S3 Productions presents Decca Records 1943 Bing Crosby San Fernando Valley

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra – Poinciana (Song of the Tree) / San Fernando Valley

Label:Decca – 18586,

Manufactured By – Decca Records, Inc,

Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM,

Released: Feb 1944,

Genre: Pop,

Style:Vocal,

A Poinciana (Song Of The Tree),(L3202)

Written-By – Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon,

B San Fernando Valley, (l3275)

Written-By – Gordon Jenkins,

San Fernando Valley was the #20 song in 1944 in the Pop charts,

Poinciana (Song of the Tree),

The song has been identified as a development of a Cuban folk song entitled "La Canción del Árbol" whose title translates as "the song of the tree", the royal poinciana being a favorite Caribbean flowering plant.  Lyrics for the song were completed in about thirty minutes by Buddy Bernier, who cited as his inspiration a postcard of a royal Poinciana tree he'd recently received from Florida.

 Orchestra leader Jerry Wald was a rare early aficionado of the song, and Wald's showcasing of "Poinciana" during his 1943 gig at the Hotel New Yorker has been credited with boosting its profile, "Poinciana" being recorded in 1943 by Glenn Miller with his Army Air Force Band, with three 1944 recordings of the song afforded hit status, being those by Benny Carter and His Orchestra; Bing Crosby (recorded October 1, 1943)