1962 studio album by Bing Crosby
On the Happy Side Released 1962 (1962 ) Recorded April 30, 1962 (vocals) Studio United Recording , Hollywood (vocals) Genre Vocal pop Length 36 :32 Label Warner Bros.
On the Happy Side was a long-playing vinyl album recorded by Bing Crosby for his own company, Project Records and issued by Warner Bros. Records (W1482) in 1962.[1] The album is in a “sing along” style and Crosby over-dubbed his vocals on accompaniment recorded in London earlier in April 1962.[2] The musical arrangements were by Bob Thompson , Jack Halloran and Peter Matz . The album was issued on CD for the first time in 2017 by Sepia Records.[3]
Reception [ ]
Billboard said: “This is one of Bing’s best albums in some time. He sings a collection of old favorites in straight style, aided by good ork arrangements…Good songs, well sung, and plenty of time, should help this set sell."[4]
Track listing [ ]
1. "Singin' in the Rain" / Darktown Strutters' Ball " Arthur Freed , Nacio Herb Brown / Sheldon Brooks3:06 2. "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii " / "Around Her Neck She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, Johnny Noble / George A. Norton 3:12 3. "Me and My Shadow " Al Jolson , Billy Rose , Dave Dreyer 2:56 4. "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue " / "Marching Along Together" Ray Henderson , Sam M. Lewis , Joseph Widow Young / Franz Steininger / Eddie Pola 3:33 5. "Should I? (Reveal Exactly How I Feel) / "Blue Moon ”" Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed ) / Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart 3:22 6. "Cecilia " Dave Dryer, Harry Ruby 2:51
1. "Gimme a Little Kiss (Will Ya, Huh?) / "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along) " Maceo Pinkard , Roy Turk , Jack Smith / Harry M. Woods 3:12 2. "The Loveliest Night of the Year " Juventino P. Rosas, Irving Aaronson , Paul Francis Webster 2:09 3. "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) " / "My Pony Boy ”" Lew Brown , Charles Tobias 2:36 4. "The Man on the Flying Trapeze ”" George Leybourne , Gaston Lyle, Alfred Lee3:09 5. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket " / "Billy Boy ”" Traditional / Traditional 3:11 6. "Forever and Ever ”" Franz Winkler, Malia Rosa 3:15
References [ ]
hide Albums
Music of Hawaii (1939)
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
Cowboy Songs (1939)
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
Ballad for Americans (1940)
Favorite Hawaiian Songs (1940)
Christmas Music (1940)
Star Dust (1940)
Hawaii Calls (1941)
Small Fry (1941)
Crosbyana (1941)
Under Western Skies (1941)
Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/ Fred Astaire ) (1942)
Merry Christmas (1945)
Selections from Going My Way (1945)
Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's (1946)
Don't Fence Me In (1946)
The Happy Prince (1946)
Selections from Road to Utopia (1946)
Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster (1946)
What We So Proudly Hail (1946)
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One (1946)
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two (1946)
Blue Skies (w/ Fred Astaire ) (1946)
Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
St. Patrick's Day (1947)
Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947)
Selections from Welcome Stranger (1947)
Our Common Heritage (1947)
El Bingo (1947)
The Small One (1947)
The Man Without a Country (1947)
Drifting and Dreaming (1947)
Blue of the Night (1948)
Selections from Showboat (1948)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
St. Valentine's Day (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters (1948)
Selections from Road to Rio (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan (1948)
Auld Lang Syne (1948)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin (1949)
South Pacific (1949)
Christmas Greetings (1949)
Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz (1949)
Songs from Mr. Music (1950)
Go West Young Man (1950)
Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
Selections from White Christmas (1954)
Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
High Tor (1956)
A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956)
High Society (w/ Frank Sinatra , Grace Kelly , and Louis Armstrong ) (1956)
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956)
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956)
Bing with a Beat (1957)
A Christmas Story (1957)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1957)
Never Be Afraid (1957)
Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1957)
New Tricks (1957)
Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney ) (1958)
How the West Was Won (1959)
Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong ) (1960)
101 Gang Songs (1960)
Holiday in Europe (1960)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
On the Happy Side (1962)
On the Sentimental Side (1962)
I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
Return to Paradise Islands (1963)
Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1963)
America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring ) (1964)
12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring ) (1964)
That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney ) (1965)
Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie ) (1972)
A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire ) (1975)
Seasons (1977)
Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
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