Never Be Afraid

Never Be Afraid: A Musical Version of The Emperor's New Clothes
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1958
RecordedApril 25, 1957
GenreVocal
Length14:49
LabelGolden Records (A198:22)
Bing Crosby chronology
The Bible Story of Christmas
(1957)
Never Be Afraid: A Musical Version of The Emperor's New Clothes
(1958)
Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy
(1958)

Never Be Afraid is an LP album by Bing Crosby made for children by Golden Records in 1957. It is a musical adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes, the fairy story with a moral by Hans Christian Andersen. The music was by Lew Spence and the lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Keith.[1]

The album has never been issued on commercial CD. The song "Never Be Afraid" was issued as a single by Kapp Records (KAPP195) in October 1957.[2]

  1. ^ Reynolds, Fred. The Crosby Collection 1926-1977 (Part Four: 1951-1960 ed.). John Joyce. pp. 229–231.
  2. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. October 14, 1957.