Beloved Hymns

1951 studio album by Bing Crosby

Beloved Hymns Sung by Bing Crosby

Studio album by

Bing Crosby

Released| 1951
Recorded| 1949
Genre| Religious
Length| 23:50
Label| Decca
Bing Crosby chronology
| Country Style
(1951)  | Beloved Hymns Sung by Bing Crosby
(1951)  | Bing and Connee
(w/ Connie Boswell)
(1952)

|
|

Beloved Hymns is a studio album by Bing Crosby released in 1951 featuring eight hymns recorded with the Ken Darby Choir and organ accompaniment on May 6, 1949.[1]

## Reception

[edit]

Crosby researcher Fred Reynolds said of the recording session at which all eight hymns were recorded,[2] “They were all sung devoutly without any pretence of 'performance,' but nevertheless gave added support to Martin Luther’s dictum that the devil should not have all the best tunes.”

Billboard reviewed some of the individual songs released as 78 rpm records.

"What a Friend We Have In Jesus" - Choir and organ support Bing ably as he delivers a beautiful hymn simply, straightforwardly and with deep warmth.[3]

"He Leadeth Me" - Bing does this hymn with eminent strength and full affection for the chore. Should make for big sales in a quiet way for this Decca Faith disking.[4]

"O Lord, I Am Not Worthy" - Bing rarely has sung better and with more feeling than he shows on this hymnal selection. [5]

## Album releases

[edit]

The songs were featured on a 10” vinyl LP numbered DL 5351[6] and in a 4-disc 45rpm box set numbered 9-258.[7]

## LP track listing

[edit]

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

|
|
|

1.| "He Leadeth Me"| Joseph H. Gilmore, William B. Bradbury| 2:52
2.| "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"| Charles Crozat Converse, Horatius Bonar, Joseph Scriven| 3:06
3.| "Rock of Ages Cleft for Me"| Thomas Hastings, Augustus Toplady| 3:00
4.| "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"| Edward Perronet, Oliver Holden| 2:52

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

|
|
|

1.| "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty"| John B Dykes, Reginald Heber| 3:02
2.| "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"| William Croft, Isaac Watts| 2:38
3.| "Mother Dear, O Pray For Me"| Traditional| 2:59
4.| "O Lord, I Am Not Worthy"| Traditional| 3:21

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
2. ^ Reynolds, Fred. The Crosby Collection (Part Three: 1942-1950 ed.). John Joyce. p. 245.
3. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. April 8, 1950.
4. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. April 8, 1950.
5. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. April 15, 1950.
6. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
7. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.

