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This article is a discography for American singer Bing Crosby.

Singles

Throughout his career, Bing Crosby released over 2,500 recordings[1], therefore these are the ones that charted only (1931-1951) in the US.

Year Details[2] Peak chart
position (no. of weeks)
1931 Just a Gigalo
  • Label: Victor 22701
  • Charted: 03/28/1931
 12
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
  • Label: Victor 22701
  • Charted: 05/23/1931
 4
Out of Nowhere 1(3)
Just One More Chance
  • Label: Brunswick 6120
  • Charted: 06/06/1931
 1(2)
Were You Sincere?
  • Label: Brunswick 6120
  • Charted: 06/20/1931
 12
I Found a Million Dollar Baby
  • Label: Brunswick 6140
  • Charted: 07/11/1931
 2
I'm Through With Love
  • Label: Brunswick 6140
  • Charted: 07/25/1931
 3
At Your Command
  • Label: Brunswick 6145
  • Charted: 07/25/1931
 1(3)
Many Happy Returns of the Day
  • Label: Brunswick 6145
  • Charted: 08/01/1931
 3
Star Dust
  • Label: Brunswick 6159
  • Charted: 09/12/1931
 5
Dancing In the Dark
  • Label: Brunswick 6159
  • Charted: 09/19/1931
 3
I Apologize
  • Label: Brunswick 6179
  • Charted: 10/10/1931
 3
Sweet and Lovely
  • Label: Brunswick 6179
  • Charted: 10/10/1931
 9
Good Night, Sweetheart
  • Label: Brunswick 6203
  • Charted: 10/31/1931
 5
A Faded Summer Love
  • Label: Brunswick 6200
  • Charted: 10/31/1931
 8
Gems from "George White's Scandals"
medley:The Thrill is Gone / Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
  • Label: Brunswick 20102
  • Charted: 11/21/1931
 3
1932 Dinah
  • Label: Brunswick 6240
  • Charted: 01/09/1932
 1(2)
Can't We Talk it Over?
  • Label: Brunswick 6240
  • Charted: 02/20/1932
 10
Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
  • Label: Brunswick 6226
  • Charted: 01/16/1932
 4
Snuggle on Your Shoulder (Cuddle in Your Arms)
  • Label: Brunswick 6248
  • Charted: 02/13/1932
 11
Paradise
  • Label: Brunswick 6285
  • Charted: 04/16/1932
 7
Shine
  • Label: Brunswick 6276
  • Charted: 04/16/1932
 7
Lazy Day
  • Label: Brunswick 6306
  • Charted: 06/04/1932
 4
Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Label: Brunswick 6320
  • Charted: 06/11/1932
 2
Cabin in the Cotton
  • Label: Brunswick 6329
  • Charted: 07/09/1932
 11
Love Me Tonight
  • Label: Brunswick 6351
  • Charted: 08/06/1932
 4
Some of these Days
  • Label: Brunswick 6351
  • Charted: 09/03/1932
 16
Please
  • Label: Brunswick 6394
  • Charted: 10/08/1932
 1(6)
Waltzing in a Dream
  • Label: Brunswick 6394
  • Charted: 10/29/1932
 6
Here Lies Love
  • Label: Brunswick 6406
  • Charted: 11/12/1932
 11
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  • Label: Brunswick 6414
  • Charted: 11/19/1932
 1(2)
1933 Just an Echo in the Valley
  • Label: Brunswick 6454
  • Charted: 01/07/1933
 2
(I Don't Stand) a Ghost of a Chance With You
  • Label: Brunswick 6454
  • Charted: 01/21/1933
 5
Street of Dreams
  • Label: Brunswick 6464
  • Charted: 02/04/1933
 13
You're Getting to be a Habit With Me
  • Label: Brunswick 6472
  • Charted: 02/11/1933
 1(4)
Young and Healthy
  • Label: Brunswick 6472
  • Charted: 03/04/1933
 2
You're Beautiful Tonight, My Dear
  • Label: Brunswick 6477
  • Charted: 02/18/1933
 12
