Bing Crosby – The Emperor Waltz Bing Crosby – The Emperor Waltz Bing Crosby – The Emperor Waltz is an album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby of songs featured in his film "The Emperor Waltz". This was not a soundtrack recording as Crosby recorded the songs separately some months after completing the film in September 1946. A song called "Get Yourself a Phonograph" had been recorded for the film but was eventually omitted. Crosby had previously recorded "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" on May 24, 1929 with a trio giving support but this time he has the benefit of a full orchestral backing. The song
12 Songs of Christmas (Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Fred Waring album) singly and in tandem, with the polished support of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. Among the top sides in this set are "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "The Little Drummer Boy," "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and "The 12 Days of Christmas." "Gramophone" in the UK was not so keen, commenting: "'12 Songs of Christmas,' with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians (Reprise R2022). Plenty of expensive talent crammed uncomfortably into a small, well-worn stocking. Obvious, pallid stuff, with the two head groaners actually together on only two tracks, and neither of them anywhere in