* v
* t
* e

Bing Crosby

* Discography
* Filmography

Albums|

* Music of Hawaii (1939)
* Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
* Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
* Cowboy Songs (Bing Crosby's first solo album) (1939)
* Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
* George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
* Ballad for Americans (Bing Crosby's first solo studio album)(1940)
* Favorite Hawaiian Songs (1940)
* Christmas Music (1940)
* Star Dust (1940)
* Hawaii Calls (1941)
* Small Fry (1941)
* Crosbyana (1941)
* Under Western Skies (1941)
* Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/ Fred Astaire) (1942)
* Merry Christmas (1945)
* Selections from Going My Way (1945)
* Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's (1946)
* Don't Fence Me In (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (1946)
* The Happy Prince (1946)
* Selections from Road to Utopia (1946)
* Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster (1946)
* What We So Proudly Hail (1946)
* Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One (1946)
* Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two (1946)
* Blue Skies (w/ Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin) (1946)
* Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
* St. Patrick's Day (1947)
* Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947)
* Cowboy Songs, Vol. One (1947)
* Selections from Welcome Stranger (1947)
* Our Common Heritage (1947)
* El Bingo (1947)
* The Small One (1947)
* The Man Without a Country (1947)
* Drifting and Dreaming (1947)
* Blue of the Night (1948)
* Selections from Showboat (1948)
* The Emperor Waltz (1948)
* St. Valentine's Day (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters (1948)
* Selections from Road to Rio (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows (1948)
* Cowboy Songs, Vol. Two (1948)
* Auld Lang Syne (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs (1949)
* A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
* Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin (1949)
* South Pacific (1949)
* Christmas Greetings (1949)
* Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
* Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz (1950)
* Songs from Mr. Music (w/ Dorothy Kirsten and The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
* Go West Young Man (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
* Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 (1951)
* Way Back Home (1951)
* Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from... (1951)
* Bing and the Dixieland Bands (1951)
* Yours Is My Heart Alone (1951)
* Country Style (1951)
* Beloved Hymns (1951)
* Bing and Connee (w/ Connee Boswell) (1952)
* When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1952)
* Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man (w/ Victor Young) (1952)
* Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" (w/ Jane Wyman and The Andrews Sisters) (1952)
* Road to Bali (w/ Bob Hope and Peggy Lee) (1952)
* Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
* Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
* Bing Sings the Hits (1954)
* Selections from White Christmas (w/ Peggy Lee and Danny Kaye) (1954)
* Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
* The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost (1955)
* Merry Christmas (later version of 1945 78rpm album) (1955)
* Shillelaghs and Shamrocks (1956)
* Home on the Range (1956)
* Blue Hawaii (1956)
* High Tor (w/ Julie Andrews and Everett Sloane) (1956)
* A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956)
* Anything Goes (w/ Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire) (1956)
* High Society (w/ Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong) (1956)
* Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956)
* Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956)
* Bing with a Beat (1957)
* A Christmas Story (1957)
* Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1957)
* New Tricks (1957)
* The Bible Story of Christmas (1957)
* Never Be Afraid (1958)
* Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1958)
* Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1958)
* Around the World with Bing! (1958)
* Bing in Paris (1958)
* That Christmas Feeling (1958)
* In a Little Spanish Town (1958)
* Bing’s Buddies and Beaus (1959)
* Say One for Me (w/ Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner) (1959)
* How the West Was Won (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1960)
* Join Bing and Sing Along (1960)
* Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong) (1960)
* Songs of Christmas (1960)
* 101 Gang Songs (1961)
* El Señor Bing (1961)
* My Golden Favorites (1961)
* The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
* Bing's Hollywood (set of 15 albums) (1962)
* On the Happy Side (1962)
* I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
* Holiday in Europe (1962)
* Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
* Return to Paradise Islands (1964)
* America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
* Robin and the 7 Hoods (w/ Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.) (1964)
* 12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
* Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1965)
* That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1965)
* The Summit (w/ Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.) (1966)
* Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1966)
* Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites (w/ The Columbus Boychoir) (1967)
* Thoroughly Modern Bing (1968)
* Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love (1968 version) (1968)
* Hey Jude/Hey Bing! (1969)
* Goldilocks (1970)
* A Time to Be Jolly (1971)
* Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie) (1972)
* Rhythm on the Range (1972)
* I’ll Sing You a Song of the Islands (1972)
* A Southern Memoir (1975)
* That's What Life Is All About (1975)
* A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire) (1975)
* Tom Sawyer (1976)
* At My Time of Life (1976)
* Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium (1976)
* Feels Good, Feels Right (1976)
* Beautiful Memories (1977)
* Bingo Viejo (1977)
* Seasons (Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime) (1977)
* A Little Bit of Irish (posthumous edition, recorded in 1966) (1993)
* Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
* On the Sentimental Side (posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album) (2010)

Family|

* Dixie Lee (first wife)
* Gary Crosby (son)
* Dennis Crosby (son)
* Phillip Crosby (son)
* Lindsay Crosby (son)
* Kathryn Crosby (second wife)
* Harry Crosby (son)
* Mary Crosby (daughter)
* Nathaniel Crosby (son)
* Denise Crosby (granddaughter)
* Larry Crosby (brother)
* Bob Crosby (brother)

Related|

* Songs Bing Crosby recorded multiple times
* A Tribute to Bing Crosby

* Category

*[No.]: Number
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template