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I Can't Escape from You (Bing Crosby song) I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell; I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You; I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; I Love You, Samantha; I Promise You (Bing Crosby song) I Surrender Dear; I Wished on the Moon; I'll Be Home for Christmas ...
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an U.S. singer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. [1]
The song became best known through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallée that were released in late 1932. The song received positive reviews and was one of the most popular songs of 1932. As one of the few popular songs during the era to discuss the darker aspects of the collapse, it came to be viewed as an anthem of the Great Depression.
American singer Bing Crosby has released 71 studio albums, 83 compilation albums and 409 singles over the course of his career. Crosby is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 200 million records as of 1960 [1] according to different sources his sales could be 300 million, [2] 500 million records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads globally. [3]
"Out of Nowhere" is a popular song composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman and published by Famous Music. It was popularized by Bing Crosby, and was the first recording under his Brunswick Records contract. He recorded it on March 30, 1931 [1] and it became his first number one hit as a solo artist. [2]
"I Surrender Dear" inspired two motion pictures bearing that title: a 1931 Bing Crosby musical short I Surrender Dear [8] produced by Mack Sennett, and a 1948 feature film [9] starring one of Crosby's co-stars, singer Gloria Jean. An instrumental 1930s-esque Jazz cover of this song was recorded for the 1996 movie Kansas City as
The 1941 recording by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra [3] earned Shaw one of his eight gold records at the height of the Big Band era of the 1930s and 1940s. Shaw's 1940 arrangement was a collaboration between Shaw and his chief arranger, Lennie Hayton , who was also an important Music Director, arranger and orchestrator at MGM until 1953.
"Song of the Dawn" was a 1930 song, first introduced in the musical film King of Jazz. The song was originally written for Bing Crosby, who lost the part to John Boles, another actor in the film, due to Crosby being jailed for a motoring offence. [1] Crosby recorded the song commercially on March 21, 1930 with Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra. [2]