THE
CHRONOLOGICAL CROSBY
This
series of discs attempts to gather together in chronological order all of Bing
Crosby’s commercial recordings, including alternate takes and rejects. John McNicholas first launched this series on LP and in 1996 began
reissuing the collection on compact disc. McNicholas
produced 51 CDs that covered Bing's recording career from 1926 through 1950.
Mr. McNicholas
retired with the release of Jonzo 51, but the International Club Crosby
continued to support the series through 1956 with a commercial distributor, Sepia Records of
London. If purchased through the International Club Crosby the price of each
Sepia Records disc is $12.50 postage included. In the listing of the contents of the Jonzo
discs below, the number in parentheses indicates the number of versions of the
song on the disc.
(This
listing was originally held on the Bing Crosby Internet Museum which has now
been closed down. Steven Lewis, who ran the Museum, kindly released his file to
BING magazine so that details of this incredible series of records could still
be seen by researchers and updated.)
BING
CROSBY THROUGH THE YEARS (Volume 10) SEPIA 1192 [The last one in the series]
A CHRISTMAS SING WITH BING (Happy
Holiday - Joy to the World
- Hark! The Herald Angels
Sing [St. Louis Christmas Carols Association
choir] - White Christmas - Adeste Fideles [Little Singers of Granby] - We
Three Kings of Orient Are [Mormon Tabernacle Choir] - The First Nowell - Carol of the Bells [The Voices of Christmas] - What Christmas Means to Me [Delores
Short] - Good King Wenceslas - Jesus,
Sweet Saviour [Neuilly Boys
Choir] - Angels We Have Heard on High [Reed Warblers Choir] - Away in a Manger - Thou Descendeth from the
Stars [The Vatican
Choir] - Deck the Halls with Boughs of
Holly - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
[Dedham Choral Society] - O Little
Town of Bethlehem - Silent Night - Happy Holiday) - Love in a Home - Trust
Your Destiny to a Star - Gigi - Church Bells -
Rain ALTERNATE TAKES NOT PREVIOUSLY
AVAILABLE - Someday Sweetheart - Silent
Night - Santa
Claus Is Comin’ to Town - There's No Business Like
Show Business - Go West, Young Man! - Lullaby
Land
BING CROSBY THROUGH THE YEARS
(Volume 9) 1955-56 SEPIA 1185
Christmas Is A-Comin' – The First Snowfall – The Possibility’s There – The Next Time It Happens –Something in Common – Look to Your Heart – Suddenly There's a Valley –Moments to Remember – Is Christmas Only a Tree? – The Longest Walk – John Barleycorn – When You’re in Love – April Showers – Blues in the Night – Prisoner of Love – Memories Are Made of This – My Blue Heaven – Paper Doll – Ain’t Misbehavin’ – When My Baby Smiles at Me – A Little Kiss Each Morning (A Little Kiss Each Night) – This Love of Mine – Mona Lisa – Thanks for the Memory – Around the World – I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
BING CROSBY THROUGH THE YEARS
(Volume 8) 1954-55 SEPIA 1178
I’ve Got a Pocketful
of Dreams – Mexicali
Rose – That Sly Old Gentleman – Alla en El Rancho
Grande – Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Only Forever – Did Your Mother Come from
Ireland? – Lullaby – I Can’t Escape
from You – Pennies from Heaven – All She'd Say Was “Umh
Hum” – She Is the Sunshine of Virginia – Blue Skies / I’d Rather See a Minstrel
Show / Mandy – Who Gave You the Roses? –
The Song from Desirée (We Meet Again) – Peace Prayer of Saint Francis – Blessing of St. Francis – The Land Around Us – It’s Mine, It’s Yours – The Search Is Through – Dissertation on
the State of Bliss – Jim, Johnny and Jonas – Farewell –
Angel Bells –
Let’s Harmonize
BING CROSBY THROUGH THE YEARS
(Volume 7) 1954 SEPIA 1167
