Edwin Lester's production of "Song of Norway", a new operetta based on the life and music by Edvard Grieg, or simply Song of Norway, credited to members of the original New York cast, is an album containing the original studio cast recording of the 1944 Broadway musical "Song of Norway". It was released by Decca Records in 1945.
Release.
The album was originally issued as a set of six 10-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (cat. no. A-382).
In 1949, the album was made available on LP (cat. no. DL 8002). It was also available on six 45s (cat. no. 9-1).
Reception.
The album spent two weeks at number one on "Billboard"'s Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart in April and May 1945.
Track listing.
Album of six 12-inch 78-rpm phonograph records (Decca DA-382)