About this product

Product Identifiers

ProducerKen Barnes

Record LabelSepia Recordings, Sepi

UPC5055122110538

eBay Product ID (ePID)26046054052

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2005

GenreVocal

ArtistCrosby, Bing / Jolson, Al

Release TitleBing Crosby Meets Al Jolson: the Complete Radio Duets

Dimensions

Item Height0.41 in

Item Weight0.26 lb

Item Length5.62 in

Item Width4.98 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Number of Tracks99

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 April Showers 1.2 When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along 1.3 Back in Your Own Backyard 1.4 You Made Me Love You 1.5 Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee 1.6 I've Got the Sun in the Morning 1.7 Early Days 1.8 Ma Blushin' Rosie 1.9 Chat 1.10 Swanee 1.11 Chat 1.12 Philco Commercial 1.13 A Rainy Night in Rio 1.14 Chat 1.15 One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else 1.16 What Am I Gonna Do About You? 1.17 Chat 1.18 Let Me Sing and I'm Happy 1.19 Chat 1.20 Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody 1.21 Chat 1.22 Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle? 1.23 2nd Philco Commercial 1.24 Anniversary Song 1.25 Announcement 1.26 A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight 1.27 Oh, Susanna 1.28 In the Evening By the Moonlight / Hear Dem Bells 1.29 Beautiful Dreamer 1.30 On the Banks of the Wabash 1.31 Chat 1.32 Alabamy Bound 1.33 I Can Dream, Can't I? 1.34 Toot, Toot, Tootsie 1.35 Chat 1.36 I Only Have Eyes for You 1.37 Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee 1.38 Bing Introduces Irving Berlin 1.39 Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning 1.40 Chat 1.41 Lazy 1.42 Chat 1.43 Getting Nowhere 1.44 All By Myself 1.45 Alexander's Ragtime Band 1.46 Easter Parade 1.47 Goodnight Chat 1.48 Bye Bye Baby 1.49 Bing Introduces Jolson 1.50 Is It True What They Say About Dixie[ 1.51 Chat 1.52 Carolina in the Morning 1.53 My Blue Heaven 1.54 Alabamy Bound 1.55 Kate 1.56 Ma Blushin' Rosie 1.57 Chat 1.58 Sunbonnet Sue 1.59 Chat 1.60 A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody 1.61 Best Things in Life Are Free 1.62 Back in Your Own Backyard 1.63 Baby Face 1.64 One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else 1.65 All By Myself 1.66 Chat 1.67 Intro - April Showers 1.68 For Me and My Gal 1.69 Chat 1.70 Peg O' My Heart 1.71 Chat 1.72 Whiffenpoof Song 1.73 Chat 1.74 Carolina in the Morning 1.75 Chat 1.76 Beautiful Dreamer 1.77 Chat 1.78 Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue / Swanee/ Man I Love/ Lady Be Good/ Somebody 1.79 Happy Times 1.80 Chat 1.81 California, Here I Come 1.82 Chat 1.83 Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula 1.84 Chat 1.85 Whispering 1.86 Chat 1.87 Bye Bye Baby 1.88 Chat 1.89 Waitin' for the Robert E Lee 1.90 Bing Introduces Jolson 1.91 Give My Regards to Broadway 1.92 Chat 1.93 Ma Blushin' Rosie 1.94 Chat 1.95 Avalon 1.96 Chat 1.97 Lullaby of Broadway 1.98 Chat 1.99 My Old Kentucky Home

NotesDecember 23, 1946 saw the historic first teaming in Hollywood of two founding fathers of 20th century popular music. Bing Crosby was recording his enormously successful radio show for new sponsor, Philco Radio, when out walked Al Jolson joining him in a rendition of "April Showers". The invited audience went wild. The show was broadcast 3 weeks later on January 15, 1947 to an incredible reception and attracted millions of listeners across the United States. Between December 1946 and April 1950 the two icons teamed up and performed on a further eleven shows - Jolson guested on ten Crosby shows and Crosby returned the favour twice. Collectively these twelve shows yielded over 40 duets (certain songs were repeated on more than one occasion) plus numerous solo performances from the two singers, many from the Great American Songbook. The final show was recorded 6 months before Jolson's death. Thankfully these shows were recorded on tape. These sessions have been re-mastered and edited on this 2 CD set to leave the complete duets (together on CD for the first time), some fine solo performances and a little cheerful banter.