Learn to Croon - Thanks – Muddy Water - Mississippi Mud - My Kinda Love - I Surrender, Dear – Oh! Tell Me Why - If You Love Me - Down the Old Ox Road - Black Moonlight - The Day You Came Along - After Sundown - Temptation - Love Thy Neighbour - May I? - Love in Bloom - I Love You Truly - June in January - Love Is Just Around the Corner - It's Easy to Remember - I Wished on the Moon – Silent Night - I'm an Old Cowhand - Song of the Islands -Sweet Leilani - Blue Hawaii - What Can You Do with a General - Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep - Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) - In the Good Old Summertime - Out Of Nowhere - Star Dust – Soon - The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart) - There's a Gold Mine in the Sky - My Heart Is Taking Lessons
BING CROSBY THROUGH THE YEARS
(Volume 6) 1953-54 SEPIA 1158
You Are Too
Beautiful – If There’s Anybody Here (with Donald O’Connor) – Back in the Old
Routine (with Donald O’Connor) – Cornbelt Symphony
(with Gary Crosby) – The Call of the South (with Gary Crosby) – I Love Paris –
Secret Love – Stranger in Paradise – Vaya Con Dios – No Other Love – My Love, My Love – Young at Heart –
(Oh! Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely – Liebchen – Tobermory Bay – Lost in Loveliness – The River – White
Christmas (with Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee & Trudy Stevens) – Snow (with Danny
Kaye, Peggy Lee & Trudy Stevens) – The Old Man / Gee I Wish I Was Back in
the Army (with Danny Kaye) – It Must Be True – Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams –
Just One More Chance – Sweet and Lovely – Where the Blue of the Night –
Paradise – Please – Just an Echo in the Valley – A Ghost of a Chance
BING CROSBY THROUGH THE YEARS
(Volume 5) 1953 SEPIA 1146
Tenderfoot - Walk Me by the River - Cela M’est Egal - The Magic Window -
Violets and Violins - A Propos de Rien - Mademoiselle
de Paris - Au Bord de L’eau
- Embrasse-Moi Bien - La Mer - Tu Ne Peux
Pas Te Figurer - La Seine - Mon Coeur est un Violon - La Vie en Rose (sung in French) - Embrasse-Moi Bien (sung in
English) - Mademoiselle de Paris (sung in English) - Do You Ever Think of Me? -
I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) - Somebody Loves Me - After You’ve Gone - Sleepy
Time Gal – Dinah - I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody) - I Can’t Give You
Anything but Love - What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Down by the Riverside - Y'All Come - Changing Partners
BING CROSBY THROUGH
THE YEARS (Volume 4) 1952-53 SEPIA 1139
1. On The
10:10 from Ten-Ten-Tennessee (with Ben Lessy) 2. Zing
a Little Zong (with Jane Wyman) 3. The Moon Came Up with a Great Idea Last Night 4. Watermelon Weather (3 & 4
with Peggy Lee) 5. You Don’t Know What Lonesome Is 6. Open Up Your Heart
7. To See You Is to Love You 8. Hoot Mon 9. Chicago Style 10.
The Road to Bali (8, 9, & 10 with Bob Hope) 11. The Merry-Go-Run-Around (with Bob Hope & Peggy Lee) 12. South Rampart St. Parade 13. Cool Water (12 & 13 with The Andrews Sisters) 14. Fatherly Advice
(with Gary Crosby) 15. Sleigh Ride 16. I Love My Baby 17. Little Jack
Frost Get Lost (with Peggy Lee) 18. That’s a Plenty (with Connee
Boswell) 19. Keep It a Secret 20. Sleigh Bell Serenade 21. Mother Darlin’ 22. Hush-A-Bye 23. There’s
Music in You 24. Ohio 25. The Magic
Window (L7043) 26. A Quiet Girl
BING CROSBY
THROUGH THE YEARS (Volume 3) 1951-52 SEPIA 1129
In
The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (with Jane Wyman) 2. Misto Cristofo
Columbo (with Jane Wyman) 3. Bonne Nuit 4. Your Own Little House 5. Christmas in Killarney 6. It’s Beginning
to Look a Lot Like Christmas 7. When the World Was Young 8.
Domino 9. A Weaver of Dreams 10.
I Still See Elisa 11. At Last! At Last! 12. The Isle of Innisfree
13. A Flight of Fancy 14. Just for You 15. Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay 16. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider 17. Nobody’s Sweetheart 18. It Had to Be You
