Cocktail Hour: Bing Crosby Duets

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Basin Street Blues
cover recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Bing Crosby feat. Ella Fitzgerald2:52
2Shine
Bing Crosby feat. The Mills Brothers3:16
3If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d Have Baked a Cake
recording of:
If I Knew You Were Comin’ (I’d’ve Baked a Cake)
writer:
Clem Watts, Al Hoffman and Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
Bing Crosby feat. Bob Hope2:09
4St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Bing Crosby feat. Duke Ellington4:38
5Lullaby of Broadway
recording of:
Lullaby of Broadway (from “Gold Diggers of 1935”)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1935)
publisher:
Henrees Music co., M. Witmark & Sons, Peermusic (UK) Limited, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1935 winner)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
Bing Crosby feat. Dick Powell1:12
6Small Fry
vocals:
Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer
orchestra:
Victor Young Orchestra
conductor:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
performer:
Johnny Mercer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
Small Fry
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
Bing Crosby feat. Johnny Mercer3:08
7When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose
performer:
Judy Garland
recording of:
When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose (For Me and My Gal, 1942 film)
lyricist:
Jack Mahoney (lyricist)
composer:
Percy Wenrich (American composer)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Bing Crosby feat. Judy Garland2:51
8Dinah
baritone vocals:
Harry Mills (on 1931-12-16)
lead vocals:
Donald Mills (on 1931-12-16)
tenor vocals:
Herbert Mills (on 1931-12-16)
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1931-12-16)
recording of:
Dinah (on 1931-12-16)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
Bing Crosby feat. The Mills Brothers2:58
9On Top of Old Smokey
recording of:
On Top of Old Smoky
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Bing Crosby feat. Burl Ives2:46
10An Apple for the Teacher
vocals:
Connee Boswell (jazz-pop vocalist) (on 1939-06-22) and Bing Crosby (on 1939-06-22)
orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (on 1939-06-22)
conductor:
John Scott Trotter (on 1939-06-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
An Apple for the Teacher (on 1939-06-22)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
James V. Monaco
Bing Crosby feat. Connee Boswell3:05
11You Came a Long Way From St. Louis
vocals:
Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
additional orchestra:
John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
You Came a Long Way From St. Louis
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
John Benson Brooks
publisher:
Jewel Music Inc.
Bing Crosby feat. Peggy Lee2:30
12Mr. Meadowlark
recording of:
Mister Meadowlark
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Walter Donaldson
Bing Crosby feat. Johnny Mercer2:43
13The One I Love Belongs to Somebody ElseBing Crosby feat. Al Jolson1:50
14I Can Dream Can’t I
recording of:
I Can Dream, Can’t I
orchestrator:
Billy May
lyricist:
Irving Kahal
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Fain Music Company, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), The New Irving Kahal Music Company (Different publisher then "New Irving Kahal Music") and Mario Music Corp. (on 1937-11-13)
Bing Crosby feat. The Andrews Sisters2:27
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