Under Western Skies: Songs of the West Sung by Bing Crosby | |
Type: | compilation |
Artist: | Bing Crosby |
Cover: | Under Western Skies 1941.jpg |
Released: | 1941 (original 78rpm album)[1] |
Recorded: | 1936, 1940 |
Genre: | Popular, Western |
Label: | Decca |
Chronology: | Bing Crosby |
Prev Title: | Crosbyana |
Prev Year: | 1941 |
Next Title: | Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/ Fred Astaire) |
Next Year: | 1942 |
Under Western Skies is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1941 featuring songs with western themes such as "Empty Saddles" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds".
These previously issued songs were featured on a 5-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-250.[2]
Side / Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Performed with | Time | |
Disc 1 (870): | |||||
A. "Empty Saddles" | July 14, 1936 | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 3:01 | ||
B. "Roundup Lullaby" | Gertrude Ross, Charles Badger Clark | July 14, 1936 | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 3:08 | |
Disc 2 (4200): | |||||
A. "The Singing Hills" | Mack David, Sammy Mysels, Dick Sanford | February 25, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:54 | |
B. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | February 9, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:05 | ||
Disc 3 (3388): | |||||
A. "Legend of Old California" | July 27, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:03 | ||
B. "Prairieland Lullaby" | July 27, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:05 | ||
Disc 4 (3133): | |||||
A. "Sierra Sue" | Joseph Buell Carey | March 22, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:59 | |
B. "Marcheta" | February 9, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:48 | ||
Disc 5 (4201): | |||||
A. "Along the Santa Fe Trail" | Al Dubin, Edwina Coolidge, Will Grosz | December 3, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:06 | |
B. "Lone Star Trail" | December 3, 1940 | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:09 |