The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost

The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost
Studio album by Bing Crosby
Released 1955
Recorded 1953-1954
Genre Popular
Label Decca Records
Bing Crosby chronology
Bing: A Musical Autobiography
(1954)		 The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost
(1955)		 High Tor
(1956)

The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost is a Decca Records album by Bing Crosby of songs from the Paramount films Little Boy Lost and The Country Girl. This is not a soundtrack recording album but the songs used in the films were separately recorded for commercial release. It was issued as a 10” LP with catalog No.DL 5556.[1] The songs from “The Country Girl” were also issued on an extended play record numbered ED-2156[2] and all of the songs from both films were used in the 15-part Bing’s Hollywood series issued by Decca in 1962. [3]

Background

Bing Crosby had moved away from his familiar light comedy musical roles in the 1950s and undertaken two dramatic roles in “Little Boy Lost” and “The Country Girl”. Neither of the films was a musical but each had songs which helped to move the action along. The song “Violets and Violins” was not sung by Crosby in the former film but by his wife played by Nicole Maurey.

Track listing for 10" LP

Side 1

(Songs from “The Country Girl”, all recorded on December 23, 1954 with Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra.[4] All written by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin)

  1. "It's Mine, It's Yours (The Pitchman)”
  2. "The Search Is Through"
  3. "Dissertation on the State of Bliss (Love and Learn)" (with Patty Andrews)
  4. “The Land Around Us”

Side 2

(Songs from “Little Boy Lost”. All recorded on March 12, 1953 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.) [4]

  1. "The Magic Window” (Van Heusen – Burke)
  2. “A Propos De Rien” (Van Heusen – Burke)
  3. “Cela M'est Egal (If It's All the Same to You)”, (Van Heusen – Burke)
  4. “Violets and Violins”, (Miarka Laparcerie – Jack Lawrence)

References

  1. ↑ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Billboard". Billboard: 38. February 26, 1955.
  3. ↑ "Steven Lewis". Steven Lewis. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
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