Definitive Collection (2006)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498817582 Release Date: 1/24/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202163392 Item#: M2SH4E Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day) ~ Bing Crosby 2. Stardust ~ Bing Crosby 3. Blue Hawaii ~ Bing Crosby 4. Pennies From Heaven ~ Bing Crosby 5. Sweet Leilani ~ Bing Crosby 6. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby ~ Bing Crosby 7. Home On The Range ~ Bing Crosby 8. White Christmas ~ Bing Crosby 9. Sunday, Monday Or Always ~ Bing Crosby 10. Swinging On A Star ~ Bing Crosby 11. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby) ~ Bing Crosby 12. Don't Fence Me In - (featuring The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby 13. Road to Morocco - (featuring Bob Hope) ~ Bing Crosby 14. It's Been a Long, Long Time - (featuring Les Paul) ~ Bing Crosby 15. MacNamara's Band ~ Bing Crosby 16. Alexander's Ragtime Band - (featuring Al Jolson) ~ Bing Crosby 17. Now Is The Hour (Maori Farewell Song) ~ Bing Crosby 18. Dear Hearts And Gentle People ~ Bing Crosby 19. Play A Simple Melody ~ Bing Crosby 20. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening - (featuring Jane Wyman) ~ Bing Crosby 21. Ol' Man River ~ Bing Crosby 22. Around The World (In Eighty Days) ~ Bing Crosby (P) 2006 Geffen Records (C) 2006 Geffen Records   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info More useful as a primer than as a comprehensive overview of Bing Crosby's 50-year career, Geffen's THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION still packs in 22 superb cuts from the crooner's massive discography. Beginning with the early 1930s and continuing up through the '40s and into the mid '50s, the set covers traditional songs ("Home on the Range"), standards ("Stardust"), show tunes ("Ol' Man River"), and songs from his movies ("Road to Morocco"). Naturally, "White Christmas" is here (the song will forever be associated with Crosby), while "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)" sounds like it was written expressly for Crosby. Despite the sometimes dated production and arrangements on some of these tracks, the artist's warm, pure baritone and jazz-tinged approach is so compelling that the performances have lost not one iota of their charm and appeal even decades and decades down the line.   Compilation Appearances Greatest Hits Genius Of Bix Beiderbecke Christmas Favorites Hits Of Rodgers & Hart Music Of Harry Warren Nothing Like The Sun Vol. 1-30's Complete Capitol Singles Collection Rodgers & Hammerstein Collecti Vol. 2-Songs That Got Us Through WWII Complete Gershwin Songbooks Rodgers & Hart Songbook Best Of Al Jolson-Millennium C Let The Good Times Roll 1938-1954 Priceless Jazz Male Singers-Best Of The Big B Deep In A Dream Over The Rainbow Ultimate Christmas Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbo Ultimate Collection G.I. Juke Box-Songs From World Best Of Judy Garland-Millenniu Santa's Greatest Hits Put It There Pal!-Salute To Th Vol. 2-You're Sensational Cole 1945-Night With The Stars-Comm Songs From The Girl Singer-A M Pepe Best Of Andrews Sisters-Millen Something To Remember Me By Xmas Tapestry They're Playing Our Song Birth Of The Blues S'wonderful-Music Of Gershwin 1930's Recordings Toast To Broadway Yule B' Swingin' Too! Merry Christmas With Bing Cros In Hollywood Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy-Greatest Hits LOVE SONGS Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas Now That's What I Call Christmas! Best Of Les Paul-Millennium Co Gi Favorites/song That Won/memories War Years-G.i. Favorites War Years-Songs That Won The War Hits Of The War Years Somewhere Over The Rainbow Hits Of 1930 Original Recordings Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Holiday Memories Stardust Collection (Limited Edition) Classic Duets Golden Age Of The Andrews Sisters Forty #1 Hits Of The Forties Treasury Of Christmas Def American Songbook Vol.1 Cool December American Nostalgia Highlights Incredible Christmas Album Darling Diva Golden Greats Great American Songwriter Ultimate Christmas Cocktails Kings Of Komedy (box) Thanks For The Memory: Best Of Bob Hope (ltd) Christmas Classics Broadway: The American Musical The Polar Express Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection Las Vegas Legends The Aviator My Devotion: Jukebox Memories Evening Cocktails You're The Top: Jukebox Memories Love In The Afternoon Mr Paree Himself 20 1 Hits Of The 20s 30 1 Hits Of The 30s Broadway's Gone Hawaii Bewitched Vol 11:vintage Christmas Christmas Remixed, Vol. 2 Santa's Greatest Hits0905 Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing:centen Martha Stewart Living Music: The Holiday Collection Christmas Cocktails Part 3 Martha Stewart Living Music: Traditional Songs for the Holidays Golden Age Of Song Winter Wonderland Holiday Collection Santa's Top 10 Favorites Swinging Jazz Club All Time Crooners Music Lessons With Merry Mixmas ESSENTIAL COLE PORTER (ENG) Definitive Collection Music Lessons With The Andrews Sister HOLIDAY INN & WHITE XMAS - O.S.T. (GER)(Bonus Tracks) De-Lovely Cole Porter Easy Listening Box Set Cole Porter:legendary Songs Treasury Of Christmas: The Greatest Holiday Duets Gold(2cd) 906 Now That's What I Call Christmas Vol 3 Unforgettable World War Ii Love Songs Pennies From Heaven Lullabies For Jazzkids Of All Ages Pop Parade:hits Of The 40 50s 60s The War: A Ken Burns Film The War: A Ken Burns Film (Deluxe Edition) Christmas Number 1's Thomas Kinkade:home For The Holidays Christmas Crooners America's Sweethearts 50 Greatest Songs Of Hawai'i Legendary Performers Sing The Songs O Christmas Hits Duos 50S Love Songs Elvis:collector's Box Hollywood Christmas When Radio Was King:vocalists Four Christmases (Ost) Ballads Blues Songs Hits Jazz 1949-58 Woody Allen:songs That Made His Movie Songs To Celebrate 25 Days Of Christm Love Jazz X'mas   Associated Artists and Works Andrews Sisters (The) Andrews Sisters (The) Armstrong, Louis Havin' Fun ~ Armstrong, Louis Bing & Satchmo ~ Armstrong, Louis Beiderbecke, Bix Boone, Pat Bowie, David Durante, Jimmy Garland, Judy Garland, Judy Goulet, Robert Hope, Bob Hope, Bob Louie Armstrong Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Presley, Elvis Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Whiteman, Paul   Technical Info Release Date : 01/24/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 0004637 Label : Geffen Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498817582    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... 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