Tracks
1.1 Swinging on a Star 1.2 Don't Fence Me in Bing ; the Andrews Sisters 1.3 Bing Introduces Strange Music 1.4 Strange Music 1.5 Tallahassee 1.6 Peg O My Heart 1.7 Shoo Shoo Baby 1.8 Bing Chats with the Andrews Sisters 1.9 You Don't Have to Know the Language Bing ; the Andrews Sisters 1.10 South America, Take It Away Bing ; the Andrews Sisters 1.11 It's Magic 1.12 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1.13 But Beautiful Bing with Uan Rasey (Trumpet) 1.14 Bing Introduces Nat King Cole Start Start 1.15 Bing Chats with Nat Start Start 1.16 Sams Song Bing ; Nat Start Start 1.17 My Foolish Heart 1.18 Them There Eyes 1.19 Too Late Now 1.20 Not Mine 1.21 Bing Welcomes Back the Andrews Sisters 1.22 I Can Dream, Can't I? the Andrews Sisters (Patty Andrews, Featured Soloist) with Bing 1.23 Sure Thing Bing with Buddy Cole (Piano) 1.24 Bing Introduces Finale 1.25 May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You Bing, Nat ; The Andrews Sisters 2.1 Basin Street Blues Bing ; Ella with Red Nichols (Cornet) 2.2 If This Isn't Love 2.3 It's a Good Day 2.4 Bing Introduces Louis Armstrong 2.5 Bing Chats with Louis 2.6 Blueberry Hill (Version 1) Bing ; Louis 2.7 A Fella with An Umbrella 2.8 Bing Introduces Ella and Dreamers Holiday 2.9 A Dreamers Holiday Bing ; Ella 2.10 For You, for Me, Forever More 2.11 Bing ; Louis Introduce Gone Fishin 2.12 Gone Fishin (Version 1) Bing ; Louis 2.13 Lazy Bones (Version 1) Bing ; Louis 2.14 The Best Things in Life Are Free 2.15 That's A-Plenty Bing ; Ella 2.16 A Kiss to Build a Dream on (Version 1) 2.17 Louis Congratulates Bing on His 20th Anniversary 2.18 Blueberry Hill (Version 2) Bing ; Louis 2.19 Bing Chats with Jack Teagarden 2.20 Rockin Chair (Part 1) Jack ; Louis 2.21 Bing Chats with Dinah Shore 2.22 Rockin Chair (Part 2) Dinah, Louis, Jack ; Bing 2.23 Five Minutes More 2.24 A Marshmallow World Bing ; Ella 2.25 Silver Bells (Version 1) Bing ; Ella 2.26 Bing Introduces Memphis Blues 2.27 Memphis Blues (Version 1) Bing ; Ella 3.1 Stay with the Happy People Bing ; Ella 3.2 It Had to Be You Bing with Red Nichols (Cornet) 3.3 Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Bing with Joe Venuti (Violin) 3.4 Now That I Need You 3.5 Gone Fishin (Version 2) Bing, Louis ; Jack Teagarden 3.6 Chicago Style Bing ; Ella with Bill Taylor (Trombone) 3.7 Route 66 3.8 Blue Skies Bing with Les Paul (Guitar) 3.9 Istanbul Bing ; Ella with Ziggy Elman (Trumpet) 3.10 Lazy Bones (Version 2) Bing ; Louis 3.11 Bing Introduces Toni Arden ; The Band 3.12 My Honeys Lovin Arms Bing ; Toni (With Louis, Jack Teagarden ; Joe Venuti) 3.13 Bing Introduces the Mills Brothers 3.14 Up a Lazy River/Paper Doll Bing ; The Mills Brothers 3.15 Way Back Home Bing, Ella ; The Mills Brothers 3.16 You're Just in Love Bing ; Louis 3.17 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Bing ; Ella 3.18 Silver Bells (Version 2) Bing ; Ella 3.19 Bing Chats with Ella 3.20 White Christmas Bing ; Ella Start Start 3.21 A Kiss to Build a Dream on (Version 2) Bing ; Louis Start Start 3.22 Bing, Ella ; Louis Introduce Memphis Blues Start Start 3.23 Memphis Blues (Version 2) Bing, Ella ; Louis
Notes
Bing Crosby was easily the most popular personality in radio history. These 57 radio performances begin, fittingly, with Crosby's career-defining rendition of Swinging on a Star on the Kraft Music Hall show in 1944, and include such dream finds for Crosby collectors as Bing's performance of It's Magic, his only version of the song ever released, and renditions of My Foolish Heart and for You, for Me, Forever More. Then there are the duets-33 of them, including numerous tandems with Nat King Cole (Sam's Song), the Andrews Sisters (Don't Fence Me In), Louis Armstrong (Blueberry Hill) and other luminaries, plus instrumental accompaniment from the likes of Joe Venuti, Red Nichols and Les Paul. Essential American pop culture.