19. Two Shillelagh O’Sullivan 20. Rosaleen 21. Don’t Ever Be
Afraid to Go Home 22. I’ll Si-Si Ya
in Bahia (with The Andrews Sisters) 23. The Live Oak
Tree (with The Andrews Sisters) 24. Ol’ Spring Fever
25. Just a Little Lovin’ 26.
Till the End of the World
BING CROSBY
THROUGH THE YEARS (Volume 2) 1951 SEPIA 1122
1. Maria Bonita
2. Granada 3. I Might Be Your Once-In-A-While 4. Indian Summer 5. More I Cannot Wish You 6. The Loneliness of Evening 7. Let Me Look at You
8. Forsaking All Others (With The Andrews
Sisters) 9. Sparrow in the Treetop (With The
Andrews Sisters) 10. Any Town Is Paris When You’re
Young 11. Here Ends the Rainbow (With Betty Mullin) 12. With This
Ring I Thee Wed (With Betty Mullin) 13. We All Have a Song in Our Hearts
14. Moonlight Bay (With Gary Crosby) 15. When You and I Were Young,
Maggie, Blues (With Gary Crosby) 16. I Whistle a Happy Tune
17. Hello, Young Lovers 18. Getting to Know You 19. Something Wonderful 20. Old Soldiers Never Die
21. Gone Fishin’ - “A” Take (With Louis
Armstrong) 22. Gone Fishin’ - Alternate Take
(With Louis Armstrong) 23. I´ve Got to Fall in
Love Again 24. Shanghai 25. Row, Row, Row
BING CROSBY
THROUGH THE YEARS (Volume 1) 1950-51 SEPIA 1111
1. Autumn Leaves 2. I’ve Never Been in Love Before 3. This Is the Time 4. Poppa Santa
Claus (with The Andrews Sisters) 5. Mele Kalikimaka (with The Andrews Sisters) 6. If I Were a Bell
(with Patty Andrews) 7. Silver Bells (with
Carole Richards) 8. Looks Like a Cold, Cold
Winter 9. Marshmallow World 10. Marrying
for Love 11. The Best Thing for You 12. A Perfect Day 13. May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You 14. The Girl Friend 15. Without a Word of
Warning 16. You Gotta Show Me 17. Then You’ve Never Been Blue 18. Black Ball Ferry Line (with The Andrews Sisters) 19. The Yodelling Ghost (with The Andrews Sisters) 20. With My Shillelagh Under My Arm 21. St. Patrick’s Day Parade
22. Sentimental Music 23. Silver
Moon 24. Copacabana 25. Quizas,
Quizas, Quizas
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY April 11-September
6, 1950 (Jonzo 51)
Accidents Will Happen (2 takes), Milady, Home Cookin’,
And You’ll be Home, Once More the Blue and White, Wouldn’t It Be Funny?, The
Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I Cross My Fingers, La Vie
En Rose, Play a Simple Melody, Sam’s Song, The Friendly Islands, All My Love,
Early American, Harbor Lights, Beyond the Reef, I
Will Remember You, A Crosby Christmas (Parts 1 & 2), That Christmas Feeling
(2008)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY November 6,
1949-April 8, 1950 (Jonzo 50)
Eileen, How Can You Buy Killarney?, Sorry, Stay Well, The Little Gray House,
Quicksilver, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?, This Could Be Forever,
Helpless, My Own Bit of Land, When the Sun Goes Down, The Yodel Blues, The Big
Movie Show in the Sky, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy, Lock Stock and Barrel, Ask Me
No Questions, Life Is So Peculiar, High On the List, The Dixieland Band,
Jamboree Jones, I Didn’t Slip I Wasn’t Pushed I Fell, So Tall a Tree (2008)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY May 10-Oct. 26,
1949 (Jonzo 49)
The Twelve Days of Christmas, Here Comes Santa Claus, The Meadows of Heaven,
The Last Mile Home, The First Nowell, You’re All I
Want for Christmas, Christmas Carols – Part 1, Christmas Carols – Part 2, Oh Tis Sweet to Think, The Four Winds and the Seven Seas, Make
Believe, The Iowa Indian Song, Way Back Home, Someplace on Anywhere Road, Top
O’ the Morning, The Donovans, The Horse Told Me, Ichabod/The Legend of Sleep Hollow (Parts 1-4), It’s More
Fun Than a Picnic, Mule Train, Dear Hearts and Gentle People. (2007)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY Nov. 25, 1948 -
May 10, 1949 (Jonzo 48)
Tarra Ta-Lara Ta Lar, Far Away
Places, So in Love, Why Can’t You Behave, Sing Soft Sing Sweet Sing Gentle,
Bali H’ai, Some Enchanted Evening, How It Lies How It
Lies How It Lies, Everywhere You Go, Riders in the Sky, Careless Hands, Be-Bop
Spoken Here, Weddin’ Day, Holy Holy
Holy Lord God Almighty, Mother Dear O Pray for Me, O
Lord I Am Not Worthy, Rock of Ages, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, He Leadeth Me, All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name, O God Our
Help in Ages Past, Sure Thing, You’re in Love with Someone, Sunshine Cake,
You’re Wonderful. (2007)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY Dec. 11-31, 1947
(Jonzo JZCD-47)
Laroo, Laroo, Lilli Bolero, Blue Shadows on the Trail, The Story of
Sorrento, A Hundred and Sixty Acres, A Hundred and Sixty Acres (reject), At The
Flying "W", Once and for Always (2 cuts duet, 1 cut solo), Love Me or
Leave Me, Oh You Crazy Moon, Easy to Love, I’ve Got You Under My Skin,
Imagination, I’d Like to Live in Loveland with a Girl Like You, Katrina, If I
Loved You, Busy Doing Nothing, If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon, Lilli Marlene, Ichabod, The
Headless Horseman, Haunted Heart, A Fella with an
Umbrella, A Bluebird Singing in My Heart, Love Thy Neighbor.
