A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and other stars of the Paramount movie A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court featuring songs from the film. All of the songs were written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke.
Songs from Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1949 | |||
Recorded | December 18–27, 1947 | |||
Genre | Popular | |||
Length | 18:16 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Bing Crosby chronology | ||||
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The album reached the No. 5 position in Billboard's album charts.[2]
These newly issued songs were featured in a 3-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-699.
Side | Title | Recording date | Performed by | Time |
Disc 1 (24524): | ||||
A. | "Once and for Always" | December 27, 1947 | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3] | 2:54 |
B. | "If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon" | December 27, 1947 | Bing Crosby with The Rhythmaires and Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3] | 3:06 |
Disc 2 (24525): | ||||
A. | "Busy Doing Nothing" | December 27, 1947 | Bing Crosby with Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix and Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3] | 3:02 |
B. | "'Twixt Myself and Me"* | December 18, 1947 | Murvyn Vye with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[4] | 3:00 |
Disc 3 (24526): | ||||
A. | "Once and for Always" | December 18, 1947 | Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3] | 3:09 |
B. | "When Is Sometime" | December 18, 1947 | Rhonda Fleming with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[4] | 3:05 |
*This song was cut from the film after its world premiere at Radio City Music Hall, New York.[5]
Decca included all the Crosby songs on Decca DL 4261 in 1962 for the LP set Bing’s Hollywood.[6]