Swingin' With Bing: Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances [LIVE] (2004)

Artist: Bing Crosby
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Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records
UPC: 00826663150728
Release Date: 8/24/2004
Buy.com Sku: 61704469
Item#: M53FPK
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Swinging On A Star ~ Bing Crosby
2. Don't Fence Me In - (with The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby
3. Bing Introduces 'Strange Music' ~ Bing Crosby
4. Strange Music ~ Bing Crosby
5. Tallahassee ~ Bing Crosby
6. Peg O' My Heart ~ Bing Crosby
7. Shoo Shoo Baby ~ Bing Crosby
8. Bing Chats With The Andrews Sisters ~ Bing Crosby
9. You Don't Know the Language - (with The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby
10. South America, Take It Away ~ Bing Crosby
11. It's Magic ~ Bing Crosby
12. Night Has A Thousand Eyes, The ~ Bing Crosby
13. But Beautiful ~ Bing Crosby
14. Bing Introduces Nat King Cole ~ Bing Crosby
15. Bing Chats With Nat ~ Bing Crosby
16. Sam's Song - (with Nat "King" Cole) ~ Bing Crosby
17. My Foolish Heart ~ Bing Crosby
18. Them There Eyes ~ Bing Crosby
19. Too Late Now ~ Bing Crosby
20. Not Mine ~ Bing Crosby
21. Bing Welcomes Back The Andrews Sisters ~ Bing Crosby
22. I Can Dream, Can't I? - (with The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby
23. Sure Thing - (with Buddy Cole) ~ Bing Crosby
24. Bing Introduces Finale ~ Bing Crosby
25. May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You - (with Nat "King" Cole/The Andrews Sisters) ~ Bing Crosby
Disc 2
Song TitleSample
1. Basin Street Blues - (with Ella Fitzgerald/Red Nichols) ~ Bing Crosby
2. If This Isn't Love ~ Bing Crosby
3. It's A Good Day ~ Bing Crosby
4. Bing Introduces Louis Armstrong ~ Bing Crosby
5. Bing Chats With Louis ~ Bing Crosby
6. Blueberry Hill - (version 1, with Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
7. Fella With An Umbrella, A ~ Bing Crosby
8. Bing Introduces Ella And 'Dreamer's Holiday' ~ Bing Crosby
9. Dreamer's Holiday, A - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
10. For You, For Me, Forever More ~ Bing Crosby
11. Bing & Louis Introduce 'Gone Fishing' ~ Bing Crosby
12. Gone Fishin' - (with Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
13. Lazy Bones - (version 1, with Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
14. Best Things In Life Are Free, The ~ Bing Crosby
15. That's a-Plenty - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
16. Kiss To Build A Dream On, A - (version 1) ~ Bing Crosby
17. Louis Congratulates Bing On His 20th Anniversary ~ Bing Crosby
18. Blueberry Hill - (version 2, with Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
19. Bing Chats With Jack Teagarden ~ Bing Crosby
20. Rockin' Chair - (part 1, with Jack Teagarden/Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
21. Bing Chats With Dinah Shore ~ Bing Crosby
22. Rockin' Chair - (part 2, with Dinah Shore/Louis Armstrong/Jack Teagarden) ~ Bing Crosby
23. Five Minutes More ~ Bing Crosby
24. Marshmallow World, A - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
25. Silver Bells - (version 1, with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
26. Bing Introduces 'Memphis Blues' ~ Bing Crosby
27. Memphis Blues - (version 1, with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
Disc 3
Song TitleSample
1. Stay With the Happy People - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
2. It Had to Be You - (with Red Nichols) ~ Bing Crosby
3. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - (with Joe Venuti) ~ Bing Crosby
4. Now That I Need You ~ Bing Crosby
5. Gone Fishin' - (version 2, with Louis Armstrong/Jack Teagarden) ~ Bing Crosby
6. Chicago Style - (with Ella Fitzgerald/Bill Taylor) ~ Bing Crosby
7. Route 66 ~ Bing Crosby
8. Blue Skies - (with Les Paul) ~ Bing Crosby
9. Istanbul - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
10. Lazy Bones - (version 2, with Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
11. Bing Introduces Toni Arden & The Band ~ Bing Crosby
12. My Honey's Lovin' Arms - (with Toni Arden) ~ Bing Crosby
13. Bing Introduces The Mills Brothers ~ Bing Crosby
14. Paper Doll / Up A Lazy River - (with The Mills Brothers) ~ Bing Crosby
15. Way Back Home - (with The Mills Brothers/Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
16. You're Just in Love - (with Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
17. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
18. Silver Bells - (version 2, with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
19. Bing Chats With Ella - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
20. White Christmas - (with Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby
21. Kiss To Build A Dream On, A - (version 2, with Louis Armstrong) ~ Bing Crosby
22. Bing, Ella & Louis Introduce "Memphis Blues" ~ Bing Crosby
23. Memphis Blues - (version 2, with Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald) ~ Bing Crosby



