Song Hits from Holiday Inn

Decca Presents: Song Hits from the Paramount Picture Holiday Inn
Studio album by Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
Released Original 78 album: 1942
Re-release 78 album: 1946
Original LP album: 1949
Recorded 1942
Genre Holidays of the year
Label Decca Records
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Song Hits from Holiday Inn is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire released in July[1] 1942 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical film Holiday Inn. These are the longer studio recorded versions of the songs presented in the film. For the songs that were actually in the film, see Holiday Inn (soundtrack). This album is believed to be one of the greatest works of highly regarded songwriter Irving Berlin. This was the first release of Crosby's signature song "White Christmas" on shellac disc record. The 1942 version would only be released only one more time, in Merry Christmas in 1945 before the song was re-recorded (because the original master recording wore out) and the later version became the standard.

Original track listing

These newly issued songs were featured on a 6-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-306.[2] Discs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are sung by Bing Crosby while Disc 5 is sung by Fred Astaire. On Disc 4, both sing on the track "I'll Capture Your Heart".

Disc 1: (18424)

  1. "Happy Holiday", recorded June 1, 1942 with the Music Maids and Hal, and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  2. "Be Careful, it's My Heart", recorded June 1, 1942 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

Disc 2: (18425)

  1. "Abraham", recorded May 29, 1942 with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  2. "Easter Parade", recorded June 1, 1942 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

Disc 3: (18426)

  1. "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For", recorded June 8, 1942 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  2. "Song of Freedom", recorded May 29, 1942 with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

Disc 4: (18427)

  1. "I'll Capture Your Heart", recorded May 27, 1942 with Margaret Lenhart and [Bob Crosby]] and His Orchestra
  2. "Lazy", recorded May 25, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Disc 5: (18428)

  1. "You're Easy to Dance With", recorded May 27, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
  2. "I Can't Tell A Lie", recorded May 27, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Disc 6: (18429)

  1. "White Christmas", recorded May 29, 1942 with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  2. "Let's Start the New Year Right", recorded May 25, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Re-issue track listing

In 1946, in Decca Records' 18M Series, a 4-disc 78 rpm album set was released with all of the hit songs from the movie (Decca A-534). It featured all of the popular songs with the exception of "White Christmas" and a few others because they would sell more as a single than with a set. This set contains these previously released songs:

Disc 1: (23820)

  1. "Happy Holiday", recorded June 1, 1942 with the Music Maids and Hal, and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  2. "Be Careful, it's My Heart", recorded June 1, 1942 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

Disc 2: (23821)

  1. "Abraham", recorded May 29, 1942 with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  2. "Song of Freedom", recorded May 29, 1942 with Ken Darby Singers, and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

Disc 3: (23822)

  1. "You're Easy to Dance With", recorded May 27, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
  2. "I Can't Tell A Lie", recorded May 27, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Disc 4: (23823)

  1. "I'll Capture Your Heart", recorded May 27, 1942 with Margaret Lenhart
  2. "Let's Start the New Year Right", recorded May 25, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

The titles "White Christmas", "Easter Parade", "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For" and "Lazy", were available separately as 78-rpm discs for US $0.75 each, during this period.

LP track listing

The 1949 LP album issue Decca DL 5092 consisted of these 33 1/3 rpm records, and with the exception of "White Christmas", all were reissues of the earlier recordings:

Side 1

  1. "Happy Holiday", recorded June 1, 1942 with the Music Maids and Hal, and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  2. "Be Careful, it's My Heart", recorded June 1, 1942 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  3. "Abraham", recorded May 29, 1942 with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  4. "Easter Parade", recorded June 1, 1942 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  5. "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For", recorded June 8, 1942 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  6. "Song of Freedom", recorded May 29, 1942 with the Ken Darby Singers, and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

Side 2

  1. "I'll Capture Your Heart", recorded May 27, 1942 with Margaret Lenhart
  2. "Lazy", recorded May 25, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
  3. "You're Easy to Dance With", recorded May 27, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
  4. "I Can't Tell A Lie", recorded May 27, 1942 with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
  5. "White Christmas (1947 re-recording)", recorded March 19, 1947 with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  6. "Let's Start the New Year Right", recorded May 25, 1942, with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Other releases

In 1962, Decca re-released Decca DL 5092 with the title "Selections from Holiday Inn" with a new pinkish look for the set 'Bing's Hollywood'. It included all of the recorded songs on the 1949 LP.

In 1998, MCA released a CD re-issue of the 'Selections from Holiday Inn'.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/59721-best-selling-single
  2. ↑ http://www.78discography.com./Dec18000.htm