Vintage Bing Crosby SHILLELAGHS And SHAMROCKS Vinyl LP Album 1980 MCA-177 EXC
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LP ALBUM (STEREO) PURCHASED IN 1980.
LOVINGLY PLAYED LONG AGO, STORED AND CARED FOR FOR 44 YEARS.
ALBUM COVER: EXCELLENT Retains vivid colors throughout, small paper break on one corner edge
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT no breaks on edges, somewhat yellowed
VINYL ALBUM : EXCELLENT PLUS, labels are mint
In December 1940, Crosby recorded the first two Irish-styled songs
of his career: "Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?"
and "Where the River Shannon Flows." He would go on to record
dozens of others, garnering three gold records
(when "gold" meant a million copies sold) for "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral"
in 1944, "MacNamara’s Band" in 1945, and "Galway Bay" in 1947.
"One of Bing’s best-selling albums ever, was ‘Shillelaghs and Shamrocks.’
"Sure, ‘MacNamara’s Band’ was done mostly for fun, and it is fun
But Crosby did it with a jazz band, so it swings."
Nowhere was Crosby’s Irishness more proudly on display
than in "Going My Way," a 1944 movie in which he took on the role
of Fr. Chuck O’Malley, a young priest assigned to a New York slum
parish overseen by an aging pastor played by Barry Fitzgerald.
This immensely popular film was nominated for 10 Oscars
and won seven: best picture, director (Leo McCarey), actor (Bing Crosby),
supporting actor (Irish-born Abbey Theater veteran Fitzgerald),
original story, screenplay, and original song ("Swinging on a Star," sung by Crosby).
As appealing as that Johnny Burke-James Van Heusen song
was for moviegoers, it paled beside "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral,"
a James R. Shannon chestnut from 1914 that Crosby
sang by the bedside of Fitzgerald’s dying pastor.
"Bing sings the heck out of it, and he’s at his peak
as an interpreter of that kind of song, It’s one of the greatest
tearjerking moments of the cinema, and audiences sobbed.
Could any other grown-up man in Hollywood have gotten away
with sitting on another man’s bed and singing him a lullaby?
Only Crosby."
Bing Crosby – Shillelaghs And Shamrocks
Label: MCA Records – MCA-177
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Novelty
PLAYLIST:
A1 Bing Crosby With The Jesters– MacNamara's Band
Harmony Vocals – The Jesters
Orchestra – Bob Haggart And His Orchestra
Written-By – John J. Stamford, Shamus O'Connor, The Jesters
A2 Bing Crosby With The Jesters– Dear Old Donegal
Harmony Vocals – The Jesters
Orchestra – Bob Haggart And His Orchestra
Written-By – Steve Graham (5)
A3 Bing Crosby With The Jesters– Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?
Harmony Vocals – The Jesters
Orchestra – Bob Haggart And His Orchestra
Written-By – George L. Geifer
A4 Bing Crosby With The Jesters– It's The Same Old Shillelagh
Harmony Vocals – The Jesters
Orchestra – Bob Haggart And His Orchestra
Written By – Pat White
A5 Bing Crosby With The King's Men–Two Shillelagh O'Sullivan
Harmony Vocals – The King's Men
Instrumentation By – Perry Botkin's String Band
Written-By – Perry Botkin, Preston Foster
A6 Bing Crosby With The Jeff Alexander Chorus–The Donovans
Backing Vocals – The Jeffry Alexander Chorus
Orchestra – Victor Young Orchestra
Written-By – Alicia Adelaide Needham
B1 Bing Crosby With The King's Men–Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?
Harmony Vocals – The King's Men
Orchestra – Victor Young Orchestra*
Written-By – Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr
B2 Bing Crosby With The King's Men–Where The River Shannon Flows
Harmony Vocals – The King's Men
Orchestra – Victor Young Orchestra
Written-By – James L. Russell
B3 Bing Crosby– The Rose Of Tralee
Orchestra – John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra
Written-By – C. Mordaunt Spencer, Charles W. Glover
B4 Bing Crosby– When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Orchestra – John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra
Written-By – Chauncey Olcott, Ernest R. Ball, George Graff Jr.
B5 Bing Crosby With The Mellomen–With My Shillelagh Under My Arm
Harmony Vocals – The Mellomen
Orchestra – Matty Matlock And His Orchestra
Written-By – Billy O'Brien, Raymond Wallace
B6 Bing Crosby With The Mellomen–St. Patrick's Day Parade
Harmony Vocals – The Mellomen
Orchestra – Matty Matlock And His Orchestra
Written-By – Hy Heath, Johnny Lange
Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc.
Formerly DL7-8207
Matrix / Runout (side A runout etched): MG-7-4344-W1
Matrix / Runout (side B runout etched): MG-7-4345-W1
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