BING CROSBY - SWINGIN WITH BING: LOST RADIO PERFORMANCES (DVD MOVIE)
 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Includes a 40-page booklet.
Personnel: Bing Crosby (vocals); Dinah Shore, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, The Andrews Sisters, Mills Brothers, Toni Arden (vocals); Les Paul (guitar); Joe Venuti (violin); Ziggy Elman (trumpet); Red Nichols (cornet); John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires.
Liner Note Author: Ken Barnes.
The public domain is well stocked with budget discs drawn from Bing Crosby's long radio career. Unfortunately, few are worth the plastic they're etched on, the usual problems including horrid sound quality and little in the way of documentation (regarding their origins) or context (regarding their relation to Crosby's career). Enter Shout! Factory to remedy the situation, hiring longtime enthusiast Ken Barnes -- who produced several sessions during Crosby's recording renaissance of the mid-'70s -- for the producer/compiler position and giving him free rein over the far-flung vaults of grubby transcription discs and tapes that comprise Crosby's radio career. The results, released as Swingin' With Bing! Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances, are splendid, offering clear proof of the opinion Bing Crosby fans have carried for decades: that transcriptions are a better source (or at least a more consistent one) to hear Crosby's swing smarts. Barnes paces the program with the touch and feel of an expert, selecting tracks from a wide range of time (a full decade of the postwar period) and tying them together with just a few interstices and crowd noise. (His instructions to audio restorer Peter Reynolds included "finding matching applause for the topping and tailing of each selection to give the feeling of a total production.") While the process may not be historically accurate, it makes for a wonderful program that delivers incredible performances and avoids the pitfalls of a usually exhausting 75-track box set. Many of the highlights come on the first disc with looser versions of his hit standards "Swinging On a Star" and "Don't Fence Me In." The final two discs are devoted to duets -- a staple of Crosby's show -- and include performances with a succession of old friends: Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Joe Venuti. Aside from the material, the set offers excellent fidelity and an overall sympathetic compilation to make the process of listening to a lengthy selection of Bing Crosby's non-studio sides smoother than it's ever been before. ~ John Bush
This beautifully packaged Bing Crosby box set is divided into three parts. The first disc features Crosby in radio performances with Nat "King" Cole and the Andrews Sisters. Disc two documents broadcasts with Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, and, finally, the third disc features additional Crosby collaborations with Fitzgerald and Armstrong, as well as two performances with the Mills Brothers.
One of the highlights on this collection is the second rendition of "Memphis Blues," a tune Crosby shares with Fitzgerald and Armstrong. Here, the rapport between the three singers is relaxed and lighthearted, and Armstrong even causes the studio audience to crack up during one of his verses. "Basin Street Blues" is another wonderful example of the simpatico between Crosby and Fitzgerald. At Crosby's request, Fitzgerald imitates Armstrong to the bemusement of the audience, and Red Nichols takes a superbly bluesy cornet solo on this tune, as well. (Not surprisingly, Nichols's playing is very influenced by the swampy, New Orleans approach of Armstrong.) Cole Porter's hit "Don't Fence Me In" is another high point; this song combines 1940s swing with a Western feel (a la Gene Autry), and the Andrews Sisters' rich three-part harmonies add great depth to this selection. Of course, it's Crosby's debonair voice that ultimately steals the show.

