Decca matrix L 4541. Now is the hour / Bing Crosby
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Now is the hour (Primary title) | Ruppli Decca |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Bing Crosby (vocalist : baritone vocal) | |
| Ken Darby Choir (Vocal group) |
Additional Information
| Notes |
|---|
| Ruppli session note: Both titles also issued on Decca 9-24279 (album 9-119), DL-5028. |
| Ruppli additional catalog number(s): CD MCA (England) MCLD-1607. |
| Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated. |
| Ruppli session personnel note: Bing Crosby (vocals), with Ken Darby Choir and piano, celeste, guitar, bass. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca 24279 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca 30082 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca ED-2540 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca [9-]91405 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Brunswick (U.K.) OE 9422 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL-4008 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL-4086 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL-5028 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL-4527 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL7-4527 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL-8073 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL-8906 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca DL-9078 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | MCA MCA2-4045 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | MCA (England) MCL-1607 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca 9-30082 | |
| 11/8/1947 Los Angeles, California | A | Master | Decca 9-24279 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix L 4541. Now is the hour / Bing Crosby," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270964/L_4541-Now_is_the_hour.
Decca matrix L 4541. Now is the hour / Bing Crosby. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270964/L_4541-Now_is_the_hour.
"Decca matrix L 4541. Now is the hour / Bing Crosby." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.
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