(2007)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY Nov. 8-Dec. 3,
1947 (Jonzo JZCD-46)
Now Is the Hour, Silver Threads Among the Gold, Embraceable You, Pass That
Peace Pipe, They Can’t Take That Away from Me, Love Walked In, My Girl’s an
Irish Girl, But Beautiful, Experience, Ain’t Doin’
Bad Doin’ Nothin’, Ida I
Do, Apalachicola, FLA, You Don’t Have to Know the Language, I’ll See You in My
Dreams, Swinging Down the Lane, Memories (2 takes), Galway Bay, Ballerina,
Golden Earrings (2 takes), Pretty Baby, Rosalie. (2007)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY Mar 26-June 16,
1947 (Jonzo JZCD-45)
Go West Young Man, Tallahassee, Happy Birthday/Auld Lang Syne
(2 cuts), The Anniversary Song, O Fir Tree Dark, Nobody, Feudin' and Fightin', Goodbye My Lover Goodbye, I Do I Do
Like You, Kokomo Indiana, The Old Chaperone, The Freedom Train (2 cuts), You
Do, How Soon, The Whiffenpoof Song, Kentucky Babe,
Lullaby Land, Suspense, You Took Advantage of Me, The Man without a Country (4
parts) (2006)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY Feb 13-March 25,
1947 (Jonzo JZCD-44)
Gotta Get Me Somebody to Love, What am I Gonna Do About You, Drifting and Dreaming, Friendly
Mountains, Emperor Waltz, I Still Suits Me, White Christmas, Silent Night,
The Christmas Song, Anything You Can Do, There’s No Business Like Show Business,
The Small One (parts 1-4), Alexander’s Ragtime Band (3 cuts), The Spaniard That
Blighted My Life (7 cuts) (2006)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1946-47 (Jonzo
JZCD-43)
A Couple of Song and Dance Men, I'll See You in C.U.B.A (2 cuts), I've Got My
Captain Working for Me Now, The Things We Did Last Summer, When You Make Love
to Me, So Much in Love, The Star-Spangled Banner, Old Ironsides, My Heart Goes
Crazy, Among My Souvenirs, So Would I, Does Your Heart Beat for Me, As Long As
I'm Dreaming (2 cuts), Smile Right Back at the Sun, The One I Love Belongs to
Somebody Else, Country Style, My Heart Is a Hobo, That's How Much I Love You,
Rose of Santa Rosa, I Kiss Your Hand Madame, The Kiss in Your Eyes. (2006)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1946 (Jonzo
JZCD-42)
Just My Luck, You May Not Love Me (2 cuts), They Say It's Wonderful, A Gal in
Calico (2 cuts), When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (2 cuts), Oh But I Do, That
Tumbledown Shack in Athlone, Route 66, South America
Take It Away, Pretending, Gotta Get Me Somebody to
Love, Lullaby from Jocelyn, Where My Caravan Has Rested, All By Myself, Blue
Skies, You Keep Coming Back Like a Song, Running Around in Circles Getting
Nowhere, Everybody Step, A Serenade to an Old-Fashioned Girl. (2006)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1945-46 (Jonzo
JZCD-41)
It's the Same Old Shillelagh, McNamara's Band, Dear Old Donegal, Who Threw the
Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder (2 cuts), J'Attendrai
(I'll Be Yours), Till the Clouds Roll By, We'll Gather Lilacs (2 cuts), Sioux
City Sue, You Sang My Love Song to Somebody Else (2 cuts), All Through the Day,
Ol’ Man River (3 cuts), I've Told Ev'ry Little Star,
Blue (And Broken Hearted), After You've Gone (2 cuts), Personality, Pinetop's
Boogie Woogie, On the Sunny Side of the Street.
(2005)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1945 (Jonzo
JZCD-40)
The happy Prince (parts 1-4), Give Me the Simple Life (2 cuts), It's the Talk
of the Town, I've Found a New Baby, Who's Sorry Now, Sweet Lorraine, A Door
Will Open, In the Land of Beginning Again, Aren't You Glad You're You (2 cuts),
The Bells of St. Mary's (2 cuts), Day by Day, Prove It by the Things You Do,
Symphony, Mighty Lak a Rose (2 cuts), The Sweetest
Story Ever Told. (2005)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY
1945 (Jonzo JZCD-39)
1. Home Sweet Home, 2. Ave Maria, 3. Along the Navajo Trail, 4.
Good, Good, Good, 5. Happy, Happy, Happy Wedding Day A take,
6. Same B take, 7. Betsy A Take, 8. Same B take, 9. It's Been a Long, Long Time, 10. Whose Dream Are You A take, 11. Same C take, 12. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (A take), 13.
Same ? take, 14. The Rose of Tralee, 15. Where the Blue of the Night, 16. I'll Take
You Home Again Kathleen A take, 17. Same B take, 18. Home Sweet Home, 19. Ave Maria, 20.
I Can't Begin to Tell You A take, 21. Same B Take, 22.
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me, 23. Save
Your Sorrow for Tomorrow, 24. Baby Won't You Please Come Home, 25. That Little
Dream Got Nowhere. (2004)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY
1944-45 (Jonzo JZCD-38)
1. I Promise You, 2. I Love You (Grieg), 3. These
Foolish Things, 4. I'd Rather Be Me, 5. Just
One of Those Things, 6. All of
My Life, 7. You Belong to My Heart reject, 8. Siboney, 9.
