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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 reviewer for 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."
In its review Time magazine said, "After 22 years of making records for Decca — plus a few before even Decca latched onto him — Bing Crosby steps out with a handful of oldies on a new label, proves himself virtually indestructible. It is only when he tries to swing too high that he begins to sound his age (52)."
[edit] Track listing
| Track | Song Title | Originally By | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Song Is You" | Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Mountain Greenery" | Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Cheek to Cheek" | Irving Berlin | 4:02 |
| 4. | "'Deed I Do" | Walter Hirsch and Fred Rose | 2:51 |
| 5. | "Heat Wave" | Irving Berlin | 3:01 |
| 6. | "Blue Room" | Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | 2:23 |
| 7. | "Have You Met Miss Jones?" | Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | 2:30 |
| 8. | "I've Got Five Dollars" | Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart | 3:15 |
| 9. | "They All Laughed" | George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | 2:42 |
| 10. | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" | George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | 2:36 |
| 11. | "September In The Rain" | Al Dubin and Harry Warren | 2:58 |
| 12. | "Jeepers Creepers" | Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren | 2:33 |
