1951 compilation album by Bing Crosby
Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 |
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Compilation album by Bing Crosby |
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Released | 1951 |
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Recorded | 1934–1940 |
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Genre | Popular |
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Length | 3:09:29 (total of all 8 albums) |
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Label | Decca |
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Bing Crosby chronology |
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Go West Young Man (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (1950) | Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 (1951) | Way Back Home (1951) | |
Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 are a set of Decca Records compilation albums by Bing Crosby featuring songs from his various films over the years. The albums were issued as 10” LPs numbered DL6008 to DL6015 and 4-disc 45rpm sets numbered 9-194 to 9–201.
Background
In January 1951, Bing Crosby was honoured with various awards and special radio programs on what was described as his 20th anniversary as a single in show business.[1] Decca celebrated by issuing this comprehensive set of the commercial recordings of songs from his films.
Track listings
Track listings from Bing Crosby discography.[2] Recording dates follow song titles.
Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 1
Track listing (DL 6008) [3]
(tracks 1–3 from Here Is My Heart; track 4 from The Big Broadcast of 1936)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "June in January" (November 9, 1934) | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:13 |
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2. | "Love Is Just Around the Corner" (November 9, 1934) | Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:00 |
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3. | "With Every Breath I Take" (November 9, 1934) | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:09 |
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4. | "I Wished on the Moon" (August 14, 1935) | Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger | The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 3:05 |
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Side two (from Mississippi)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "Soon"" (February 21, 1935) | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:01 |
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2. | "Down by the River"" (February 21, 1935) | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 2:50 |
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3. | "It’s Easy to Remember" (February 21, 1935) | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | The Rhythmettes, The Three Shades of Blue, and Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:15 |
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4. | "Swanee River (The Old Folks At Home)" (February 21, 1935) | Stephen Foster | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra, and The Crinoline Choir | 3:05 |
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Total length: | 24:38 |
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Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 2
Track listing (DL 6009)[4]
Side one (from Two for Tonight)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "Without a Word of Warning" (August 14, 1935) | Harry Revel, Mack Gordon | The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 3:07 |
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2. | "Takes Two to Make a Bargain" (August 14, 1935) | Harry Revel, Mack Gordon | The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 2:48 |
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3. | "I Wish I Were Aladdin" (August 14, 1935) | Harry Revel, Mack Gordon | The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 2:59 |
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4. | "From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes" (August 14, 1935) | Harry Revel, Mack Gordon | The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra | 3:03 |
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Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 3
Track listing (DL 6010)[5]
Side two (from Pennies from Heaven)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "Pennies from Heaven" (July 24, 1936) | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:08 |
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2. | "Let's Call a Heart a Heart" (July 29, 1936) | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:04 |
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3. | "One, Two, Button Your Shoe" (July 29, 1936) | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 2:50 |
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4. | "So Do I" (July 24, 1936) | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | 3:10 |
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Total length: | 23:50 |
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Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 4
Track listing (DL 6011)[6]
Side two (from Double or Nothing)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "The Moon Got in My Eyes" (July 12, 1937) | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:13 |
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2. | "(You Know It All) Smarty" (July 12, 1937) | Burton Lane, Ralph Freed | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:35 |
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3. | "It’s the Natural Thing to Do" (July 12, 1937) | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:13 |
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4. | "All You Want to Do Is Dance" (July 12, 1937) | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:51 |
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Total length: | 24:02 |
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Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 5
Track listing (DL 6012)[7]
Side one (from Sing You Sinners)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "Small Fry" (July 1, 1938) | Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser | Johnny Mercer and Victor Young’s Small Fryers | 3:06 |
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2. | "Laugh and Call It Love" (July 11, 1938) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:47 |
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3. | "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" (July 11, 1938) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:38 |
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4. | "Don't Let That Moon Get Away" (July 11, 1938) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:36 |
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Side two (from Paris Honeymoon)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "You're a Sweet Little Headache" (November 4, 1938) | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:50 |
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2. | "Joobalai" (November 4, 1938) | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:52 |
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3. | "I Have Eyes" (November 4, 1938) | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:00 |
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4. | "The Funny Old Hills" (November 4, 1938) | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:44 |
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Total length: | 22:33 |
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Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 6
Track listing (DL 6013)[8]
Side one (tracks 1–3 from Doctor Rhythm; track 4 from The Star Maker)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "On the Sentimental Side" (January 21, 1938) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:51 |
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2. | "My Heart Is Taking Lessons" (January 21, 1938) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:45 |
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3. | "This Is My Night to Dream" (January 21, 1938) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:08 |
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4. | "Schooldays" / "Sunbonnet Sue" / "Jimmy Valentine" / "If I Were a Millionaire" (medley) (July 30, 1938) | Gus Edwards, Will D. Cobb / Edwards, Cobb / Edwards, Edward Madden / Edwards, Cobb | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, and The Music Maids | 3:10 |
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Side two (from The Star Maker)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "An Apple for the Teacher" (June 22, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | Connee Boswell and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:03 |
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2. | "Still the Bluebird Sings" (June 9, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:37 |