Baia, 10.
Hasta Manana, 11. You
Belong to My Heart, 12. Why Do I Like You, 13. Temptation, 14. Close As Pages in a
Book reject, 15. Early American, 16. Connecticut A take, 17. same B take, 18.
Yah-Ta-Ta-Yah-Ta-Ta A take, 19. Same B take, 20. Same T take, 21. If I Loved You, 22. Close As Pages in a Book, 23. I Love You Truly, 24. Just
A-Wearying for You. (2005)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1944 (Jonzo
JZCD-37)
You've Got Me Where You Want Me, Mine (2 cuts), Evelina
(2 cuts), The Eagle and Me (2 cuts), Let's Take the Long Way Home, Out of This
World, There's a Fellow Waiting in Poughkeepsie (2 cuts), Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive (4
cuts), Put It There Pal (3 cuts), Road to Morocco (3 cuts), Strange Music, June
Comes Around Every Year, More and More (2 cuts) (2004)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1944 (Jonzo
JZCD-36)
Iowa (AFRS program), Welcome to My Dream, It's Anybody's Spring, Let Me Call
You Sweetheart, Sleigh Ride in July (2 cuts), A Friend of Yours, Would You (2 cuts),
Just a Pray'r Away, My Mother's Waltz, Beautiful Love, Dear Friend, Don't Fence
Me In (2 cuts), The Three Caballeros (2 cuts), My Baby Said Yes (2 cuts), Your
Socks Don't Match (3 cuts). (2004)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY
1943-44 (Jonzo JZCD-35)
1. It Could Happen to You 2. September Song (A)
3. San Fernando Valley 4. Swinging on a Star 5. The Day After Forever (A)
6. Going My Way 7. I Love You (Porter) 8. I'll Be Seeing You (L3315-A) 9. Night and Day
10. Amor 11. I'll Be Seeing You (L3318-A)
12. One Sweet Letter from You 13. On the Atchison,
Topeka and the Santa Fe 14. Long Ago
(And Far Away) 15. Like Someone in Love (A) 16. Like Someone in Love (fluff) * 17. Begin the Beguine 18. Dearly Beloved 19. (There'll Be A)
Hot Time in the Town Of Berlin (with The Andrews
Sisters) 20. Is You Is or Is You Ain't (My Baby)? (A) (with The Andrews Sisters) 21. Is You Is or Is You Ain't (My Baby)? (B) * (with The
Andrews Sisters) 22. I'll Remember April * 23. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Lo-Ral (L3456-A) 24. Moonlight on a White Picket Fence
(* new to CD 2004)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY
1942-43 (Jonzo JZCD-34)
1. My Great, Great Grandfather * 2. A
Boy in Khaki, a Girl in Lace * 3. Moonlight Becomes
You 4. Constantly 5. By the Light of the Silvery Moon * 6. But Not for Me (A) * 7. But Not for Me (B) 8. Hello Mom (L3089A) 9. Hello Mom (De
4367) * 10. Sunday, Monday or Always 11. If You Please 12. Mississippi Mud / I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain (Rhythm Boys reunion) 13. People Will Say We're in Love (with Trudy Erwin) 14. Oh! What a Beautiful
Morning (with Trudy Erwin) 15. Pistol Packin'
Mama (with The Andrews Sisters) 16. Vict'ry
Polka (A) * (with The Andrews Sisters) 17. Vict'ry
Polka (B) (with The Andrews Sisters) 18. Jingle Bells (A)
(with The Andrews Sisters) 19. Jingle Bells (fluff)
(with The Andrews Sisters) 20. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (with The Andrews Sisters) 21. Poinciana (A) 22.
