Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-01-31 (053) Guests Bob Hope and Firehouse 5 No. 53 31st January 1951 Transcribed at Fort Ord on January 13 (a). Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires, Toni Arden and The Firehouse Five Plus Two. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme *Let’s Do It Again (b) with Toni Arden & Rhythmaires *And You’ll Be Home (c) with Rhythmaires But Beautiful (d) Toni Arden Copenhagen The Firehouse Five Plus Two *The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (e) with The Firehouse Five Plus Two Comedy Dialogue (f) Bing Crosby & Bob Hope *It Happened In Monterey (g) with Bob Hope *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Harbour Lights (h) with Rhythmaires Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Tonight’s guests on The Bing Crosby Show (WDAE, 9:30 p.m.) include Toni Arden, the Firehouse Five – Plus Two and a brief visit from Bob Hope. (The Tampa Times, 31st January 1951)
Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-02-07 (ep054) Guest Judy Garland No. 54 7th February 1951 (a) Transcribed in Hollywood (27th January 1951). Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and Judy Garland. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme Comedy Dialogue Bing Crosby & Judy Garland *Just The Way You Are (b) with Judy Garland & Rhythmaires *You And Your Beautiful Eyes (c) with Rhythmaires Comedy Dialogue (d) Bing Crosby & Judy Garland *Hello Ma Baby (e) with Judy Garland *In My Merry Oldsmobile (f) with Judy Garland *Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon (g) with Judy Garland *Walking My Baby Back Home (h) with Judy Garland *In My Merry Oldsmobile (i) with Judy Garland You Made Me Love You Judy Garland *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You (j) with Rhythmaires Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Gay ‘90s courting customs will be reviewed in musical skit by Bing Crosby and his guest, Judy Garland, at 9:30 p.m., CBS-WGBS. (Marion Aitchison, The Miami Herald, 7th February, 1951)
I was watching the Woody Allne film this week " A Rainy Day In New York", and it starts off with a song from Bing - "I Got Lucky In The Rain" Now I am familiar with this song....Peggy Lee did it in a Crosby show, and it appears on the recent Bing Philco Show's CD from Sepia with Loulie Jean Norman However the recording from the film is a solo performance from 12th January 1949, also from the Phico series, but as far as I can tell, no commercial release of the song is available. I'm guessing Woody must have had it cleaned up especially for the soundtrack (which you can't buy either), but if anyone knows where its available I'd love to know. I have a number of the radio archive discs with shows on them but this particular show is always missing. I know its on Youtube, but quality's not as good as it appears in the film Any info would be great. Thanks.
I can't really tell you about any releases with it, as I have no knowledge of them. The only thing I can think of is that Bing had pre-recorded the shows on tape, so the movie either specifically got into contact with the archives for that song or found a very good quality transcription. There's also the option that it could've been released and mastered by Decca later on after the recording, which would possibly explain why Bing's version was chosen, which had happened for some of the radio songs in the 50s. That's all I can think of though.
Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-02-14 (055) Guest Dorothy Kirsten and Gordon MacRae's Railroad Hour 1951-02-19 (125) Song of Norway Spend an hour with the immensely talented Dorthy Kirsten on both Bing and Gordon's shows this week! No. 55 14th February 1951 Transcribed in Hollywood. Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and Dorothy Kirsten. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme *You And Your Beautiful Eyes with Rhythmaires *And You’ll Be Home (a) with Rhythmaires Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man Dorothy Kirsten Comedy Dialogue (b) Bing Crosby & Dorothy Kirsten *’The ‘Soap Opera’ Opera’ Sketch (c) with Dorothy Kirsten & Rhythmaires *The Night Is Young And You’re So Beautiful (d) with Buddy Cole (Piano) *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Whispering Hope (e) with Dorothy Kirsten Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Soap Opera as contrasted with the kind called grand results in an original musical opus, “Soap Opera at the Met,” with which Bing Crosby and guest Dorothy Kirsten will wind up their discussion at 9:30 p.m., CBS-WGBS. In a serious mood, they’ll also sing “Whispering Hope.” (Marion Aitchison, The Miami Herald, 14th February, 1951)
Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-02-21(056) - Tallulah Bankhead, 1946-02-21 Eddy Duchin, and Gordon MacRae's Railroad Hour 1951-02-26 (126) Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time No. 56 21st February 1951 (a) Transcribed in Hollywood (10th February 1951). Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires, Peggy Lee (b) and Tallulah Bankhead. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme Comedy Dialogue Bing Crosby & Tallulah Bankhead *Just The Way You Are (c) with Peggy Lee & Rhythmaires Would I Love You? (Love You, Love You) Peggy Lee ‘Just A Gigolo (And Gigolette)’ Sketch (d) Bing Crosby, Tallulah Bankhead & Ken Carpenter *Just A Gigolo (e) *Just A Gigolo (Reprise) (f) with Tallulah Bankhead *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Beyond The Reef (g) with Rhythmaires featuring Loulie Jean Norman Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Hey, this should be good – radio’s two leading baritones, Tallulah Bankhead and Bing Crosby, making merry together. And that’s what they’ll be doing on Crosby’s half-hour on KNX-CBS at 6:30 tonight. Also taking part will be songstress Peggy Lee. (Bill Bird, Pasadena Independent, 21st February, 1951)
Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-02-28 ep057 Nat King Cole and The Andrew Sisters, 1946-02-28 Martha Tilton. and Gordon MacRae's Railroad Hour 1951-03-05 (127) The Vagabond King Bing Crosby, Nate King Cole and The Andrew Sisters in one show? Holy cow! No. 57 28th February 1951 Transcribed in Hollywood. Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires, Nat King Cole Trio and The Andrews Sisters. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme *All My Love (a) with Rhythmaires Lullaby Of Broadway The Andrews Sisters *Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!) (b) with Rhythmaires Orange Coloured Sky Nat King Cole (Vocal) & Trio *Sam’s Song (c) with Nat King Cole & Rhythmaires *The Tennessee Waltz with The Andrews Sisters Mona Lisa Nat King Cole *Harbour Lights (d) with Rhythmaires & Bobby Guy (Cornet) *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You (e) with The Andrews Sisters, Nat King Cole & Rhythmaires Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Two popular vocal groups, the Andrews Sisters of Columbia’s Club 15 (WDAE, Monday through Friday, 7:30 p.m.), and Nat King Cole and his trio are Der Bingle’s guests in an all-musical edition of The Bing Crosby Show (WDAE, 9:30 p.m.) (The Tampa Times, 28th February, 1951)
Here is a fun little comparison game to the people who are interested. Bing sung Summer Wind in 1977 for his last album. Here is the original mix.
When the Bing Crosby Enterprises released their Bing Sings The Sinatra Songbook album they also released a remix. And I thought it might be fun to see what everyone thinks, both of Bing's version of the song, and the remix compared to the original. Personally I prefer the original mix, and love Bing's interpretation of the song.
Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-03-07 (058) Guest Judy Garland (Mindi) No. 58 7th March 1951 Transcribed in Hollywood (5th March 1951). Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and Judy Garland. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme Comedy Dialogue (a) Bing Crosby & Ken Carpenter *Sparrow In The Treetop (b) with Rhythmaires *Sentimental Music (c) Comedy Dialogue Bing Crosby & Judy Garland Mean To Me Judy Garland ‘Sarah Spade, Private Eye’ Sketch Bing Crosby, Judy Garland & Ken Carpenter *You’re Just In Love (d) with Judy Garland & Rhythmaires *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *If with Rhythmaires & Bobby Guy (Cornet) Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Judy Garland joins Bing Crosby in a sprightly session of song and banter on a return visit to his show (WDAE, 9:30 p.m.) (The Tampa Times, 7th March, 1951)
For those who have listened to some of Bing’s album which is your favorite? Mine has to be Seasons due to the coherence of the theme and the amazing performances especially taking into account when it was recorded.
