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
Songs Bing Crosby recorded multiple times arranged for the profits from the record to be donated to charity. White Christmas by far is Bing's biggest hit and the entire world's, since it has sold over 50 million copies; No song has ever come close to matching it. There are two versions of this song that were recorded in the studio and many outside of that used for TV and radio. Star Dust (sometimes spelled "Stardust") is a song about love. It has over 1,500 recordings and is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century. Bing Crosby made two main recordings during his career.