St. Valentine's Day (album) explained

St. Valentine's Day
Type:compilation
Artist:Bing Crosby
Cover:St._Valentine's_Day_(Bing_Crosby_album)_cover.jpg
Released:1948 (original 78 album)
1949 (10" LP DL 5039)
Recorded:1941–1945
Genre:Popular
Label:Decca Records
Chronology:Bing Crosby
Prev Title:The Emperor Waltz
Prev Year:1948
Next Title:Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters
Next Year:1948

St. Valentine's Day is a 1948 Decca Records compilation album of recordings by Bing Crosby.

Background

Bing Crosby had enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1940s, with his output including six No. 1 hits in 1944 alone. His films, such as Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's, were huge successes as were the Road films he made with Bob Hope. On radio, his Kraft Music Hall and Philco Radio Time shows were very popular. Decca Records exploited this by issuing a number of 78rpm album sets, some featuring fresh material and others using Crosby's back catalogue. Ten of these sets were released in 1946, nine in 1947 and nine more in 1948. Most of these 78rpm albums were reissued as 10" vinyl LP's in subsequent years.

St. Valentine's Day includes two of Crosby's No. 1 hits from 1944 – "I'll Be Seeing You" and "I Love You" – two other chart entries ("You and I" and "Miss You") plus re-recordings of the singer's first ever recordings for Decca in 1934 "I Love You Truly" and "Just A-Wearyin' for You".

Reception

The album reached No. 8 in the Billboard list of best-selling popular albums in February 1949. [1]

Track listing

These songs were featured on a four 10" 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-621.

St. Valentine's Day track listing
Side / Title Writer(s) Recording date Performed with Time
Disc 1 (23971):
A. "I Love You Truly" April 18, 1945 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:56
B. "Just A-Wearyin' for You" Carrie Jacobs Bond April 18, 1945 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 3:08
Disc 2 (23482):
A. "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" R. M. Stults December 4, 1945 3:14
B. "Mighty Lak' a Rose" December 4, 1945 Ethel Smith and the Song Spinners 3:19
Disc 3 (24255):
A. "You and I" May 23, 1941 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:35
B. "Miss You" January 24, 1942 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:44
Disc 4 (24256):
February 17, 1944 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:47
B. "I Love You" February 11, 1944 John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra 2:35

LP release

The album was also issued as a 10" vinyl LP in 1949 with the catalogue number DL 5039.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn. Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top LP's, 1945 - 1972. 1973. registration. Record Research Inc.. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 39.
  2. Web site: DISCOGS. discogs.com. September 15, 2015.