Well now...let's tack on another year here, shall we? Now 120th to be exact. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BING!!!!! 

Hoping this post finds all of you in good health and fine spirits.  CELEBRATE!!!

Oh! I've been so caught up in a crazy Major League Baseball playoff weekend that I missed the exact date but I knew it was coming soon. Indeed, 45 years and I vividly remember ( as most who were alive on that date) how I found out about it and by whom, etc. 

I will remember and pay homage by playing "Seasons" & "The Final Chapter" this evening. 

Hi Ian and thanks for the warm wishes and "welcome". I am enjoying tonight's cocktail hour by pairing a Basie album on Daybreak recorded a few months before the "Meeting of the Titans" titled "Have a Nice Day" and then on to our Golden Anniversary celebrated album. (It should be well noted that during this period in 1971-1973 Sonny Burke had taken over as A&R director for Daybreak since his guy named Sinatra was in a retirement period. It was his idea to get Bing and the Count together on record!) Too Bad that the vocal  and the band did not see the light of day together. Oh well...   

Loved your record store tale and have one favorite of my own which just happens to be connected to our boy which I know I have told in a thread before here. About 15 years ago I was visiting a Hollywood book store that also sold records. I was down on my knees going thru boxes of albums on the floor when I found what was (for me) a treasure. A sealed mono copy of "El Sen'or Bing!" that had been sitting there for over 10 years! (I knew the length of time because they had the date of arrival in the store stamped on the pricing label).  It cost me $10.00! It is one of my most cherished of my Bing collection because of it's circumstance.

I hope some other members check in within the next few days to be able to celebrate the anniversary.

I  send you and all here my very best wishes as the world begins to once again come alive!  

Here's a Christmas Day poll in the L.A. Times. This makes me feel REALLY good!!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!!! Better Xmas Song?
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[*]43%Mariah's "All I Want for Christmas is You"
[*]57%Bing Crosby's "White Christmas"
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*Poll Results18,058 total votes

That is a great clip! Thanks for sharing it.

Malcolm Macfarlane wrote:

If you missed the Zoom event with Gary Giddins in December, you can catch it at https://vimeo.com/494250423/8d57d7e599

I was hoping you'd find a way to get us to view it. Thank you!

Just stopping by to wish all here a Happy & Healthy Holiday season. Just like the rest of you I can't wait to pop the cork at 12:00 midnight January 1, 2021 and hit the "reset" button. Just as Ron said, I had very high hopes for what I was regaling in as "The New Roaring 20's". Well, we have 9 more years to see how that pans out! Nonetheless, we carry on hoping that indeed "next year all our troubles will be out of sight"!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!   

The very, very sad fact of the matter is that (at least prior to the Pandemic) very rich individuals with absolutely ZERO knowledge or care about the history of the Sunset Strip, Sunset Plaza, etc. have been literally "sucking up" any and all available properties along it. They wish to do nothing but destroy what exists and put up hotels & condos all with "retail space" at ground level. The Pandemic may very well have been the Crosby Building's best friend.  With the exception of an enormous project East of the location that was well underway prior to the economic shutdown, everything has come to a halt.  Perhaps the "new world" where people will be working from home and less in need of office space and more conglomerate hotels will save it. Time will tell.

I have not been a fan of these "re-recordings" overall. Maybe the one done with Ella is still OK to my ears. However, anything to keep Bing "alive"...even if it's only another Christmas release...is surely welcomed. I am surprised at the rather inexpensive price of the CD despite the rather large undertaking this production was. Alos, that (in these days of "vinyl revival") there is not an LP issue offered.

The "White Christmas" track sounds rather good.

Warmest of welcomes here! Don't be afraid to share or ask any questions. All friends here. ENJOY!

Thanks for adding that. The lawsuits are coming out of the woodwork now over this. However, the horses have all fled the barn long ago!!!!!

Dug out my copy of the 5 LP "Bing" biography for the birthday weekend. Playing sides 6-10 this afternoon. I'm surprised that it is mostly in VG+ to NM- shape. 

WELCOME JACK!!!!!