Bing of course sang "standards" and songs introduced by others. Others sang songs which he introduced. But few would confuse the style or voice of Frank Sinatra or Dick Haymes with Bing.

They have diiferent styles, interpretations and voices, as well as orchestral treatments.

When we cross into other languages there is an additional dimension - both of language but frequently also of tradition in the very approach to song itself.

Bing recorded in several languages, particularly Spanish, and but also sang songs that had become popular in their original language in nterpretation. 

A particular case is on the album "Holiday In Europe" about which I have exchanged a thought or two with Anton. He has identified some of the original versions for me, and I have added a couple to his list.

To kick off here is one track of Bing's album - 





Anton wrote -

 
-"April in Portugal" is an English version of the Portuguese fado "Coimbra," very popular in Portugal in the beautiful voice of Alberto Ribeiro. Here is the original:



-"C'est Si Bon" is, of course, the French classic introduced by the great Yves Montand and subsequently sung by many different artists stateside, from Dino to Louis. Here is Montand's live version: 


 
-"Domenica" is an English version of "Domenica E' Sempre Domenica" ("Sunday Is Always Sunday"), an Italian classic, here sung by Claudio Villa:

And here, by Mario Riva:

There is also a version in Spanish by crooner Jose Guardiola, but I haven't been able to find a video with it.
 

I hope I have correctly identified some others - 

-"Never On Sunday" (Ta pedia tou Pirea) with Melina Mercouri from the film 



-"Morgen (One More Sunrise) here performed by Ivo Robic



-"Under Paris Skies (Sous le Ciel de Paris) again performed by Yves Montand 



-"Pigalle"  with Georges Ulmer - un "version française sur des immages du quartier et des personnes celebres qui y ont habitées"






whilst here we have "Melanc(h)olie" with one of the writers, Pierre Dudan from 1948. 



Of them all, this performance seems to me to differ most from Bing's as Pierre Dudan adopts a recitative approach, Bing giving greater emphasis to the melodic line. I had momentarily to check on the lyrics to ensure that the songs was indeed the correct version.

As for More and More Amore, though there are numerous versions, I cannot trace a copy of anything that might be the original and, for me at least, "Moment In Madrid" is a bit of a mystery, as also are "My Heart Still Hears The Music" and "Two Shadows On The Sand"  

Possibly others may be able to help. 

I found this quite an interesting exercise and I hope that some others might also find something to interest them in these interpretations.