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Bing's TV 'recordings'
Considering how much of Bing's work in the 1950s, '60s and '70s happened on TV it would be great to see a more formal accounting of his recordings for television specials -- including arrangers. Think of the greats he worked with, like Nelson Riddle, primarily for TV shows.
The fabulous online Bing discography is wonderfully comprehensive when it comes to studio and radio recordings, but more selective on TV recordings.
And of course, this topic gets me daydreaming about more energetic efforts to capture Bing's TV recordings in audio form for digital release. I wonder if there are studio-quality pre-recordings for Bing's TV specials and "Hollywood Palace" appearances? Imagine those being released as albums/compilations online? So many songs he didn't do for albums, often with great arrangers!
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I think this is especially relevant for the 1960s, where the quality of Bing's albums seems hit or miss but where he did some wonderful renditions for television.
I have often thought that his "Hey Jude / Hey Bing" album could be released with extra tracks from the "Hollywood Palace" where Bing did some of the same songs and also covered some other Beatles songs.
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That would be wonderful to see. Bing Crosby performed many wonderful songs in television during the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He also made many memorable duets and medley’s, but his single songs were also amazing. His Hollywood Palace episodes along have so many materials. I agree that Bing presence in television is less researched, compared to radio movies or records. THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY ON TELEVISION-Compiled by Lionel Pairpoint, Malcolm Macfarlane and Greg Van Beek is a great source of information for a project like this and it is available on our Clubs website.
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Pantelis Kavouras wrote:
That would be wonderful to see. Bing Crosby performed many wonderful songs in television during the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He also made many memorable duets and medley’s, but his single songs were also amazing. His Hollywood Palace episodes along have so many materials. I agree that Bing presence in television is less researched, compared to radio movies or records. THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY ON TELEVISION-Compiled by Lionel Pairpoint, Malcolm Macfarlane and Greg Van Beek is a great source of information for a project like this and it is available on our Clubs website.
This raises a question I've wondered about - who actually owns the rights to the "Hollywood Palace" shows today? I've also always wondered if there might be prerecordings of the various musical numbers, or if everything was sung live. Imagine if there are prerecordings of all those songs Bing never did in the studio during the '60s?
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