101 Gang Songs
101 Gang Songs | ||||
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | December 20–28, 1960 | |||
Genre | Vocal | |||
Length | 1:21:52 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Simon Rady | |||
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101 Gang Songs is an LP recorded in December 1960[1] by Bing Crosby for his own company, Project Records and distributed by Warner Bros. (W 2R-1401) and the RCA Victor Record Club in 1961 with lyric sheets to help the listener join in with the singing. Spread over two records, the album consists of twenty-four medleys of 101 old songs (hence the album's title) in a sing-along format. ("Gang" is meant in the sense of a group of friends, not a street gang or work gang.) Bing Crosby sings on most of the tracks. Those that aren't are marked with an asterisk. The chorus and orchestra accompaniment, arranged and conducted by Jack Halloran, was pre-recorded with Crosby over-dubbing his vocals.
This original double LP was also released as two separate albums under the titles, Join Bing in a Gang Song Sing Along in September 1961 and Join Bing and Sing Along-51 Good Time Songs in January 1962.[2]
The albums were released on CD in 2017 by Sepia Records.[3]
Selected tracks from the albums and from the earlier Join Bing and Sing Along record were later re-dubbed over a children's chorus, arranged and conducted by Jack Halloran, which was recorded on 17–19 May 1961. It was issued later to children's camps as "Sing Along With Bing".[4]
Reception[]
Variety reviewed the album saying "Bing Crosby is slowly moving into Mitch Miller's territory. Crosby's first sing along package did quite well in the market and this compilation of 50 faves has a good chance to do even better. The formula is light and simple and with Crosby leading the way the sing-along is easy to follow."[5]
High Fidelity Magazine: "Mitch Miller may have started (or at least resurrected) the 'sing-along' craze, but it has taken the Old Master to supply the definitive triumph of this genre. He's in his jauntiest form here, leading a usually robust chorus, backed by a vigorously steady rhythm section in performances which imperiously demand participation."[6]
Track listing[]
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Shine On, Harvest Moon" "That's Where My Money Goes" "Harrigan" "Listen to the Mocking Bird" | Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth R.P. Lilly, Walter Daniels George M. Cohan Alice Hawthorne, Richard Milburn | 3:36 |
2. | "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton" "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms" "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" | Robert Burns, Jonathan E. Spilman Thomas Moore Ben Jonson | 3:45 |
3. | "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" "My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon" "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" "Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye*" | Maude Nugent James Thornton George M. Cohan T. H. Allen | 2:56 |
4. | "When the Saints Go Marching In" "Little David, Play on Your Harp "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" | Katharine Purvis, James Milton Black Traditional Traditional James A. Bland Traditional | 3:12 |
5. | "While Strolling Through the Park One Day" "Today Is Monday" "Big Rock Candy Mountain" "Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be?" "Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" | Ed Haley Traditional Harry McClintock Traditional Septimus Winner | 3:31 |
6. | "Annie Laurie" "Loch Lomond" "Bluebells of Scotland" "Comin' Thro' the Rye" | William Douglas Traditional Dora Jordan Robert Burns | 3:01 |
Total length: | 20:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Wild Irish Rose" "Come Back to Erin" "Killarney" "The Minstrel Boy" | Chauncey Olcott Claribel Michael William Balfe, Edmund Falconer Thomas Moore | 3:42 |
2. | "In the Gloaming" "Stars of the Summer Night"* "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" | Annie Fortescue Harrison, Meta Orred Isaac B. Woodbury Stephen Foster | 3:35 |
3. | "Little Annie Rooney" "Du, du liegst mir im Herzen" "Ach Du Lieber Augustine" "Lovely Evening" "Goodnight to You All" | Michael Nolan Theobald Boehm Marx Augustin Traditional Traditional | 3:25 |
4. | "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" "Our Boys Will Shine Tonight" "The Gospel Train" "Walk Together Children" "The Nut-Brown Maid" | Traditional Traditional Traditional Traditional Traditional | 3:23 |
5. | "Casey Jones" "Polly Wolly Doodle" "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" "I've Been Working on the Railroad" "Asleep in the Deep" | Eddie Newton, Wallace Saunders, T. Lawrence Seibert Traditional Fred Gilbert Traditional Arthur J. Lamb, Henry W. Petrie | 3:55 |
6. | "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" "America" (chorus only) "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" "America the Beautiful" | William Steffe, Julia Ward Howe Samuel Francis Smith Louis Lambert Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward | 3:16 |
Total length: | 21:16 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "There Is a Tavern in the Town" "Oh! Susanna" "Maryland, My Maryland" "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" | Traditional Stephen Foster James Ryder Randall James A. Bland Traditional | 3:12 |
2. | "Gumtree Canoe" "Dear Evelina" "Sweet and Low* (chorus only)" | A.F. Winnemore, S.S. Steele Traditional Joseph Barnby, Alfred, Lord Tennyson | 3:13 |
3. | "My Gal Sal" "I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard" "School Days"* "Abdul Abulbul Amir" | Paul Dresser Henry W. Petrie, Philip Wingate Will Cobb, Gus Edwards Percy French | 3:25 |
4. | "Heaven, Heaven" "Mary, Don't You Weep" "Jacob's Ladder"* "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" "Roll, Jordan, Roll" | Traditional Traditional Traditional Traditional Charles Wesley | 3:24 |
5. | "O Sole Mio" "Funiculì, Funiculà" "My Grandfather's Clock" ""Keemo Kimo" | Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo di Capua Luigi Denza, Edward Oxenford Henry Clay Work Traditional | 3:43 |
6. | "Sweet Genevieve" "Santa Lucia" "In the Evening by the Moonlight" "Goodnight, Ladies" | Henry Tucker Teodoro Cottrau James A. Bland Edwin Pearce Christy | 3:33 |
Total length: | 20:30 |
*Non-Bing – orchestra and chorus only
References[]
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ "bingcrosby.com". bingcrosby.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Sepia Records". Sepia Records. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Reynolds, Fred (1986). The Crosby Collection 1926–1977. Gateshead, UK: John Joyce. p. 316.
- ^ "Variety magazine". August 2, 1961. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ "High Fidelity (magazine)". High Fidelity. 10 (7–12). 1961.
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