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The chief drawbacks to this album lie in its title and its marketing, not its contents. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Universal Music, repository of the largest catalog of vintage music in the world, embarked on several reissue programs with different price points aimed at different consumers. There was the 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection of best-ofs, relatively short single-disc packages at a discount price. And there was the Gold series of two-disc compilations. In between was a series called The Definitive Collection, full-priced, single-disc collections. A given artist might have releases in each of the series. The trouble, of course, lies in the word "definitive," and when it comes to Bing Crosby, co-compiler and annotator F.B. "Wig" Wiggins, an official of the International Club Crosby, immediately acknowledges the problem. "The 'definitive' Bing Crosby -- on a single disc -- is almost a contradiction in terms," he admits at the outset. Instead, Wiggins prefers the word "representative," which he uses twice in his liner notes to describe the album. Unfortunately, it is the word "definitive" that appears in the title, and it is reinforced by a sticker on the shrink wrap declaring, "His 22 Greatest Hits." The album contains nothing of the sort. It is what Wiggins calls it, representative. Starting with Crosby's radio theme song, "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)," the album attempts to cover the bases of Crosby's extensive discography, which Wiggins, the author of a book on the subject (Bing Crosby's Commercial Recordings: From 78s to CDs, self-published, 2001), estimates to run to 2,000 titles. There are examples of Hawaiian music ("Blue Hawaii," "Sweet Leilani," "Now Is the Hour [Maori Farewell Song]"), western music ("Home on the Range," "Don't Fence Me In"), Christmas music ("White Christmas"), and Irish music ("Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral [That's an Irish Lullaby]," "MacNamara's Band"), as well as pop standards ("Stardust," "Pennies from Heaven," "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"), some of them written specifically for Crosby ("Swinging on a Star"). The arrangements range from swing band accompaniment to jazz groups to a cappella groups, with Crosby handling everything from ballads to jump tunes ably. There are pairings with some stellar partners including the Andrews Sisters, Bob Hope, and Al Jolson. And the collection has breadth as well as variety, spanning 25 years from 1931 to 1956. Add it all up, and you've got a sampler that would make an ideal introduction to a listener trying to get an idea of Bing Crosby's music from an hour's worth of music. And that would be fine, if only marketing exigencies didn't require that the package be called The Definitive Collection instead of, say A Representative Collection.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Bing Crosby, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Turk, ComposerLyricist - Fred E. Ahlert, ComposerLyricist - Bennie Krueger & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1932 Geffen Records
Victor Young, Conductor - Mitchell Parish, Author - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1931 Geffen Records
Leo Robin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Rainger, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians, Ensemble
℗ 1937 Geffen Records
Arthur Johnston, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Georgie Stoll & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1936 Geffen Records
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - HARRY OWENS, ComposerLyricist - Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians, Ensemble
℗ 1937 Geffen Records
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harry Warren, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Bob Crosby & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1938 Geffen Records
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Victor Young & His Concert Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Darby Singers, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Ken Darby, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Darby Singers, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1943 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Williams Brothers Quartet, Ensemble
℗ 1944 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Royce Shannon, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1944 Geffen Records
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - The Andrews Sisters, MainArtist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Vic Schoen, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Schoen & His Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robert Fletcher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1944 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Vic Schoen, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Schoen & His Orchestra, MainArtist - Bob Hope, MainArtist
℗ 1945 Geffen Records
Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Bing Crosby, FeaturedArtist - Les Paul, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1945 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Jesters, Ensemble - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Bob Haggart & His Orchestra, Orchestra - John J. Stamford, ComposerLyricist - Red Latham, ComposerLyricist - Guy Bonham, ComposerLyricist - Wamp Carlson, ComposerLyricist - Shamus O'Connor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1946 Geffen Records
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Al Jolson, MainArtist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1947 Geffen Records
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - CLEMENT SCOTT, ComposerLyricist - Ken Darby, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Maewa Kaihau, Author - Ken Darby Choir & Instrumental Group, Ensemble - Dorothy Stewart, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1948 Geffen Records
Bob Hilliard, Author - Sammy Fain, Composer - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Ensemble - Perry Botkin's String Band, Ensemble
℗ 1949 Geffen Records
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Matty Matlock's All-Stars, Orchestra - Gary Crosby & Friend, MainArtist
℗ 1950 Geffen Records
Johnny Mercer, Author - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Wyman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matty Matlock's All-Stars, FeaturedArtist - Four Hits And A Miss, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1957 Geffen Records
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole, Conductor - Buddy Cole Trio, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Harold Adamson, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Buddy Cole & His Orchestra, Ensemble
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Chronique
The chief drawbacks to this album lie in its title and its marketing, not its contents. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Universal Music, repository of the largest catalog of vintage music in the world, embarked on several reissue programs with different price points aimed at different consumers. There was the 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection of best-ofs, relatively short single-disc packages at a discount price. And there was the Gold series of two-disc compilations. In between was a series called The Definitive Collection, full-priced, single-disc collections. A given artist might have releases in each of the series. The trouble, of course, lies in the word "definitive," and when it comes to Bing Crosby, co-compiler and annotator F.B. "Wig" Wiggins, an official of the International Club Crosby, immediately acknowledges the problem. "The 'definitive' Bing Crosby -- on a single disc -- is almost a contradiction in terms," he admits at the outset. Instead, Wiggins prefers the word "representative," which he uses twice in his liner notes to describe the album. Unfortunately, it is the word "definitive" that appears in the title, and it is reinforced by a sticker on the shrink wrap declaring, "His 22 Greatest Hits." The album contains nothing of the sort. It is what Wiggins calls it, representative. Starting with Crosby's radio theme song, "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)," the album attempts to cover the bases of Crosby's extensive discography, which Wiggins, the author of a book on the subject (Bing Crosby's Commercial Recordings: From 78s to CDs, self-published, 2001), estimates to run to 2,000 titles. There are examples of Hawaiian music ("Blue Hawaii," "Sweet Leilani," "Now Is the Hour [Maori Farewell Song]"), western music ("Home on the Range," "Don't Fence Me In"), Christmas music ("White Christmas"), and Irish music ("Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral [That's an Irish Lullaby]," "MacNamara's Band"), as well as pop standards ("Stardust," "Pennies from Heaven," "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"), some of them written specifically for Crosby ("Swinging on a Star"). The arrangements range from swing band accompaniment to jazz groups to a cappella groups, with Crosby handling everything from ballads to jump tunes ably. There are pairings with some stellar partners including the Andrews Sisters, Bob Hope, and Al Jolson. And the collection has breadth as well as variety, spanning 25 years from 1931 to 1956. Add it all up, and you've got a sampler that would make an ideal introduction to a listener trying to get an idea of Bing Crosby's music from an hour's worth of music. And that would be fine, if only marketing exigencies didn't require that the package be called The Definitive Collection instead of, say A Representative Collection.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 22 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 01:03:44
- Artistes principaux : Bing Crosby
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Geffen
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 Geffen Records This Compilation ℗ 2006 Geffen Records
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