1947 HITS ARCHIVE: Whiffenpoof Song - Bing Crosby & Fred Waring

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Whiffenpoof Song (Minnigerode-Pomeroy-Galloway) by Bing Crosby with Fred Waring and the Glee Club

The traditional Yale University choral number, first published in 1909, had been a popular Rudy Vallee vehicle since the 1930s, in mid-1947 became a best-selling Red Seal single by opera star Robert Merrill, and in late 1947 a million-seller hit for Bing, accompanied by Fred Waring’s Glee Club. Other Crosby tunes in this collection include “A Gal In Calico” “How Soon” “You Do” “Tallahassee” and his new version of “White Christmas.”

THE 1947 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1947 (some were recorded in 1946) .
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