I've listened to quitea few of his albums, but as you can tell none of them live up to the excellence of his radio show! Oh look here comes a couple episodes now! Have a listen, you won't regret it! Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-03-14 (059) Guest Judy Garland and 1946-03-14 Kraft Music Hall - Guest Eddy Duchin No. 59 14th March 1951 Transcribed in Hollywood. Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires, Jack Pepper and Judy Garland. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme *St. Patrick’s Day Parade (a) with Rhythmaires *Any Town Is Paris When You’re Young (b) with Rhythmaires Comedy Dialogue Bing Crosby & Judy Garland ‘Bounce-Along Garland’ Sketch (c) Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Jack Pepper & Ken Carpenter *Stop Your Gambling (d) with Judy Garland & Jack Pepper *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *If (e) with Rhythmaires & Bobby Guy (Cornet) Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Judy “Bounce-Along” Garland meets Bing “Sagalong” Crosby in a wild and wooly Western skit. (Tucson Daily Citizen, 14th March 1951) and No. 378 14th March 1946 With Ken Carpenter, The Charioteers, Eddy Duchin and Frank Morgan. *Aren’t You Glad You’re You with Chorus I Can’t Begin To Tell You Eddy Duchin (Piano) April In Paris Eddy Duchin (Piano) *Dear Old Donegal (a) My Lord, What A Morning The Charioteers *There’s A Small Hotel with Eddy Duchin (Piano) *Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy (a) with The Charioteers *Oh! What It Seemed To Be Frank Morgan will play a guest call to Bing Crosby on the NBC-WMBG Music Hall at 9 p.m. Along with “The Groaner” will be the magic fingers of Eddy Duchin, The Charioteers, the KMH chorus and John Scott Trotter’s orchestra. Bing plans to pay special attention to the coming of St. Patrick’s Day and will sing “Dear Old Donegal.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 14th March, 1946)
Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-03-21 (060) Judy Garland, Les Paul and Mary Ford, 1946-02-21 Eddy Duchin. and Gordon MacRae's Railroad Hour 1951-03-19 (129) Apple Blossoms No. 60 21st March 1951 Transcribed in Hollywood (17th March 1951). Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires, Les Paul & Mary Ford and Judy Garland. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme *You And Your Beautiful Eyes with Rhythmaires *Sentimental Music (a) How High The Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford *Mockin’ Bird Hill (Tra-La-La Twittle Dee Dee) (f) with Mary Ford & Les Paul (Guitar(s)) Carolina In The Morning Judy Garland Comedy Dialogue Bing Crosby & Judy Garland *How Could You Believe Me When I Said “I Love You” When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? (b) with Judy Garland Comedy Dialogue (c) Bing Crosby & Judy Garland *How Could You Believe Me When I Said “I Love You” When You Know I’ve Been A Liar All My Life? (d) with Judy Garland *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Would I Love You? (Love You, Love You) (e) with Rhythmaires Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme Judy Garland pays her third visit in a row to the Bing Crosby Show, sharing the spotlight with Les Paul and Mary Ford, popular husband-and-wife recording team. (The Tampa Daily Times, 21st March 1951) and No. 379 21st March 1946 With Ken Carpenter, The Charioteers, Eddy Duchin, Cully Richards and The Slim Gaillard Trio. *One More Dream (And She’s Mine) (a) with The Charioteers Easter Parade Eddy Duchin (Piano) A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Eddy Duchin (Piano) Home In That Rock The Charioteers *I Can’t Begin To Tell You with Eddy Duchin (Piano) Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) The Slim Gaillard Trio *Wait And See *It Might As Well Be Spring with Chorus Bing Crosby will bring the Slim Gaillard Trio to the NBC-WMBG Music Hall at 9 p.m…The Gaillard Trio will play their recently recorded number “Cement Mixer.