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Going Hollywood, Vol. 3: 1940-1944

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Going Hollywood, Vol. 3: 1940-1944 Bing Crosby CD
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  • Artist: Bing Crosby
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2002
  • UPC: 604988012125
  • Item Number: JAS01212
  • Release date: 08/20/2002
  • 1. Intro: Going Hollywood
  • 2. Captain Custard [From "Road to Singapore"]
  • 3. Sweet Potato Piper [From "Road to Singapore"]
  • 4. Too Romantic [From "Road to Singapore"]
  • 5. Meet the Sun Half Way [From "If I Had My Way"]
  • 6. I Haven't Time to Be a Millionaire [From "If I Had My Way"]
  • 7. Pessimistic Character [From "If I Had My Way"]
  • 8. If I Had My Way [From "If I Had My Way"]
  • 9. April Played the Fiddle [From "If I Had My Way"]
  • 10. What Would Shakespeare Have Said? [From "Rhythm on the River"]
  • 11. Only Forever [From Rhythm on the River]
  • 12. That's for Me [From "Rhythm on the River"]
  • 13. When the Moon Comes Over Madison Square ]
  • 14. Rhythm on the River [From "Rhythm on the River"]
  • 15. Beware [From "Rhythm on the River"]
  • 16. You Lucky People, You [From "Road to Zanzibar"]
  • 17. African Etude [From Road to Zanzibar]
  • 18. It's Always You [From Road to Zanzibar]
  • 19. It's Always You [From Road to Zanzibar]
  • 20. Birth of the Blues [From "Birth of the Blues"]
  • 21. St. James' Infirmary [From "Birth of the Blues"]
  • 22. Memphis Blues [From "Birth of the Blues"]
  • 23. By the Light of the Silvery Moon [From "Birth of the Blues"]
  • 24. Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie [From "Birth of the Blues"]
  • 25. My Melancholy Baby
  • 26. Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid
  • 27. St. Louis Blues [From "Birth of the Blues"]
  • 28. I'll Capture Your Heart [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 29. Lazy [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 30. White Christmas [From Holiday Inn White Christmas]
  • 31. Happy Holiday [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 32. Let's Start the New Year Right [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 33. Abraham [From Holiday Inn White Christmas]
  • 34. Be Careful, It's My Heart [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 35. Easter Parade [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 36. Song of Freedom [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 37. I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For [From "Holiday Inn"]
  • 38. Road to Morocco [From "Road to Morocco"]
  • 39. Ain't Got a Dime to My Name (Ho-Hum) [From "Road Morocco"]
  • 40. Moonlight Becomes You [From "Road Morocco"]
  • 41. Old Glory [From "Star Spangled Rhythm"]
  • 42. Sunday, Monday or Always [From "Dixie"]
  • 43. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot [From "Dixie"]
  • 44. She's From Missouri [From "Dixie"]
  • 45. Horse That Knows the Way Back Home [From "Dixie"]
  • 46. If You Please [From "Dixie"]
  • 47. Dixie [From "Dixie"]
  • 48. Kinda Peculiar Brown [From "Dixie"]
  • 49. Day After Forever [From Going My Way]
  • 50. Silent Night [From Going My Way]
  • 51. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) [From Going My Way]
  • 52. Going My Way [From Going My Way]
  • 53. Ave Maria [From Going My Way]
  • 54. Swinging on a Star [From Going My Way]
  • 55. Goodtime Charlie [From Road to Utopia]
  • 56. It's Anybody's Spring [From "Road to Utopia"]
  • 57. Welcome to My Dreams [From "Road to Utopia"]
  • 58. Put It There Pal [From Road to Utopia]
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Going Hollywood, Vol. 3: 1940-1944 by Bing Crosby on CD


Having reached its third two-CD set, Jasmine's Going Hollywood series of Bing Crosby recordings associated with the singer's film appearances remains an enjoyable, if at times perplexing, group of compilations. Compiler Geoff Milne presents a combination of performances culled from the actual motion picture soundtracks and studio recordings Crosby made of songs he also sang onscreen. It's just hard to figure out why Milne picks one over the other, and he offers no comment on his criteria. As it is here, in a selection that traces Crosby's film career from 1940's Road to Singapore to 1946's Road to Utopia (actually completed in 1944, but put on the shelf). Of the 58 tracks, 37 are soundtrack excerpts, 20 are Decca Records studio takes, and one is a radio aircheck. There is no mystery about Milne's decisions in the case of 13 of those soundtrack performances, since there are no corresponding Crosby studio versions for them. These, perhaps most valuable to Crosby collectors, include two songs that were deleted from their respective films before release and are therefore quite rare: "Beware," a song intended for Rhythm on the River on which Crosby affectionately refers to John Scott Trotter, his radio bandleader, here playing piano, as a pachyderm, and "Kinda Peculiar Brown," intended for Dixie. Elsewhere, there is no discernible pattern for where Milne has chosen a soundtrack or a studio take. One can only assume he is making his judgments on a case-by-case basis, deciding, for example, that the movie version of "Too Romantic" is to be preferred over the studio one because of the presence of Dorothy Lamour, or that the sole radio performance of "Sunday, Monday or Always" is better than either the movie take or the a cappella studio recording. Or maybe the choices are to some extent dictated by time limitations, since the set runs close to two and a half hours. In any case, Crosby-philes may get just as much pleasure out of quibbling about what's here as they will out of listening to the album. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
  • Artist: Bing Crosby
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2002
  • UPC: 604988012125
  • Item Number: JAS01212
  • Release date: 08/20/2002
  • Label: Jasmine
  • Genre: VocalMusic
  • Album Type: "Best of..." / "Greatest Hits"

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  • Going Hollywood, Vol. 3: 1940-1944 Bing Crosby CD
Going Hollywood, Vol. 3: 1940-1944 Bing Crosby CD