Poinciana (B) * 23. I'll Be
Home for Christmas. (* new to CD 2004)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1942 (Jonzo
JZCD-33)
Got the Moon in My Pocket, Just Plain Lonesome, The Waltz of Memory, Lazy,
Let's Start the New Year Right (2), I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For, I'll
Capture Your Heart, When My Dreamboat Comes Home, Walking the Floor over You,
White Christmas (2), Abraham, Song of Freedom, The Bombardier Song, Easter
Parade, Happy Holiday, Be Careful It's My Heart, Adeste
Fideles, Silent Night, Faith of Our Fathers, God Rest
Ye Merry Gentlemen, Conchita Marquita
Lolita Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez, Road to Morocco
(2), Ain't Got a Dime to My Name. (2003)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1941-42 (Jonzo
JZCD-32)
Shepherd Serenade, Do You Care, I Want My Mama, Deep in the Heart of Texas, I'm
Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes, Sing Me a Song of the Islands, I'm Drifting
Back to Dreamland, The Singing Sands of Alamosa, Remember Hawaii, Miss You,
Mandy Is Two (2), Angels of Mercy, Skylark (2), Nobody's Darlin'
But Mine, When the White Azaleas Start Blooming, The Lamplighter's Serenade,
Blue Shadows and White Gardenias, Blues in the Night, Moonlight Cocktail, I
Don't Want to Walk without You, Lily of Laguna, Wait Till the Sun Shines
Nellie. (2003)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1941 (Jonzo
JZCD-31)
Oh How I Miss You Tonight, Don't Break the Spell, Dear Little Boy of Mine, Nell
and I (2), Danny Boy, Where the Turf Meets the Surf (2), You Are My Sunshine, Ridin' Down the Canyon, Flores Negras,
No Te Importe Saber (2), Ol' Man River (2), Day Dreaming, Darling Je
Vous Aime Beaucoup, The
Anniversary Waltz, Let's All Meet at My House, Humpty Dumpty
Heart, The Whistler's Mother in Law (3), I Ain't Got Nobody. (2003)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1940-41 (Jonzo
JZCD-30)
Chapel in the Valley, I Only Want a Buddy (3), When Day Is Done, My Buddy, Who
Calls?, Lullaby, You and I, Be Honest with Me, Goodbye Little Darlin (2), The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs
Maid, Birth of the Blues, Clementine, The Old Oaken Bucket, 'Til
Reveille, Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (2), Sweetly She Sleeps My Alice Fair, Dream
Girl of Pi K A, I Wonder What's Become of Sally?, Old Black Joe, Mary's a Grand
Old Name (2003)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1940 (Jonzo
JZCD-29)
De Camptown Races, Did Your Mother Come from Ireland,
My Old Kentucky Home (2), Where the River Shannon Flows, Tea for Two, Yes
Indeed (2), Christmas Greetings to Decca Employees, New San Antonio Rose, It
Makes No Difference Now (2), You're Dangerous, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley
Square, You Lucky People You, Birds of a Feather, Dolores (2), Pale Moon (3).
(2002)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1940 (Jonzo
JZCD-28)
When the Moon Comes over Madison Square, Only Forever, Ballad for Americans,
Rhythm on the River, That's for Me, I Found a Million Dollar Baby, Can't Get
Indiana off My Mind, The Waltz You Saved for Me, Where the Blue of the Night,
When You're a Long Long Way from Home, When I Lost You, Paradise Isle, Do You Ever
Think of Me, You Made Me Love You, Legend of Old California, Please, You Are
the One, Prairieland Lullaby, Along the Santa Fe
Trail, Lone Star Trail, It's Always You, I'd Know You Anywhere. (2002)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1940 (Jonzo
JZCD-27)
Marcheta, Tumbling Tumbleweeds, If I Knew Then, The
Girl with the Pigtails in Her Hair, Devil May Care, The Singing Hills, I'm
Waiting for Ships That Never Come In, Beautiful Dreamer, Jeanie with the Light
Brown Hair, Yours Is My Heart Alone, Sierra Sue, Meet the Sun Halfway, April
Played the Fiddle, I Haven't Time to Be a Millionaire, The Pessimistic
Character (2), Mister Meadowlark (2), On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen (2),
Trade Winds, A Song of Old Hawaii, Aloha Kuu Ipo Aloha. (2002)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1939 (Jonzo
JZCD-26)
To You Sweetheart Aloha, My Isle of Golden Dreams, Maybe, Somebody Loves Me,
Home on the Range, Start the Day Right (2), An Apple for the Teacher (2), Neighbors in the Sky, What's New, Cynthia, Medley of Gus
Edwards songs, In My Merry Oldsmobile (2), Ciribiribin (2),
Yodelin’ Jive (2), Too Romantic, The Moon and the
Willow Tree, Sweet Potato Piper (2), Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut
Street (2). (2002)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1939 (Jonzo
JZCD-25)
Deep Purple (2), Stardust (2), God Bless America, The Star Spangled Banner, If
I Had My Way, Little Sir Echo (2), I Surrender Dear, I'm Building a Sailboat of
Dreams, Alla En El Rancho Grande, It Must Be True, S’posin, Whistling in the Wildwood, And the Angels Sing,
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (2), Girl of My Dreams, Missouri Waltz (2), Still
the Bluebird Sings, Go Fly a Kite, A Man and His Dream, Just One More Chance.