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 21st March, 1946) “I would stand in line only to see Bing Crosby,” an out-of-town woman back of us was overheard to say as we waited for NBC’s Studio B’s doors to open for Music Hall. I wonder if she thought the same after the miserable performance he gave. Crosby didn’t seem to be putting anything into his songs–not even good tonal quality at times. He should keep two things in mind–the debt he owes the public for its loyalty and the fact that one comes down hill much faster than one goes up. The perfect spot on Music Hall was the song by the Charioteers. Eddy Duchin’s piano playing was smooth, the comedy, mediocre. The Slim Gaillard Trio probably was more interesting to see in action than it was to hear over the air. Its number was novel, at any rate. There was a lack of warmth, a feeling of something being missing from the Music Hall. (Zuma Palmer, Hollywood Citizen News, March 25, 1946)
Bing Crosby Podcast 1951-03-28 (061) Guest Judy Garland (Mindi), 1946-03-28 Guest Georgia Gibbs and Frank Morgan, Gordon MacRae's Railroad Hour 1951-03-26 (130) The Fortune Teller No. 61 28th March 1951 Transcribed in Hollywood (24th March 1951). Announced by Ken Carpenter. With Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and Judy Garland. *Chesterfield Jingle with Rhythmaires *Where The Blue Of The Night Opening Theme *Sparrow In The Treetop (a) with Rhythmaires *If (g) with Rhythmaires Comedy Dialogue Bing Crosby & Judy Garland Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody Judy Garland Comedy Dialogue (b) Bing Crosby & Judy Garland *Limehouse Blues (c) with Judy Garland *April In Paris (d) with Judy Garland *Isle Of Capri (e) with Judy Garland *Chesterfield Jingle with Judy Garland & Rhythmaires *Any Town Is Paris When You’re Young (f) with Rhythmaires Where The Blue Of The Night Closing Theme It will be four times in a row when Judy Garland visits Bing Crosby at 9:30 p.m. CBS-WGBS. Charles Durand and Guy Brion are to be co-guests. (Marion Aitchison, The Miami Herald, 28th March 1951) and No. 380 28th March 1946 With Ken Carpenter, The Charioteers, Eddy Duchin, Frank Morgan and Georgia Gibbs. *Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief with The Charioteers The Very Thought Of You Eddy Duchin (Piano) All The Things You Are Eddy Duchin (Piano) *Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy with The Charioteers I Can’t Begin To Tell You Georgia Gibbs I Thank God I’m In His Care The Charioteers *It’s Only A Paper Moon with Eddy Duchin (Piano) *Oh! What It Seemed To Be with Chorus Frank Morgan tells more of those high powered Morgan Family stories as he visits Bing Crosby at “Music Hall.” (The Cincinnati Enquirer, 28th March, 1946)
I was at a company function, given by a supplier who was one of the sponsors of the British contingent for the 1988 Olympic Games. The speaker was the BBC athletics commentator Ron Pickering. No one in my opinion since, has been anywhere near as good. He was talking in the bar afterwards to a few of us, the topic of golf came up and he told us this story about Bing Crosby. As many will know Crosby died in 1977 after playing a round of golf at La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid. Ron Pickering said that it was Radio Clyde that was one of the first stations to pick up the news and they rushed to get the story on air. The producer, told someone to find a Crosby record they could play after the announcement as a tribute. Unfortunately, the guy fetching the record was not familiar with tunes of Crosby's era and the track chosen was, "Dancing Cheek to Cheek." Those who know it will be familiar with the first line. I said for decades that Crosby's "White Christmas" would still be playing on the radio over that holiday in two hundred years time. But I didn't hear it once last year.
Thankfully I heard White Christmas many times last year on my radio stations, although Tony Bennett's version and a modern version was more popular. It seems his other Christmas songs are more popular in my area like Let It Snow or Frosty. I have heard a similar story of a fan out on a drive when it was announced then the song started playing. It's morbidly humorous, but also sad.
