Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin

1949 compilation album by Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin

Compilation album by

Bing Crosby

Released| 1949
Recorded| 1936, 1938, 1939, 1947
Genre| Popular
Length| 23:33
Label| Decca Records
Bing Crosby chronology
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(1949)  | Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin
(1949)  | South Pacific
(1949)

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Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1949 featuring songs written by George Gershwin.

## Reception

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Billboard was enthusiastic:

Crosby singing Gershwin tunes figures to be a winning parlay any time – and this album sounds like a winner, sure enough. Sides were made during recent various years, and it’s nice to be able to report that Croz was in form on each. Every tune here is a 20-carat imperishable, and plenty of earnest affection is lavished on each by Bing and the works of Trotter, Malneck and Victor Young.[1]

## Track listing

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### 78rpm album

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These previously issued songs were featured in a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album A-702. All music by George Gershwin.

Side | Title | Recording date | Lyricist | Performed with | Time

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Disc 1: (24541)
A. | "Embraceable You" | November 12, 1947 | Ira Gershwin | The Chickadees and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:47
B. | "They Can't Take That Away from Me" | November 12, 1947 | Ira Gershwin | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 3:07
Disc 2: (24542)
A. | "Love Walked In" | November 12, 1947 | Ira Gershwin | John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | 2:45
B. | "Summertime" | July 8, 1938 | DuBose Heyward | Matty Malneck and His Orchestra | 3:05
Disc 3: (25409)
A. | "It Ain't Necessarily So" | March 29, 1936 | Ira Gershwin | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 3:06
B. | "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" | March 29, 1936 | DuBose Heyward | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 3:15
Disc 4: (25410)
A. | "Somebody Loves Me" | June 14, 1939 | Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 2:44
B. | "Maybe" | June 14, 1939 | Ira Gershwin | Victor Young and His Orchestra | 2:44

### LP release

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The songs were also featured on a 10" LP album, Decca DL 5081 issued in 1949.[2] Side 1

1. "Embraceable You"
2. "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
3. "Love Walked In"
4. "Summertime"

Side 2

5. "It Ain't Necessarily So"
6. "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
7. "Somebody Loves Me"
8. "Maybe"

### Other releases

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In 1950, the same selections were released on a set of 45 rpm records numbered Decca 9-122 and the album cover is shown above.

## References

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1. ^ "Billboard". Billboard. March 12, 1949. p. 45.
2. ^ "BSN PUBS". bsnpubs.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

