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for 00728333 . Lccn.loc.gov . 2016-06-14.
  2. Billboard. Billboard. July 23, 1949.
  3. Web site: Discogs.com. Discogs.com. August 31, 2015.
  4. Web site: A Bing Crosby Discography. A Bing Crosby Discography. August 24, 2015.
  5. Web site: 78 Discography. 78discography.com. August 31, 2015.
  6. Web site: BSN PUBS. bsnpubs.com. August 31, 2015.
  7. Book: Whitburn. Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top LP's, 1945 - 1972. 1973. registration. Record Research Inc.. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 39.