White Christmas is definitely on this list! Since we are talking about Christmas if you have a few hours to spend having a little Christmas cheer in April. Casey Kasem Podcast Tribute 1971-12-25 Top 40 Christmas Songs Countdown This is not the record, but one of Casey's actual coundowns of Christmas songs! Count down the top 40 christmas songs with Casey Kasem! "Hi. Merry Christmas everybody and welcome to American Top 40. I'm Casey Kasem and we'd like to welcome you in fact to a very special AT40 countdown." This Christmas broadcast originally aired on December 25th, 1971. It is a recording of a rebroadcast from internet radio. Happy Holidays! Spoiler 40: If Every Day Was Like Christmas - Elvis Presley (1966)39: Merry Christmas Polka - Andrews Sisters (1950)38: Santa Claus Is Watching You - Ray Stevens (1962)37: The Happy Reindeer - Dancer, Prancer, And Nervous (1959)36: Little Alter Boy - Vic Dana (1961) (Played Andy Williams Version)35: Santa And The Satellite (Parts I And II) - Buchanan And Goodman (1957)34: Santo Natale - David Whitfield (1954)33: Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis (1961)32: Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys (1963)31: Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen (1967)30: Pretty Paper - Roy Orbison (1963)29: Christmas Dragnet - Stan Freberg (1953)28: Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte (1956)27: Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt (1953)26: I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson (1949)25: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como (1951) (Played David Seville And The Chipmunks Version)24: Home For The Holidays - Perry Como (1954)23: Christmas In Kilarney - Dennis Day (1950) (Played Bing Crosby's Version)22: Merry Christmas Baby - Charles Brown (1948)21: All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones (1948)20: I'll Be Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby (1943)19: You're All I Want For Christmas - Frankie Laine (1948)18: Nuttin' For Christmas - Barry Gordon With The Art Mooney Orchestra (1955) (Also Played The Ricky Zahnd And The Blue Jeans Version)17: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (1958)16: Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown (1960)15: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd (1952)14: Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) - Gene Autry (1947) (Also Played The 1963 Version By Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans)13: Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson (1948) (Also Played The Ronettes 1963 Version)12: Frosty The Snow Man - Gene Autry (1950)11: Jingle Bells - Bing Crosby And The Andrews Sisters (1943)10: The Chipmunk Song - David Seville And The Chipmunks (1958)9: Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley (1957)8: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bing Crosby And The Andrews Sisters (1943) (Also Played The Four Seasons 1962 Version)7: Winter Wonderland - Ray Conniff's Orchestra (Darlene Love's 1963 Version Was Also Played)6: Silver Bells - Jimmy Wakely And Margaret Whiting (1950) (Diana Ross And The Supremes Version Was Also Played)5: Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (1957)4: The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole (1946)3: The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale (1958)2: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry (1949)1: White Christmas - Bing Crosby (1942)Extra: Silent Night - Bing Crosby (1935)
"While I'm on the subject of the U.A. sessions, I should say that "Children" (from the Jan 19 1976 L.A. session) is my own personal favorite of all the tracks that Bing recorded for that label. He only did one take and it was beautifully performed. As we listened to the playback. Bing stood with his face to the wall, not looking at anyone. I thought that we should do one more for safety and suggested that Bing might like to hold the final note longer. Bing took out a handkerchief and dabbed his eyes and, as he turned around, he blew his nose and said "No, the hell with it. That's good enough. Let's move on." We all knew there had been tears in his eyes which is why he stood with his back to us. I think it was one of the most heartfelt performances of his entire career. Hal Shaper's lyrics really got to him and he gave his all in that one take. So, as Bing suggested, we moved on." - Ken Barnes, producer of this track.
Anyone heard of this radio recording before? Quite funny and features Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
