"At Your Command" is a 1931 song recorded by Bing Crosby on June 24, 1931 with piano accompaniment by Harry Barris.[1] The lyrics were written by Bing Crosby and Harry Tobias, The music was composed by Harry Barris.
| "At Your Command" | ||||
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 1931 sheet music cover, Robbins Music, New York. | ||||
| Single by Bing Crosby | ||||
| Released | 1931 | |||
| Label | Brunswick | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bing Crosby, Harry Tobias, Harry Barris | |||
| Bing Crosby singles chronology | ||||
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The song was released as a Brunswick Records 78 single and the recording reached no. 1 on the pop singles charts for three weeks in the U.S., with a chart run of nine weeks.[2] The song was published by Robbins Music Corporation in New York.
Bing Crosby sang "At Your Command" in the 1931 Mack Sennett two-reeler movie short I Surrender Dear.[3]
The song has appeared on the following Bing Crosby albums:
- The Voice of Bing in the 30s, Brunswick, 1959
- No. 1 Hits & Million Sellers, Castle Pie, 2002
- All the Number-One Hits, Goldies, 2002
- Swinging on a Star: His Fifty Greatest Hits of the 30s & 40s, ASV/Living Era, 2003
- Gold, Geffen, 2008
References
edit- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ Song artist 1 - Bing Crosby. tsort.info.
- ^ I Surrender Dear (1931). IMDB.
Sources
edit- Giddins, Gary, "Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams" pp. 259–60, 2001. ISBN 0-316-88188-0 and ISBN 0-316-88645-9.
- Grudens, Richard (2002). Bing Crosby – Crooner of the Century. Celebrity Profiles Publishing Co.. ISBN 1-57579-248-6.
- Macfarlane, Malcolm. Bing Crosby – Day By Day. Scarecrow Press, 2001.
- Osterholm, J. Roger. Bing Crosby: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1994.