South Pacific (Decca album)
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| Compilation album by Bing Crosby | ||||
| Released | Original 78 album: 1949 | |||
| Recorded | 1949 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 21:12 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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South Pacific is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Ella Fitzgerald and Evelyn Knight released in 1949 featuring songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific. The album was placed 8th in Billboard's chart of best-selling popular record albums in July 1949.
The songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-714. All music by Richard Rodgers; all lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
The songs from the album were subsequently released on a 10" vinyl long-playing record (DL 5207) in 1951 and the LP achieved 10th. position in the album charts.
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