(2001)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1938-39 (Jonzo
JZCD-24)
Thine Alone (2), Gipsy Love Song, I'm Falling in Love
with Someone, My Melancholy Baby, I Cried for You (2), The Lonesome Road, When
the Bloom Is on the Sage, Between a Kiss and a Sigh, Just a Kid Named Joe (2),
It's a Lonely Trail, Let's Tie the Old Forget-Me-Not, East Side of Heaven, Hang
Your Heart on a Hickory Limb (2), That Sly Old Gentleman, Sing a Song of
Sunbeams, Ida Sweet as Apple Cider (2), Poor Old Rover, Down by the Old Mill
Stream (3). (2001)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1938 (Jonzo
JZCD-23)
I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams - Don't Let That Moon Get Away - Silver on the
Sage - Laugh and Call It Love - Mexicali Rose - You
Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby (takes A, B & C) - Old Folks (takes A &
B) - My Reverie (takes A & B) - You're a Sweet Little Headache - I Have
Eyes (takes A & B) - The Funny Old Hills (takes A & B) - Joobalai (takes A & B) - When You’re Away (takes A
& B) - Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (takes A & B) - Sweethearts (takes A
& B). (2001)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1938 (Jonzo
JZCD-22)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (takes A & B) - Home on the Range/True Confession
(takes A & B) - Sweet Hawaiian Chimes - Little Angel - Let Me Whisper I
Love You - Don't Be That Way - Little Lady Make Believe - When Mother Nature
Sings Her Lullaby - Darling Nellie Gray - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - I've Got a
Pocketful of Dreams (rej) - Now It Can Be Told - It's the Dreamer in Me - Don't Let that Moon Get Away (rej)
- Small Fry (takes A & B) -Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean
(takes A & B) - Summertime (takes A & B) - A Blues Serenade (takes A
and rej). (2001)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1937-38 (Jonzo
JZCD-21)
Bing Crosby's recordings from Dec. 11, 1937 through January 21, 1938. Dancing
Under the Stars, Palace in Paradise (2), When You Dream about Hawaii (2), Sail
Along Silv'ry Moon, Can I Forget You?, The Folks Who Live on the Hill (3), I
Still Love to Kiss You Goodnight, Remember Me?, Basin Street Blues, Bob White,
There's a Gold Mine in the Sky, When the Organ Played "O Promise Me",
Let's Waltz for Old-Time's Sake, In the Mission by the Sea, My Heart Is Taking
Lessons, This Is My Night to Dream (2), On the Sentimental Side, The Moon of Manakoora (2). (2000)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1937 (Jonzo
JZCD-20)
Bing Crosby's recordings from Feb. 27 through July 12, 1937. In a Little Hula
Heaven (2), Never in a Million Years, What Will I Tell My Heart, Too Marvelous for Words (2), Peckin’,
The One Rose (2), Sweet Is the Word for You (3), Moonlight and Shadows,
Sentimental and Melancholy, My Little Buckaroo, What Is Love, It's the Natural
Thing to Do (2), All You Want to Do Is Dance, The Moon Got in My Eyes, Smarty.
(2000)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1936-37 (Jonzo
JZCD-19)
Bing Crosby's recordings for Decca from Aug. 4, 1936, through Feb. 23, 1937.
Shoe Shine Boy (2), South Sea Island Magic (2), Hawaiian Paradise (2), For Love
Alone, I Never Realized (2), Beyond Compare, Dear Old Girl, Just One Word of
Consolation, Pennies from Heaven Medley (2), Pennies from Heaven, The Way You
Look Tonight, A Fine Romance, Me and the Moon, Sweet Leilani
(2), Blue Hawaii. (2000)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1936 (Jonzo
JZCD-18)
Bing Crosby's recordings from March 29 through July 29, 1936, including Would
You (3 versions), Robins and Roses (2), I Got Plenty of Nuttin’
(2), It Ain't Necessarily So, Take My Heart, Empty Saddles, Roundup Lullaby, I
Can't Escape from You, The House Jack Built for Jill (2), I'm an Old Cowhand,
Song of the Islands, Aloha Oe, So Do I, Pennies from
Heaven, Let's Call a Heart a Heart, One Two Button Your Shoe. (1999)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1935-36 (Jonzo
JZCD-17)
Seventy-five minutes of Bing Crosby from Nov. 12, 1935 through March 24, 1936.
The audio quality is exceptional -- the best yet in the Chronological series.
