The Top Ten Collection: The Late ’40s

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1If I Loved You
Bing Crosby3:24
2Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)
recording of:
Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Hodges (Songwriter, composer, author, producer and publisher) (in 1944)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Main Street Songs, Inc. (on 1944-12-29)
The Mills Brothers2:59
3My Sugar Is So Refined
Johnny Mercer2:46
4That’s My Desire
recording of:
That’s My Desire
lyricist:
Carroll Loveday
composer:
Helmy Kresa
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
Frankie Laine2:49
5You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)
The Ink Spots2:54
6I Wish I Didn’t Love You So
recording of:
I Wish I Didn’t Love You So (The Perils of Pauline)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 20th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Vaughn Monroe2:49
7Surrender
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (on 1946-04-02)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (on 1946-04-02)
recording of:
Surrender
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
Perry Como3:14
8Night and Day
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Frank Sinatra3:06
9Sweet Lorraine
The Nat King Cole Trio2:58
10Maybe It’s Because
Dick Haymes3:20
11Stuff Like That There
recording of:
Stuff Like That There
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
Betty Hutton3:02
12Serenade of the Bells
recording of:
Serenade of the Bells
writer:
Al Goodhart, Kathleen Twomey and Alfred Urbano
Jo Stafford2:57
13Along the Navajo Trail
Dinah Shore3:09
14Golden Earrings
cover recording of:
Golden Earrings
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
Peggy Lee2:56
15Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1947-12-19)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1947-12-19)
recording of:
The Yodel Polka (Toolie Oolie Doolie) (on 1947-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Artur Beul (Swiss composer)
translator:
Vaughn Horton
translated version of:
Nach em Räge schiint d'Sunne
The Andrews Sisters2:52
16Faraway Places
recorded in:
Mexico (in 1948) and Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1948-10-01)
vocals:
The Crew Chiefs (on 1948-10-01) and Margaret Whiting (on 1948-10-01)
orchestra:
Frank Devol and His Orchestra (in 1948)
cover recording of:
Far Away Places (in 1948)
writer:
Alex Kramer (in 1948) and Joan Whitney (in 1948)
publisher:
Laurel Music Corp.
Margaret Whiting3:17
17My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time
recording of:
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
lyricist:
Mann Curtis
composer:
Vic Mizzy (US television & movie composer) (in 1945)
Doris Day3:19
18Confess
Patti Page2:48
19Candy
The Four King Sisters2:52
20You’ll Never Walk Alone
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1945-07-10)
vocals:
Judy Garland (on 1945-07-10)
conductor:
Lyn Murray
recording of:
You’ll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) (on 1945-07-10)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), T.B. Harms Company, The Welk Music Group, Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Judy Garland43:18