Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings
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| Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings | ||
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| Studio album by Bing Crosby | ||
| Released | 1956 | |
| Recorded | June 11, 12 1956 | |
| Genre | Vocal | |
| Length | 36:24 | |
| Label | Verve | |
| Producer(s) | Buddy Bregman | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Bing Crosby chronology | ||
| Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956) |
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956) |
Bing With A Beat (1957) |
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings was Bing Crosby's sixth long play album, but the first recorded with Verve.
This was Bing Crosby's first LP with a modern, swinging orchestra in accompaniment. The songs, are also among the rare few that Bing has never before recorded. Buddy Bregman orchestrated the songs, conducted a hand-picked group of Hollywood's foremost musicians and conceived the idea of the album, which was be like Frank Sinatra's popular swing concept albums, Come Fly With Me and A Swingin’ Affair! A review from Variety wrote, "Altogether it is quite a musical package -- muscular and tender, driving and romantic, pulsating and lyrical. For Bing Crosby, the artist, it is a somewhat different testament to add to the many already on record and, as you will hear, an ingeniously varied and durable one."
[edit] Track listing
- The Song Is You (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:55
- Mountain Greenery (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:38
- Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin) – 4:02
- 'Deed I Do (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:51
- Heat Wave (Irving Berlin) – 3:01
- Blue Room (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:23
- Have You Met Miss Jones? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:30
- I've Got Five Dollars (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:15
- They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:42
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:36
- September In The Rain (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:58
- Jeepers Creepers (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) – 2:33