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Albums|

* Music of Hawaii (1939)
* Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
* Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
* Cowboy Songs (Bing Crosby's first solo album) (1939)
* Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
* George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
* Ballad for Americans (Bing Crosby's first solo studio album) (1940)
* Favorite Hawaiian Songs (1940)
* Christmas Music (1940)
* Star Dust (1940)
* Hawaii Calls (1941)
* Small Fry (1941)
* Crosbyana (1941)
* Under Western Skies (1941)
* Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/ Fred Astaire) (1942)
* Merry Christmas (1945)
* Selections from Going My Way (1945)
* Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's (1946)
* Don't Fence Me In (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (1946)
* The Happy Prince (1946)
* Selections from Road to Utopia (1946)
* Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster (1946)
* What We So Proudly Hail (1946)
* Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One (1946)
* Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two (1946)
* Blue Skies (w/ Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin) (1946)
* Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
* St. Patrick's Day (1947)
* Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947)
* Cowboy Songs, Vol. One (1947)
* Selections from Welcome Stranger (1947)
* Our Common Heritage (1947)
* El Bingo (1947)
* The Small One (1947)
* The Man Without a Country (1947)
* Drifting and Dreaming (1947)
* Blue of the Night (1948)
* Selections from Showboat (1948)
* The Emperor Waltz (1948)
* St. Valentine's Day (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters (1948)
* Selections from Road to Rio (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows (1948)
* Cowboy Songs, Vol. Two (1948)
* Auld Lang Syne (1948)
* Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs (1949)
* A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
* Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin (1949)
* South Pacific (1949)
* Christmas Greetings (1949)
* Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
* Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz (1950)
* Songs from Mr. Music (w/ Dorothy Kirsten and The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
* Go West Young Man (w/ The Andrews Sisters) (1950)
* Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 (1951)
* Way Back Home (1951)
* Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from... (1951)
* Bing and the Dixieland Bands (1951)
* Yours Is My Heart Alone (1951)
* Country Style (1951)
* Beloved Hymns (1951)
* Bing and Connee (w/ Connee Boswell) (1952)
* When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1952)
* Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man (w/ Victor Young) (1952)
* Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" (w/ Jane Wyman and The Andrews Sisters) (1952)
* Road to Bali (w/ Bob Hope and Peggy Lee) (1952)
* Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
* Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
* Bing Sings the Hits (1954)
* Selections from White Christmas (w/ Peggy Lee and Danny Kaye) (1954)
* Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
* The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost (1955)
* Merry Christmas (later version of 1945 78rpm album) (1955)
* Shillelaghs and Shamrocks (1956)
* Home on the Range (1956)
* Blue Hawaii (1956)
* High Tor (w/ Julie Andrews and Everett Sloane) (1956)
* A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956)
* Anything Goes (w/ Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire) (1956)
* High Society (w/ Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong) (1956)
* Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956)
* Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956)
* Bing with a Beat (1957)
* A Christmas Story (1957)
* Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1957)
* New Tricks (1957)
* The Bible Story of Christmas (1957)
* Never Be Afraid (1958)
* Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1958)
* Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1958)
* Around the World with Bing! (1958)
* Bing in Paris (1958)
* That Christmas Feeling (1958)
* In a Little Spanish Town (1958)
* Bing’s Buddies and Beaus (1959)
* Say One for Me (w/ Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner) (1959)
* How the West Was Won (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1960)
* Join Bing and Sing Along (1960)
* Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong) (1960)
* Songs of Christmas (1960)
* 101 Gang Songs (1961)
* El Señor Bing (1961)
* My Golden Favorites (1961)
* The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
* Bing's Hollywood (set of 15 albums) (1962)
* On the Happy Side (1962)
* I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
* Holiday in Europe (1962)
* Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
* Return to Paradise Islands (1964)
* America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
* Robin and the 7 Hoods (w/ Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.) (1964)
* 12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring) (1964)
* Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1965)
* That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney) (1965)
* The Summit (w/ Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.) (1966)
* Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1966)
* Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites (w/ The Columbus Boychoir) (1967)
* Thoroughly Modern Bing (1968)
* Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1968 version) (1968)
* Hey Jude/Hey Bing! (1969)
* Goldilocks (1970)
* A Time to Be Jolly (1971)
* Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie) (1972)
* Rhythm on the Range (1972)
* I’ll Sing You a Song of the Islands (1972)
* A Southern Memoir (1975)
* That's What Life Is All About (1975)
* A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire) (1975)
* Tom Sawyer (1976)
* At My Time of Life (1976)
* Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium (1976)
* Feels Good, Feels Right (1976)
* Beautiful Memories (1977)
* Bingo Viejo (1977)
* Seasons (Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime) (1977)
* A Little Bit of Irish (posthumous edition, recorded in 1966) (1993)
* Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
* On the Sentimental Side (posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album) (2010)

Family|

* Dixie Lee (first wife)
* Gary Crosby (son)
* Dennis Crosby (son)
* Phillip Crosby (son)
* Lindsay Crosby (son)
* Kathryn Crosby (second wife)
* Harry Crosby (son)
* Mary Crosby (daughter)
* Nathaniel Crosby (son)
* Denise Crosby (granddaughter)
* Larry Crosby (brother)
* Bob Crosby (brother)

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