"At Your Command" is a 1931 song recorded by

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

on June 24, 1931 with piano accompaniment by

Harry Barris Harry Barris (November 24, 1905 – December 13, 1962) was an American popular singer and songwriter. He was one of the earliest singers to use " scat singing" in recordings. Barris, one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, along with Bing Crosby an ...

. The lyrics were written by Bing Crosby and

Harry Tobias Harry Tobias (September 11, 1895 – December 15, 1994) was an American lyricist. Like his younger brother Charles, he is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Born in New York City, United States, but raised in Worcester, Massachuse ...

, The music was composed by Harry Barris. The song was released as a

Brunswick Records Brunswick Records is an American record label founded in 1916. History From 1916 Records under the Brunswick label were first produced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, a company based in Dubuque, Iowa which had been manufacturing prod ...

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. The song was published by Robbins Music Corporation in New York. Bing Crosby sang "At Your Command" in the 1931

Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...

two-reeler movie short ''

I Surrender Dear "I Surrender Dear" (sometimes written as "I Surrender, Dear") is a song composed by Harry Barris with lyrics by Gordon Clifford, first performed by Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with Bing Crosby in 1931, which became his first s ...

''.''I Surrender Dear'' (1931). IMDB.
/ref> 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

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Sources

*Giddins, Gary, "Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams" pp. 259–60, 2001. and . *Grudens, Richard (2002). Bing Crosby – Crooner of the Century. Celebrity Profiles Publishing Co.. . *Macfarlane, Malcolm. Bing Crosby – Day By Day. Scarecrow Press, 2001. *Osterholm, J. Roger. Bing Crosby: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1994. {{authority control 1931 songs Bing Crosby songs Songs with lyrics by Harry Tobias Songs with music by Harry Barris