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In the version of "I'm an Old Cowhand (from the Rio Grande)" that opens this album, Crosby sums it up best when he sings "I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow." In other words, this isn't exactly Jimmie Rodgers. While Crosby does seem to show genuine affection for the material, the songs here are more of the Gene Autry/Sons of the Pioneers "cowboy" variety than what we know as country today. The arrangements are based not around guitar, but a sprightly big band with strings, occasionally achieving the kind of early country/jazz synthesis for which Bob Wills was aiming. It may be surprising to hear songs of the trail such as "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" delivered in Crosby's trademark croon, but the original cowboy singers brought a mixture of country/folk and mainstream pop to their music anyhow, so it makes a strange kind of sense. The varied strains of pop and cowboy music eventually dovetail nicely into a collection that may bewilder country traditionalists, but will be enlightening to any Crosby fan.
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Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - SONNY BURKE, Producer - Bing Crosby, Producer, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Buddy Cole, Producer - Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra, Orchestra - Jack Kapp, Producer
℗ 1936 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leonard Whitcup, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Teddy Powell, ComposerLyricist - Victor Young & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Walter G. Samuels, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1935 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sidney D. Mitchell, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Louis Alter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1936 Geffen Records
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - BOB NOLAN, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1940 Geffen Records
Hal Hopper, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, Composer, Author - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Music Maids & Hal, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1941 Geffen Records
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - BOB NOLAN, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1936 Geffen Records
Bing Crosby, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - Curt Poulton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1936 Geffen Records
The Andrews Sisters, MainArtist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BOB NOLAN, ComposerLyricist - Matty Matlock & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1952 Geffen Records
The Andrews Sisters, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie De Lange, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vic Schoen & His Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist - Dick Charles, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence W. Jr. Markes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1945 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bing Crosby, MainArtist - Victor Young & His Concert Orchestra, Orchestra
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
In the version of "I'm an Old Cowhand (from the Rio Grande)" that opens this album, Crosby sums it up best when he sings "I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow." In other words, this isn't exactly Jimmie Rodgers. While Crosby does seem to show genuine affection for the material, the songs here are more of the Gene Autry/Sons of the Pioneers "cowboy" variety than what we know as country today. The arrangements are based not around guitar, but a sprightly big band with strings, occasionally achieving the kind of early country/jazz synthesis for which Bob Wills was aiming. It may be surprising to hear songs of the trail such as "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" delivered in Crosby's trademark croon, but the original cowboy singers brought a mixture of country/folk and mainstream pop to their music anyhow, so it makes a strange kind of sense. The varied strains of pop and cowboy music eventually dovetail nicely into a collection that may bewilder country traditionalists, but will be enlightening to any Crosby fan.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:28:45
- Main artists: Bing Crosby
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1996 Geffen Records This Compilation ℗ 1996 Geffen Records
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