Don't Fence Me In (Decca album)
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| Don't Fence Me In: Songs of the Wide Open Spaces | ||||
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| Released | 1946 | |||
| Recorded | 1940–1943 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 33:56 (original release) | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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Don't Fence Me In is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters released in 1946 featuring Country and Western songs. This album contained the enormously popular record "Pistol Packin' Mama", which sold over a million copies and became the first number one hit on the then-new Juke Box Folk Song Records Chart that was later renamed the Hot Country Songs Chart.[1]
Original track listing
These previously released songs were featured on a 6-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-417.[3] The Andrews Sisters appear on Disc 1.
| Side / Title | Writers | Recording date | Performed with | Time |
| Disc 1 (23484): | ||||
| A. "Don't Fence Me In" | Cole Porter | July 25, 1944 | Vic Schoen and His Orchestra | 3:04 |
| B. "Pistol Packin' Mama" | Al Dexter | September 27, 1943 | Vic Schoen and His Orchestra | 2:59 |
| Disc 2 (18766): | ||||
| A. "New San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills | December 16, 1940 | Bob Crosby and His Orchestra | 3:14 |
| B. "It Makes No Difference Now" | Jimmie Davis, Floyd Tillman | December 16, 1940 | Bob Crosby and His Orchestra | 2:38 |
| Disc 3 (18767): | ||||
| A. "Be Honest with Me" | Gene Autry, Fred Rose | May 23, 1941 | The John Scott Trotter Eight | 2:36 |
| B. "Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye" | Johnny Marvin, Gene Autry | May 23, 1941 | The John Scott Trotter Eight | 2:47 |
| Disc 4 (18768): | ||||
| A. "You Are My Sunshine" | Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell | July 8, 1941 | Vic Schoen and His Orchestra | 2:33 |
| B. "Ridin' Down the Canyon" | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette | July 8, 1941 | Vic Schoen and His Orchestra | 2:46 |
| Disc 5 (18769): | ||||
| A. "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" | Alvin Pleasant Carter | January 18, 1942 | Woody Herman and His Woodchoppers | 3:11 |
| B. "I Only Want a Buddy, Not a Sweetheart" | Eddie Jones | December 30, 1940 | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 2:41 |
| Disc 6 (18770): | ||||
| A. "Walking the Floor Over You" | Ernest Tubb | May 27, 1942 | Bob Crosby and His Bob Cats | 3:08 |
| B. "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" | Jimmie Davis | January 26, 1942 | Bob Crosby and His Bob Cats | 2:19 |
