Bing Crosby - Greatest Hits (1977) [SEALED] and 43 similar items

Catalog Number: MCA-3031 Condition Details: Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. A few creases near edges. Surface impressions on front where section of shrink near center is missing. Minor wear to corners. (Bottom-left corner is cut.) Tracks: White Christmas The Whiffenpoof Song I Surrender Dear Blue Skies Pistol Packin' Mama Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby) Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive Don't Fence Me In You Are My Sunshine Swinging On A Star Deep In The Heart Of Texas Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day About The Record: Greatest Hits is a collection of Bing Crosby hits. According to chart researcher Joel Whitburn, Bing Crosby hit the singles charts 361 times between 1931 and 1965, including 40 number one hits -- by far the most successful recording career of all time. Most of those hits were recorded for Decca Records, subsequently owned by MCA Records. In 1977 (the year of Crosby's death), when MCA came to compile an album called Bing Crosby's Greatest Hits, it began by limiting its choices to the most successful decade of Crosby's career, from the late '30s to the late '40s. Some of his biggest hits were here, to be sure: Swinging on a Star from the film Going My Way and the Andrews Sisters duet Don't Fence Me In, both long-running chart-toppers and gold records; the 1947 re-recording of White Christmas, which scored in the holiday season almost annually through 1962; and such big hits as Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive and Pistol Packin' Mama (both also featuring the Andrews Sisters). The album peaked at #98 on Billboard 200.