I've Got the World on a String
  • Label: Brunswick 6491
  • Charted: 03/25/1933
 19
You've Got Me Crying Again
  • Label: Brunswick 6515
  • Charted: 04/01/1933
 12
Shadow Waltz
  • Label: Brunswick 6599
  • Charted: 07/01/1933
 1(2)
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
  • Label: Brunswick 6599
  • Charted: 08/08/1933
 9
Learn to Croon
  • Label: Brunswick 6594
  • Charted: 07/08/1933
 3
Down the Old Ox Road
  • Label: Brunswick 6594
  • Charted: 07/15/1933
 8
Blue Prelude
  • Label: Brunswick 6601
  • Charted: 07/22/1933
 10
My Love
  • Label: Brunswick 6623
  • Charted: 08/12/1933
 4
Thanks
  • Label: Brunswick 6643
  • Charted: 09/16/1933
 2
The Day You Came Along
  • Label: Brunswick 6644
  • Charted: 09/30/1933
 3
The Last Round-Up
  • Label: Brunswick 6663
  • Charted: 10/21/1933
 2
Home on the Range
  • Label: Brunswick 6663
  • Charted: 11/04/1933
 18
Temptation
  • Label: Brunswick 6695
  • Charted: 12/30/1933
 3
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?
  • Label: Brunswick 6724
  • Charted: 12/30/1933
 5
1934 We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines
  • Label: Brunswick 6695
  • Charted: 01/20/1934
 8
Little Dutch Mill
  • Label: Brunswick 6794
  • Charted: 03/31/1934
 1(5)
Good Night, Lovely Little Lady
  • Label: Brunswick 6854
  • Charted: 04/07/1934
 2
Once in a Blue Moon
  • Label: Brunswick 6854
  • Charted: 05/05/1934
 11
Love Thy Neighbor
  • Label: Brunswick 6852
  • Charted: 04/14/1934
 2
Ridin' Around in the Rain
  • Label: Brunswick 6852
  • Charted: 05/26/1934
 13
May I?
  • Label: Brunswick 6853
  • Charted: 04/14/1934
 4
She Reminds Me of You
  • Label: Brunswick 6853
  • Charted: 04/14/1934
 10
Love in Bloom
  • Label: Brunswick 6853
  • Charted: 08/04/1934
 1(6)
Straight From the Shoulder
  • Label: Brunswick 6936
  • Charted: 09/29/1934
 16
Give Me a Heart to Sing To
  • Label: Brunswick 6953
  • Charted: 09/15/1934
 12
Two Cigarettes in the Dark
  • Label: Decca 245
  • Charted: 11/03/1934
 5
The Very Thought of You
  • Label: Decca 179
  • Charted: 11/03/1934
 11
The Moon Was Yellow (And the Night Was Young)
  • Label: Decca 245
  • Charted: 11/03/1934
 13
June in January
  • Label: Decca 310
  • Charted: 11/24/1934
 1(7)
Love is Just Around the Corner
  • Label: Decca 310
  • Charted: 12/22/1934
 8
With Every Breath I Take
  • Label: Decca 309
  • Charted: 12/15/1934
 4
Maybe I'm Wrong Again
  • Label: Decca 309
  • Charted: 12/22/1934
 14
1935 Soon
  • Label: Decca 392
  • Charted: 03/16/1935
 1(1)
Down By the River
  • Label: Decca 392
  • Charted: 04/06/1935
 17
It's Easy to Remember
  • Label: Decca 391
  • Charted: 03/16/1935
 1(2)
I Wished n the Moon
  • Label: Decca 543
  • Charted: 09/14/1935
 2
Without a Word of Warning
  • Label: Decca 548
  • Charted: 09/14/1935
 5
I Wish I Were Aladdin
  • Label: Decca 547
  • Charted: 09/14/1935
 7
From the Top of Your Head
  • Label: Decca 547
  • Charted: 09/28/1935
 10
Red Sails in the Sunset
  • Label: Decca 616
  • Charted: 12/14/1935
 1(2)
Silent Night, Holy Night
Released annually, and esimated to have sold 7 - 10 million globally.
This was also the first million dollar seller for Bing Crosby in the US
  • Label: Decca 621
  • Charted: 12/21/1935
 7

