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Bing Crosby's career was so long, and it featured so many landmarks, that it's easy to lose sight of the forest for all those trees. Unfortunately, his edition in the voluminous Gold series doesn't help matters much. Yes, it reels in 50 tracks from his career, but there's little rhyme or reason to the program, and his most innovative decade (the '30s) receives very little attention. That said, nearly all the major hits are here somewhere on this two-and-a-half-hour track listing, beginning with one of the biggest ("Swinging on a Star") and including "White Christmas," "Don't Fence Me In," "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)," "Blue Skies," and "Pennies from Heaven." There are many more hits than misses, but even boasting 50 tracks, exclusions are all over the place, usually in favor of middling songs from his '50s past-prime days such as "Gigi" and "Busy Doing Nothing." [Gold was previously released in 1996 with a different cover and title (Best of Bing Crosby).]
© John Bush /TiVo
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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.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Al Jolson, MainArtist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1947 Geffen Records
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Kenny, ComposerLyricist - Nick A. Kenny, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Cedric Hardwicke, FeaturedArtist - William Bendix, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - RUSS MORGAN, MainArtist
℗ 1946 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1944 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Author - Pete King & His Orchestra & Chorus, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - RUSS MORGAN, MainArtist - EDGAR LESLIE, ComposerLyricist - Horatio Nicholls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1946 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jack Elliott, ComposerLyricist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Roy Turk, ComposerLyricist - Fred E. Ahlert, ComposerLyricist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1948 Geffen Records
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Gus Arnheim, Orchestra - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Billy Moll, ComposerLyricist - Harry Barris, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1931 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
Ray Noble, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1934 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - HARRY OWENS, ComposerLyricist - Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians, Ensemble
℗ 1937 Geffen Records
Rube Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Harry Ruby, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1945 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Bob Wills, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1941 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Jolson, FeaturedArtist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Billy Merson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1943 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1937 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ralph Care, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Wayne, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Carroll Carroll, ComposerLyricist - John Scott Trotter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1944 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1946 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - The Andrews Sisters, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Haymes, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Schoen & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - The Chickadees, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1948 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
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
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Victor Young & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Arthur Colahan, ComposerLyricist - Victor Young & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1947 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.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jack Elliott, ComposerLyricist - Gary Crosby, MainArtist - Lew Quadling, ComposerLyricist - Matty Matlock's All-Stars, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer
℗ 1944 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mitchell Parish, Author - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Bing Crosby, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matty Malneck, Orchestra/Member, AssociatedPerformer - Matty Malneck & His Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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
James Royce Shannon, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1945 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Trudy Erwin, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1943 Geffen Records
Arthur Johnston, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Georgie Stoll & His Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1936 Geffen Records
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Matty Matlock's All-Stars, Orchestra - Gary Crosby & Friend, MainArtist
℗ 1950 Geffen Records
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1946 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - JOHN ANDERSON, ComposerLyricist - Jamie Rebekah Anderson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mack Gordon, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - James V. Monaco, Composer - Carmen Cavallaro, Recording Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1945 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Sonny Burke & His Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Maschwitz, ComposerLyricist - Manning Sherwin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist
℗ 1940 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joseph Mohr, Author - Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Max Terr's Mixed Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - William J. Kirkpatrick, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Aled Jones, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Lole, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Ken Darby Singers, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Harry Lillis Crosby, Producer
℗ 1942 Geffen Records
Album review
Bing Crosby's career was so long, and it featured so many landmarks, that it's easy to lose sight of the forest for all those trees. Unfortunately, his edition in the voluminous Gold series doesn't help matters much. Yes, it reels in 50 tracks from his career, but there's little rhyme or reason to the program, and his most innovative decade (the '30s) receives very little attention. That said, nearly all the major hits are here somewhere on this two-and-a-half-hour track listing, beginning with one of the biggest ("Swinging on a Star") and including "White Christmas," "Don't Fence Me In," "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)," "Blue Skies," and "Pennies from Heaven." There are many more hits than misses, but even boasting 50 tracks, exclusions are all over the place, usually in favor of middling songs from his '50s past-prime days such as "Gigi" and "Busy Doing Nothing." [Gold was previously released in 1996 with a different cover and title (Best of Bing Crosby).]
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 02:28:44
- Main artists: Bing Crosby
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2008 Universal-Island Records Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 2008 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
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