Detailed Description
The songs chronicle the opening up of the American West. The original double-LP is an ultra-rarity: '900 Miles' Bing Crosby; 'Crossing the Plains' Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney; 'Down by the Brazos' Sam Hinton; 'Ox Driving Song' Jimmie Driftwood, and more story songs that inspired the 1962 John Ford epic!
Chorus & Orchestra: Shenandoah (Across The Wild Missouri)
Bing Crosby: extract from Carl Sandburg
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Bound For The Promised Land
Bing Crosby & Jack Halloran Singers: En Roulant Ma Boule Roulant
Bing Crosby & The Tarrytown Trio: Lupita Divina
Sam Hinton: The Sioux Indians
Bing Crosby: Extract From Carl Sandburg / Shenandoah
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Crossing The Plains
Sam Hinton: Buffalo Boy
Rosemary Clooney: Sweet Betsy From Pike
Jimmie Driftwood: Ox Driving Song
Sam Hinton: Will You Go West With Me
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Buffalo Gals
Jimmie Driftwood: General Custer
Bing Crosby: All 'Pewtrified'
Bing Crosby: Will You Come To The Bower
Sam Hinton: Bile Them Cabbage Down
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Green Grow The Lilacs
Sam Hinton: A Ripping Trip
Jimmie Driftwood: What Was Your Name In The States
Rosemary Clooney: California Ball
Bing Crosby: When I Went Off To Prospect
Sam Hinton: Lane County Bachelor
Bing Crosby: Old Settler's Song
Jack Halloran Singers: Drill Ye Tarriers Drill!
Rosemary Clooney: A Railroader's Bride I'll Be
Bing Crosby: 900 Miles
Jimmie Driftwood: Billy The Kid
Bing Crosby: Hang Me, Oh Hang Me!
Jimmie Driftwood: Jesse James
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Skip To My Lou
The Tarrytown Trio: Crawdad Song
Rosemary Clooney: Careless Love
Sam Hinton: Hell In Texas
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Jennie Jenkins
Bing Crosby: The Streets Of Laredo
Sam Hinton: Down By The Brazos
Bing Crosby: Git Along Little Dogies
Bing Crosby: Buckskin Joe
Bing Crosby: Red River Valley
The Deseret Mormon Choir: The Handcart Song
The Deseret Mormon Choir: The Spirit Of God Like A Fire Is Burning
The Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Come, Come Ye Saints
