Blue Skies (Decca album)
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1949 (original LP album)
21:41 (original LP album)
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| Released | 1946 (original 78 rpm album) 1949 (original LP album) | |||
| Recorded | 1946 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 27:09 (original 78 rpm album) 21:41 (original LP album) | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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Blue Skies is an album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire released in 1946 featuring songs that were presented in the American musical film Blue Skies. Like Song Hits from Holiday Inn, the entire 78 rpm album would be composed of Irving Berlin songs written specifically for the film. This was the first release of one of Astaire's greatest songs, "Puttin' On the Ritz", on shellac disc record.
Down Beat magazine liked it:
Don't miss this show album. Any of the complete score albums that Decca turns out have rotten tunes thrown in with the good. This one is no exception - but it does have Crosby, and Astaire in what may very well be his last wax appearance. Astaire may be no singer, but even on wax, his personality comes through.[2]
The album quickly entered Billboard's album charts reaching the No. 2 spot [3] and was also ranked No. 20 of the top selling popular record albums for 1947.[4]
