1937 HITS ARCHIVE: Whiffenpoof Song - Rudy Vallee

The traditional Yale University choral number, first published in 1909, became one of Vallee’s ‘standards’ over the years. Ten years later the song became both a best-selling Victor Red Seal single by opera star Robert Merrill and a million-seller hit for Bing Crosby, accompanied by Fred Waring’s Glee Club. CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Bluebird B-7135 - Whiffenpoof Song (Galloway-Minnigerode-Pomeroy) by Rudy Vallee and his Connecticul Yankees, vocal by Rudy Vallee and The Gentlemen Songsters, recorded in NYC August 11, 1937 THE 1937 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1937 (some were recorded in 1936) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to