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==Compositions== Crosby wrote or co-wrote lyrics to 22 songs. His composition "[[At Your Command]]" was number 1 for three weeks on the U.S. pop singles chart beginning on August 8, 1931. "[[I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You]]" was his most successful composition, recorded by [[Duke Ellington]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Billie Holiday]], and [[Mildred Bailey]], among others. Songs co-written by Crosby include: # "That's Grandma" (1927), with [[Harry Barris]] and [[James Cavanaugh (songwriter)|James Cavanaugh]] # "From Monday On" (1928), with Harry Barris and recorded with the [[Paul Whiteman]] Orchestra featuring [[Bix Beiderbecke]] on cornet, number 14 on US pop singles charts # "What Price Lyrics?" (1928), with Harry Barris and [[Matty Malneck]] # "Ev'rything's Agreed Upon" (1930), with Harry Barris<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Zwisohn |first1=Laurence J. |title=Bing Crosby β A Lifetime of Music |date=1978 |publisher=Palm Tree Library |location=Los Angeles |page=45}}</ref> # "[[At Your Command]]" (1931), with Harry Barris and [[Harry Tobias]], US, number 1 (3 weeks) # "Believe Me" (1931), with James Cavanaugh and [[Frank Weldon]]<ref name="auto"/> # "[[Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)]]" (1931), with [[Roy Turk]] and [[Fred Ahlert]], US, no. 4; US, 1940 re-recording, no. 27 # "You Taught Me How to Love" (1931), with H. C. LeBlang and Don Herman<ref name="auto"/> # "[[I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You]]" (1932), with [[Victor Young]] and [[Ned Washington]], US, no. 5 # "My Woman" (1932), with Irving Wallman and Max Wartell # "Cutesie Pie" (1932), with Red Standex and [[Chummy MacGregor]]<ref name="auto"/> # "I Was So Alone, Suddenly You Were There (1932), with [[Leigh Harline]], Jack Stern and [[George Hamilton (musician)|George Hamilton]]<ref name="auto"/> # "Love Me Tonight" (1932), with Victor Young and Ned Washington, US, no. 4 # "[[Waltzing in a Dream]]" (1932), with Victor Young and Ned Washington, US, no.6 # "You're Just a Beautiful Melody of Love" (1932), lyrics by Bing Crosby, music by Babe Goldberg # "Where Are You, Girl of My Dreams?"<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wxhAAAAIAAJ&q=where%20are%20you%20girl%20of%20my%20dreams%20bing%20crosby%20catalog%20copyrighted&pg=PA369 |title=U.S. Library of Congress. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical Compositions |access-date=November 19, 2016 |year=1932}}</ref> (1932), written by Bing Crosby, [[Irving Bibo]], and Paul McVey, featured in the 1932 Universal film ''[[The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood]]'' # "I Would If I Could But I Can't" (1933), with [[Mitchell Parish]] and Alan Grey # "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" (1941) with [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] and [[James V. Monaco]]. # "Tenderfoot" (1953) with Bob Bowen and [[Perry Botkin Sr.|Perry Botkin]], originally issued using the pseudonym of "Bill Brill" for Bing Crosby. # "Domenica" (1961) with [[Pietro Garinei]] / [[Gorni Kramer]] / Sandro Giovannini # "[[That's What Life is All About]]" (1975), with [[Ken Barnes (writer)|Ken Barnes]], [[Peter Dacre]], and [[Les Reed (songwriter)|Les Reed]], US, AC chart, no. 35; UK, no. 41 # "Sail Away from Norway" (1977) β Crosby wrote lyrics to go with a traditional song.
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