Greatest Hits

Bing Crosby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002NZE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,091 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Christmas

2. The Whiffenpoof Song

3. I Surrender Dear

4. Blue Skies

5. Pistol Packin' Mama

6. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)

7. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

8. Don't Fence Me In

9. You Are My Sunshine

10. Swinging On A Star

11. Deep In The Heart Of Texas

12. Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A very cut-rate quality compilation indeed, December 16, 2004

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Bradley Olson (Bemidji, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This entire CD is rechanneled stereo (bad news for audiophiles), but these 12 songs are among his signature songs and is an OK overview for those who don't want a multi-disc overview although a much better single disc overview of his hits is "Bing's Gold Records" which remains in print and available right here at Amazon.com. This compilation was originally released as an LP on MCA in 1977 and some of the songs, aside from "White Christmas" that are on it include "Pistol Packin' Mama" (with the Andrews Sisters), "Don't Fence Me In," (with the Andrews Sisters), his versions of "I Surrender, Dear" and "Blue Skies," "Deep In The Heart of Texas," "Swinging on a Star," "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive," (with the Andrews Sisters) and others but all of the songs on the disc are great. The best thing about the disc is indeed the price. The song selection could have been better though.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cut-Rate Collection, September 10, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This is all too typical of MCA's approach to the market at the time this compilation was first released. Put out a gaggle of songs by one of the greatest performers of the 20th Century, and provide absolutely NO information on the selections included. Nothing. Nada.

Also, while Bing may have done Blue Skies in the movie, the hit versions belong to Count Basie and Benny Goodman in 1946. Even the first hit version of this oldie doesn't belong to Bing, as Ben Selvin did it way back in 1927!

Here are the contents showing some of the details that should have been incluyded in the first place:

1. White Christmas - with John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra and The Ken Darby Singers - # 1 for 11 weeks in late 1945/early 1946 on Decca 18429); 2. The Whiffenpoof Song - with Fred Waring's Glee Club - # 7 in laye 1947 on Decca 23990); 3. I Surrender Dear; 4. Blue Skies; 5. Pistol Packin' Mama - with The Andrews Sisters and Vic Schoen's orch - # 1 C&W/# 2 Pop in late 1943 on Decca 23277); 6. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby) - with the John Scott Trotter orch - # 4 in late 1944 on Decca 18521; 7. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - with The Andrews Sisters and the Vic Schoen Orch - # 2 in February 1945 on Decca 23379); 8. Don't Fence Me In - with The Andrews Sisters and Vic Schoen's Orch - # 1 for 8 weeks inb late 1944 on Decca 23364); 9 You Are My Sunshine - with Victor Young's Orch - # 19 in August 1941 on Decca 3952; 10. Swinging On A Star - with the Johgn Scott Trotter orch and The Williams Brothers Quartet (which included a young Andy Williams) - # 1 for 9 weeks in summer 1944 on Decca 18597); 11. Deep In The Heart Of Texas - with Woody Herman's Woodchoppers - # 3 in March 1942 on Decca 4162; 12. Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day with The Paradise Island Trio - # 27 in November 1940 on Decca 3354.