The Centenary Collection

~ Release by Bing Crosby (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Dinah
orchestra:
Benny Krueger Brunswick Studio Orchestra
performer:
The Mills Brothers
recording of:
Dinah (on 1931-12-16)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
2:56
2A Couple of Song and Dance Men
recording of:
A Couple of Song and Dance Men (on 1946-07-24)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
2:20
3Mine
recording of:
Mine (on 1944-07-31)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
New World Music Corp. (in 1933)
part of:
Let 'em Eat Cake: Act II
2:43
4Sam's Song
recording of:
Sam’s Song (on 1950-06-23)
lyricist:
John Elliot (1914-1972 US film songwriter mostly Westerns, aka Jack Ellott)
composer:
Lew Quadling
2:53
5Do You Ever Think of Me
recording of:
Do You Ever Think of Me? (on 1940-07-23)
lyricist:
John Cooper (1920s jazz songwriter) and Harry D. Kerr
composer:
Earl Burtnett
2:42
6Mister Meadowlark
recording of:
Mister Meadowlark (on 1940-04-15)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Walter Donaldson
2:38
7It's Been a Long, Long Time
recording of:
It’s Been a Long, Long Time (on 1945-07-12)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd.
2:57
8The Way You Look Tonight
recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-08-19)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
42:34
9The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
recording of:
The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (on 1947-03-25)
composer:
Billy Merson
3:16
10Prove It by the Things You Do
recording of:
Prove It by the Things You Do (on 1945-09-13)
lyricist:
Doris Fisher
composer:
Allan Roberts (songwriter)
2:17
11Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1937-09-25)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:00
12Once and for Always
recording of:
Once and for Always (on 1947-12-18)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
3:12
13Busy Doin' Nothin'
recording of:
Busy Doing Nothing (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court) (on 1947-12-27)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
3:00
14If I Were a Bell
recording of:
If I Were a Bell (Guys and Dolls) (on 1950-09-07)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
part of:
Guys and Dolls (Broadway musical)
part of:
Guys and Dolls (1955 musical film)
3:11
15Put It There Pal
recording of:
Put It There Pal (on 1944-12-08)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
2:23
16I Can't Begin to Tell You
engineered in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-08-07)
piano:
Carmen Cavallaro (American pianist) (on 1945-08-07)
lead vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1945-08-07)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (in 1945)
orchestra:
Carmen Cavallaro's Orchestra
conductor:
Carmen Cavallaro (American pianist) (in 1945)
performer:
Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
I Can’t Begin to Tell You (on 1945-08-07)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
James V. Monaco
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
part of:
The 19th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
32:54
17I'm Falling in Love With Someone
recording of:
Naughty Marietta: Act II. I'm Falling in Love With Someone (Captain Dick) (on 1938-12-09)
lyricist:
Rida Johnson Young
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
part of:
Naughty Marietta: Act II
3:05
18In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
recording of:
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (from “Here Comes the Groom”) (on 1951-06-20)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 24th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1951 winner)
3:25
19When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
recording of:
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (on 1946-05-07)
lyricist:
George Graff, Jr. (lyrics "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") and Chauncey Olcott
composer:
Ernest R. Ball
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons (in 1912)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25290)
2:57
20The Rose of Tralee
recording of:
The Rose of Tralee (on 1945-07-17)
lyricist:
Edward Mordaunt Spencer
composer:
Charles William Glover
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1978)
3:19
21How Can You Buy Killarney
recording of:
How Can You Buy Killarney? (1948 song) (on 1949-11-06)
writer:
Freddie Grant, Hamilton Kennedy (songwriter), Gerald Morrison and Ted Steele
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
3:05
22Galway Bay
recording of:
Galway Bay (on 1947-11-27)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Colahan
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9306)
2:59