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1941 compilation album by Bing Crosby
Under Western Skies is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1941 featuring songs with western themes such as "Empty Saddles" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds".
Track listing[]
These previously issued songs were featured on a 5-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-250.[2]
Side / Title |
Writer(s) |
Recording date |
Performed with |
Time
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Disc 1 (870):
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A. "Empty Saddles" |
Billy Hill |
July 14, 1936 |
Victor Young and His Orchestra |
3:01
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B. "Roundup Lullaby" |
Gertrude Ross, Charles Badger Clark |
July 14, 1936 |
Victor Young and His Orchestra |
3:08
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Disc 2 (4200):
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A. "The Singing Hills" |
Mack David, Sammy Mysels, Dick Sanford |
February 25, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
2:54
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B. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" |
Bob Nolan |
February 9, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
3:05
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Disc 3 (3388):
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A. "Legend of Old California" |
Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren |
July 27, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
3:03
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B. "Prairieland Lullaby" |
Frank Loesser, Victor Young |
July 27, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
3:05
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Disc 4 (3133):
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A. "Sierra Sue" |
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March 22, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
2:59
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B. "Marcheta" |
Victor Schertzinger |
February 9, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
2:48
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Disc 5 (4201):
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A. "Along the Santa Fe Trail" |
Al Dubin, Edwina Coolidge, Will Grosz |
December 3, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
3:06
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B. "Lone Star Trail" |
Cindy Walker |
December 3, 1940 |
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra |
3:09
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References[]
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Albums |
- Music of Hawaii (1939)
- Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
- Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
- Cowboy Songs (1939)
- Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
- George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
- Ballad for Americans (1940)
- Favorite Hawaiian Songs (1940)
- Christmas Music (1940)
- Star Dust (1940)
- Hawaii Calls (1941)
- Small Fry (1941)
- Crosbyana (1941)
- Under Western Skies (1941)
- Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/ Fred Astaire) (1942)
- Merry Christmas (1945)
- Selections from Going My Way (1945)
- Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's (1946)
- Don't Fence Me In (1946)
- The Happy Prince (1946)
- Selections from Road to Utopia (1946)
- Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster (1946)
- What We So Proudly Hail (1946)
- Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One (1946)
- Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two (1946)
- Blue Skies (w/ Fred Astaire) (1946)
- Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
- St. Patrick's Day (1947)
- Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947)
- Selections from Welcome Stranger (1947)
- Our Common Heritage (1947)
- El Bingo (1947)
- The Small One (1947)
- The Man Without a Country (1947)
- Drifting and Dreaming (1947)
- Blue of the Night (1948)
- Selections from Showboat (1948)
- The Emperor Waltz (1948)
- St. Valentine's Day (1948)
- Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters (1948)
- Selections from Road to Rio (1948)
- Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer (1948)
- Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan (1948)
- Auld Lang Syne (1948)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin (1949)
- South Pacific (1949)
- Christmas Greetings (1949)
- Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
- Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz (1949)
- Songs from Mr. Music (1950)
- Go West Young Man (1950)
- Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
- Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
- Selections from White Christmas (1954)
- Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
- High Tor (1956)
- A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956)
- High Society (w/ Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong) (1956)
- Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956)
- Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956)
- Bing with a Beat (1957)
- A Christmas Story (1957)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1957)
- Never Be Afraid (1957)
- Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1957)
- New Tricks (1957)
- Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1958)
- How the West Was Won (1959)
- Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong) (1960)
- 101 Gang Songs (1960)
- Holiday in Europe (1960)
- The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
- On the Happy Side (1962)
- On the Sentimental Side (1962)
- I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
- Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
- Return to Paradise Islands (1963)
- Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1963)
- America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
- 12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
- That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1965)
- Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie) (1972)
- A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire) (1975)
- Seasons (1977)
- Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
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