Albums

Box set

On September 28, 1993, MCA released a 4-CD audio collection titled "Bing Crosby-His Legendary Years 1931-1957". To date, this is the most comprehensive collection from his most prolific recording period. Other collections are available covering his recordings from 1926-1930 and from 1958-1976. The tracklisting is as follows:

Disc: 1

  1. Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) - (1931 version)
  2. Out of Nowhere
  3. Just One More Chance
  4. I'm Through With Love
  5. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)
  6. At Your Command
  7. I Apologize
  8. Dancing in the Dark
  9. Stardust
  10. The Moon Was Yellow
  11. Two Cigarettes in the Dark
  12. With Every Breath I Take
  13. June in January
  14. Love Is Just Around the Corner
  15. Soon
  16. Down by the River
  17. It's Easy to Remember
  18. Red Sails in the Sunset
  19. Silent Night
  20. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  21. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
  22. Pennies from Heaven
  23. A Fine Romance
  24. Sweet Leilani

Disc: 2

  1. Blue Hawaii
  2. Too Marvelous for Words
  3. It's the Natural Thing to Do
  4. The Moon Got in My Eyes
  5. Remember Me
  6. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)
  7. Don't Be That Way
  8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  9. Small Fry
  10. I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams
  11. Mexicali Rose
  12. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
  13. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
  14. Somebody Loves Me
  15. What's New?
  16. Sierra Sue
  17. Trade Winds
  18. Only Forever
  19. New San Antonio Rose
  20. Humpty Dumpty Heart
  21. Deep in the Heart of Texas
  22. Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie
  23. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
  24. White Christmas - from "Holiday Inn"
  25. Easter Parade - from "Holiday Inn"

Disc: 3

  1. Be Careful, It's My Heart - from "Holiday Inn"
  2. Adeste Fideles
  3. Moonlight Becomes You
  4. Sunday, Monday or Always
  5. Mississippi Mud/I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain
  6. Pistol Packin' Mama
  7. I'll Be Home for Christmas
  8. San Fernando Valley
  9. Swinging on a Star
  10. I Love You
  11. I'll Be Seeing You
  12. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
  13. Song of the Fifth Marines
  14. (There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin
  15. Don't Fence Me In - with the Andrew Sisters
  16. My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
  17. Mine
  18. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
  19. The Road to Morocco - with Bob Hope
  20. You Belong to My Heart
  21. It's Been a Long, Long Time
  22. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)
  23. I Can't Begin to Tell You
  24. Day by Day
  25. MacNamara's Band
  26. South America, Take It Away!
  27. When You Wish Upon A Star

Disc: 4

  1. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  2. The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
  3. The Whiffenpoof Song
  4. Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
  5. But Beautiful
  6. Galway Bay
  7. Far Away Places
  8. Sing Soft, Sing Sweet, Sing Gentle - with Jimmy Durante
  9. Dear Hearts and Gentle People
  10. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
  11. Play a Simple Melody
  12. Sam's Song (The Happy Tune)
  13. Harbor Lights
  14. Autumn Leaves
  15. Silver Bells - with Carole Richards
  16. Getting to Know You
  17. Gone Fishin'
  18. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
  19. Watermelon Weather
  20. Thanks for the Memory
  21. Around the World (In Eighty Days)
  22. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
  23. Gigi
  24. Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)

References

  1. ^ "The Book of Golden Discs": Joseph Murrells; ISBN 0-214-205126; published 1975
  2. ^ Pop Memories 1890-1954: Joel Whitburn; ISBN 0-89820-083-0; published 1986
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