Producer: Ken Barnes (Compilation)

Musical Guests
The Andrews Sisters
Nat "King" Cole
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Jack Teagarden
Dinah Shore
The Mills Brothers

 
Compilation Appearances
Greatest Hits
Genius Of Bix Beiderbecke
Christmas Favorites
Hits Of Rodgers & Hart
Music Of Harry Warren
Vol. 1-30's
Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Rodgers & Hammerstein Collecti
Vol. 2-Songs That Got Us Through WWII
Complete Gershwin Songbooks
Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbo
Rodgers & Hart Songbook
Best Of Al Jolson-Millennium C
1946 Changing The Tune
Let The Good Times Roll 1938-1954
Priceless Jazz
Male Singers-Best Of The Big B
Deep In A Dream
Over The Rainbow
Birth Of The Blues
Ultimate Christmas
Vol. 2-Christmas Cocktails
Complete Johnny Mercer Songboo
Ultimate Collection
G.I. Juke Box-Songs From World
Best Of Judy Garland-Millenniu
Laugh Laugh Laugh-Anthology Of
Santa's Greatest Hits
Put It There Pal!-Salute To Th
Vol. 2-You're Sensational Cole
1945-Night With The Stars-Comm
Original & Greatest Hits
Songs From The Girl Singer-A M
Pepe
Best Of Andrews Sisters-Millen
1930's Recordings
Something To Remember Me By
Xmas Tapestry
Thanks For The Memory: Best Of Bob Hope (ltd)
S'wonderful-Music Of Gershwin
Santa's Top 10 Favorites
Toast To Broadway
Yule B' Swingin' Too!
Merry Christmas With Bing Cros
In Hollywood
Wild Wild West-Great Film Them
LOVE SONGS
ROMANTIC SONGS
Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas
Now That's What I Call Christmas!
Best Of Les Paul-Millennium Co
Swinging Jazz Club
Gi Favorites/song That Won/memories
All Time Crooners
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)
Wake Up & Dream Disc 1: 1916-1929
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
G.i. Jukebox-Swing Era
Darling Diva
Golden Greats
Great American Songwriter
Service Bands 1: D-Day Parade
Ultimate Christmas Cocktails
Kings Of Komedy (box)
Christmas Classics
Broadway: The American Musical
The Polar Express
Stormy Weather 1933
Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection
Smoke Rings 1932
Music Lessons With
Las Vegas Legends
The Aviator
My Devotion: Jukebox Memories
Evening Cocktails
You're The Top: Jukebox Memories
Love In The Afternoon
20 1 Hits Of The 20s
30 1 Hits Of The 30s
Broadway's Gone Hawaii
Bewitched
Music For Lounging
Vol 11:vintage Christmas
Christmas Remixed, Vol. 2
Santa's Greatest Hits0905
Martha Stewart Living Music: The Holiday Collection
Christmas Cocktails Part 3
Martha Stewart Living Music: Traditional Songs for the Holidays
Merry Mixmas
Golden Age Of Song
Gi Favorites
ESSENTIAL COLE PORTER (ENG)
Definitive Collection
Music Lessons With The Andrews Sister
HOLIDAY INN & WHITE XMAS - O.S.T. (GER)(Bonus Tracks)
Holiday Collection
Cole Porter:legendary Songs
Flashbacks Vol 6
World War Ii Love Songs
Love Jazz X'mas
Over The Rainbow
Golden Era Of Music Vol 3
Music From The Singing Detective & Mo
Treasury Of Christmas: The Greatest Holiday Duets
Gold(2cd) 906
Now That's What I Call Christmas Vol 3
Unforgettable
Pennies From Heaven
Love Songs- The Essential Collection
Lullabies For Jazzkids Of All Ages
Pop Parade:hits Of The 40 50s 60s
The War: A Ken Burns Film
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
Songs To Celebrate 25 Days Of Christm
Johnny Mercer Dream?s On Me Celebrati

 
Associated Artists and Works
Andrews Sisters (The)
Andrews Sisters (The)
Armstrong, Louis
Armstrong, Louis
Armstrong, Louis
Armstrong, Louis
Armstrong, Louis
Armstrong, Louis
Havin' Fun ~ Armstrong, Louis
Bing & Satchmo ~ Armstrong, Louis
Beiderbecke, Bix
Merry Christmas ~ Bill Crosby
Bill Crosby
Bill Crosby
Boone, Pat
Boone, Pat
Bowie, David
Durante, Jimmy
Garland, Judy
Garland, Judy
Goulet, Robert
Hope, Bob
Hope, Bob
Louie Armstrong
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Porter, Cole
Porter, Cole
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Porter, Cole
Porter, Cole
Presley, Elvis
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank
Sinatra, Frank
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Various Artists
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Whiteman, Paul
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Technical Info
Release Date : 08/24/2004
Original Release Date : 2004
Catalog ID : 31507
Label : Shout! Factory
Number of Discs : 3
Studio/Live : Live
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00826663150728

  
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