'' Selections from Showboat '' is a
Decca Records compilation album of
phonograph records featuring songs from the
Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...
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Oscar Hammerstein II musical
Show Boat
''Show Boat'' is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock worke ...
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Track listing
These songs were featured on a four 10” 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-619.
Disc 1: (25259)
Disc 2: (25260)
Disc 3: (25261)
Disc 4: (25262)
LP release
The album was also issued as a 10” vinyl LP in 1949 with the catalogue number DL 5060.
LP track listing
SIDE ONE
# “Ol’ Man River”
# “I Still Suits Me”
# “Make Believe”
# “You Are Love”
SIDE TWO
# “Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man”
# “Bill”
# “Why Do I Love You?”
# “All the Things You Are”
Other release
The album was also issued as a 4-disc 45 rpm box set in 1949 (Catalogue No. 9-14).
References
Bing Crosby compilation albums
Decca Records compilation albums
1948 compilation albums
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