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3. | "A Man and His Dream" (June 9, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:02 |
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4. | "Go Fly a Kite" (June 9, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:39 |
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Total length: | 24:15 |
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Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 7
Track listing (DL 6014)[9]
Side one (from East Side of Heaven)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "East Side of Heaven" (March 10, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:01 |
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2. | "Sing a Song of Sunbeams" (March 10, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:50 |
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3. | "That Sly Old Gentleman" (March 10, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:01 |
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4. | "Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb" (March 10, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:32 |
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Side two (from Rhythm on the River)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "Only Forever" (July 3, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:07 |
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2. | "When the Moon Comes over Madison Square" (July 3, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:38 |
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3. | "That's For Me" (July 3, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:05 |
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4. | "Rhythm on the River" (July 3, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:01 |
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Total length: | 23:15 |
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Bing Crosby, Collectors' Classics – Vol. 8
Track listing (DL 6015)[10]
Side one (from If I Had My Way)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "I Haven’t Time to Be a Millionaire" (April 12, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:09 |
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2. | "April Played the Fiddle" (April 12, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:00 |
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3. | "The Pessimistic Character" (April 12, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:28 |
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4. | "Meet the Sun Half-Way" (April 12, 1940) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:34 |
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Side two (track 1 from If I Had Way; tracks 2–4 from Road to Singapore)No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed with | Length |
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1. | "If I Had My Way" (March 31, 1939) | James Kendis, Lou Klein | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:49 |
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2. | "Sweet Potato Piper" (December 15, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter’s Frying Pan Five, and The Foursome | 2:22 |
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3. | "Too Romantic" (December 15, 1939) | James V. Monaco, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:09 |
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4. | "The Moon and the Willow Tree" (December 15, 1939) | Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Burke | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:08 |
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Total length: | 22:39 |
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References
- ^ Macfarlane, Malcolm. "Bing Crosby – Day by Day". BING magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ "Decca Album Discography, Part 2:". Bsnpubs. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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Albums | - Music of Hawaii (1939)
- Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
- Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
- Cowboy Songs (Bing Crosby's first solo album) (1939)
- Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
- George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
- Ballad for Americans (Bing Crosby's first solo studio album)(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 (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (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 and Irving Berlin) (1946)
- Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
- St. Patrick's Day (1947)
- Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947)
- Cowboy Songs, Vol. One (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)
- Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows (1948)
- Cowboy Songs, Vol. Two (1948)
- Auld Lang Syne (1948)
- Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs (1949)
- 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 (1950)
- Songs from Mr. Music (w/ Dorothy Kirsten and The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
- Go West Young Man (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
- Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 (1951)
- Way Back Home (1951)
- Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from... (1951)
- Bing and the Dixieland Bands (1951)
- Yours Is My Heart Alone (1951)
- Country Style (1951)
- Beloved Hymns (1951)
- Bing and Connee (w/ Connee Boswell) (1952)
- When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1952)
- Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man (w/ Victor Young) (1952)
- Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" (w/ Jane Wyman and The Andrews Sisters) (1952)
- Road to Bali (w/ Bob Hope and Peggy Lee) (1952)
- Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
- Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
- Bing Sings the Hits (1954)
- Selections from White Christmas (w/ Peggy Lee and Danny Kaye) (1954)
- Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
- The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost (1955)
- Merry Christmas (later version of 1945 78rpm album) (1955)
- Shillelaghs and Shamrocks (1956)
- Home on the Range (1956)
- Blue Hawaii (1956)
- High Tor (w/ Julie Andrews and Everett Sloane) (1956)
- A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956)
- Anything Goes (w/ Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire) (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)
- New Tricks (1957)
- The Bible Story of Christmas (1957)
- Never Be Afraid (1958)
- Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1958)
- Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1958)
- Around the World with Bing! (1958)
- Bing in Paris (1958)
- That Christmas Feeling (1958)
- In a Little Spanish Town (1958)
- Bing’s Buddies and Beaus (1959)
- Say One for Me (w/ Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner) (1959)
- How the West Was Won (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1960)
- Join Bing and Sing Along (1960)
- Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong) (1960)
- Songs of Christmas (1960)
- 101 Gang Songs (1961)
- El Señor Bing (1961)
- My Golden Favorites (1961)
- The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
- Bing's Hollywood (set of 15 albums) (1962)
- On the Happy Side (1962)
- I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
- Holiday in Europe (1962)
- Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
- Return to Paradise Islands (1964)
- America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (w/ Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.) (1964)
- 12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
- Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1965)
- That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1965)
- The Summit (w/ Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.) (1966)
- Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1966)
- Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites (w/ The Columbus Boychoir) (1967)
- Thoroughly Modern Bing (1968)
- Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version) (1968)
- Hey Jude/Hey Bing! (1969)
- Goldilocks (1970)
- A Time to Be Jolly (1971)
- Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie) (1972)
- Rhythm on the Range (1972)
- I’ll Sing You a Song of the Islands (1972)
- A Southern Memoir (1975)
- That's What Life Is All About (1975)
- A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire) (1975)
- Tom Sawyer (1976)
- At My Time of Life (1976)
- Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium (1976)
- Feels Good, Feels Right (1976)
- Beautiful Memories (1977)
- Bingo Viejo (1977)
- Seasons (Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime) (1977)
- A Little Bit of Irish (posthumous edition, recorded in 1966) (1993)
- Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
- On the Sentimental Side (posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album) (2010)
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