Bing Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook

by Bing Crosby

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/08/2013
Label:	Ume
UPC:	0602537479214
catalogNumber:	001892102
Rank:	99710

Tracks

1. P.S. I Love You
2. I'm an Old Cowhand
3. Too Marvelous For Words
4. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
5. Day In, Day Out
6. I Thought About You
7. Mister Meadowlark
8. Skylark
9. Blues In the Night
10. That Old Black Magic
11. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
12. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
13. Lazy Bones
14. Autumn Leaves
15. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
16. Jamboree Jones
17. When the World Was Young (Ah, the Apple Trees)
18. Glow Worm
19. Jeepers Creepers
20. And the Angels Sing
21. Something's Gotta Give
22. P.S. I Love You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bing Crosby   Primary Artist
Bob Crosby & His Orchestra   Accompaniment
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra   Accompaniment
Victor Young & His Orchestra   Accompaniment
Georgie Stoll & His Orchestra   Accompaniment
Buddy Cole & His Trio   Accompaniment
John Scott Trotter Orchestra   Accompaniment
Victor Schoen and His Orchestra   Accompaniment

Technical Credits

Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Gordon Jenkins   Composer
Ziggy Elman   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Rube Bloom   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Joseph Kosma   Composer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Paul Lincke   Composer
Kathryn Crosby   Executive Producer
Robert S. Bader   Producer
Michel Philippe-Gérard   Composer
Howard E. Green   Liner Notes