Friday, April 26, 2019

Bing Crosby - Bing Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook

Styles: Vocal, American Popular Song, Swing
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:40
Size: 142,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:10)  1. P.S. I Love You - 1934 Version
(2:39)  2. I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) - Single Version
(3:06)  3. Too Marvelous For Words - Single Version
(2:54)  4. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - Single Version
(2:12)  5. Day In, Day Out
(3:00)  6. I Thought About You
(2:40)  7. Mister Meadowlark
(2:56)  8. Skylark
(3:12)  9. Blues In The Night
(2:47) 10. That Old Black Magic
(3:12) 11. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe - Single Version
(2:41) 12. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Single Version
(2:56) 13. Lazy Bones
(2:49) 14. Autumn Leaves
(2:01) 15. In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening
(3:34) 16. Jamboree Jones
(3:06) 17. When The World Was Young (Ah, The Apple Trees)
(2:48) 18. Glow Worm
(2:01) 19. Jeepers Creepers
(3:20) 20. And the Angels Sing
(1:59) 21. Something's Gotta Give
(3:26) 22. P.S. I Love You - 1953 Version

Bing Crosby was a media superstar during the first half of the 20th century. He was the best-selling recording artist of all time until the rock era hit, having sold over a half-billion records, and he was a movie star, too, the biggest box office draw of the 1940s. None of this would have been possible if he couldn't sing, but he could, defining the very template of a crooner, and his vocal style, warm and natural, was influential everywhere. Crosby had a particular fondness for songs by Johnny Mercer, his friend and frequent collaborator, and he tracked 100 or so of them during his long career. 

This generous set collects 22 of these recordings on a single disc, including several previously unreleased radio performances, and fun duets with the Andrews Sisters, Louis Armstrong, and Mercer himself, among other valuable archival gems. ~ Steve Leggett https://www.allmusic.com/album/bing-sings-the-johnny-mercer-songbook-mw0002570937

Bing Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook

4 comments:

  1. He may be long gone but Crosby was, in many ways, the original crooner.
    Thanks for this one Giullia.
    Best
    Bob

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  2. Many thanks! (My Dad would love this--he had 100s of Bing on 78).

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