Tracks include Red Sails in the Sunset, Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (2
takes), On Treasure Island (3), Adeste Fideles (2), Silent Night (2), Sailor Beware (2), My Heart
and I (2), Moonburn (2), We'll Rest at the End of the
Trail, Twilight on the Trail (3), The Touch of Your Lips (2) Lovely Lady (2),
Corrine Corrina. (1999)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1934-35 (Jonzo
JZCD-16)
This 70-minute CD includes 22 Crosby Decca recordings, including alternate
takes, from Nov. 9, 1934 through Aug. 14, 1935. Also on this disc is a 5-minute
studio argument between Bing and his Decca boss, Jack Kapp,
over how Bing should sing "I Wished on the Moon." Accompanying the CD
is a 14-page booklet of pictures and commentary. Songs include: With Every
Breath I Take (2 takes), June in January (2), Love is Just Around the Corner
(2), Maybe I'm Wrong Again (2), With Every Breath I Take, Soon, Down by the
River, It's Easy to Remember (2), Swanee River,
Silent Night, Adeste Fideles,
From the Top of Your Head, I Wish I Were Aladdin, Takes Two to Make a Bargain,
Two for Tonight, Without a Word of Warning, I Wished on the Moon (2). (1998)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1934 (Jonzo
JZCD-15)
This 66-minute CD includes all of Bing's commercial recordings from July 5
through October 5, 1934, including the end of his Brunswick career and the
beginning of his Decca career. Accompanying the CD is a 14-page booklet with
photos. Songs include: I'm Hummin’ I'm Whistlin’ I'm Singin’ (2
versions), Love in Bloom (2), Straight from the Shoulder (2), Give Me a Heart
to Sing To (2), I Love You Truly (2), Just A-Wearyin' for You (2), Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Someday Sweetheart, The Moon Was
Yellow, The Very Thought of You (2), Two Cigarettes in the Dark (2), The
Sweetheart Waltz (2). (1997)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1933-34 (Jonzo
JZCD-14)
This CD covers Crosby's recordings from Oct. 22, 1933, through March 13, 1934
and includes all known alternate takes. Songs include: We'll Make Hay While the
Sun Shines, Temptation (2 versions), Our Big Love Scene, Did You Ever See a
Dream Walking?, Let's Spend an Evening at Home (2), Love Thy Neighbor (3), Once in a Blue Moon (2), Goodnight Lovely
Little Lady (2), May I? (2), Little Dutch Mill (2), Shadows of Love (2), She
Reminds Me of You (2), Riding' Around in the Rain (2). (1997)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1933 (Jonzo
JZCD-13)
This volume in the Jonzo series is the best yet. Truly, John Davies has
mastered the art of restoring 78rpm discs. The quality reveals that this
project is a labor of love and technical skill on the
part of the producers. Unlike many reissues of Bing's '30s materials where Bing
sounds as if he is singing in the next room with the door closed, Davies brings
him right into your room. Bing has what I like to call "presence" on
all these tracks. I compared one of the selections on this disc, Bing's
remarkable 1933 recording of "Home on the Range," to Robert Parker's
reissue on "CLASSIC CROSBY 1931-38 IN DIGITAL STEREO." To me, Parker
has long been the reigning champion in bringing old recordings to life. I now
believe that Davies has caught, if not surpassed, Parker. Parker manages to
squeeze a bit more of the background noise out of the old recordings, and
simulates stereo where none previously existed. But the cost of Parker's noise
reduction and stereo simulation is a slight mechanical sound to Bing's voice.
Bing's voice sounds more natural on the "Chronological" disc. This
disc includes Bing's recordings between June 9 and Sept. 27, 1933. Learn to
Croon (3), Moonstruck, My Love, I've Got to Pass Your House (2), Blue Prelude
(2), I Would If I Could But I Can't, Shadow Waltz, I've Got to Sing a Torch
Song (2), There's a Cabin in the Pines, Down the Old Ox Road, Thanks, The Day
You Came Along, I Guess It Had to be That Way, Black Moonlight (2), Beautiful
Girl, The Last Roundup, After Sundown, Home on the Range. (1997)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1932-33 (Jonzo
JZCD-12)
Bing's commercial recordings, including alternate takes and some mistakes, from
Nov. 4, 1932 through March 14, 1933. Just an Echo in the Valley, Some Day We'll
Meet Again, Street of Dreams (2 versions), It's Within Your Power, I'm Playing
with Fire, Try a Little Tenderness (2), You're Getting to be a Habit with Me
(2), Young and Healthy (2), You're Beautiful Tonight My Dear (2), I've Got the
World on a String (2), My Honey's Loving Arms (2), What Do I Care It's Home
(2), You've Got Me Crying Again, Someone Stole Gabriel’s Horn, Stay on the
Right Side of the Road (2), Here Is My Heart. (1997)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1932 (Jonzo
JZCD-11)
Here are the fruits of Crosby's labors
in the
recording studio from April 23 through October 28, 1932. Including on
this disc
are several alternate takes and rejects. Tracks include: Sweet Georgia
Brown
(two versions), Waltzing in a Dream, Happy-Go-Lucky You, Lazy Day,
Let's Try
Again, Cabin in the Cotton, With Summer Coming On, Love Me Tonight,
Some of These Days, Please, How Deep Is the Ocean, Here Lies Love, A
Ghost of a Chance
(two versions), Linger a Little Longer in the Twilight, We're a Couple
of
Soldiers My Baby and Me (including a rejected take), Brother Can You
Spare a
Dime, Sweet Sue Just You, Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep,
I'll Follow
You (two versions). (1996)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1930-31 (Jonzo
JZCD-10)
Bing's recorded output from Jan. 21 - April 13, 1932. Tracks include Snuggled
on Your Shoulder, St. Louis Blues (2), Starlight (2), How Long Will It Last?,
Love You Funny Thing, My Woman, Shine, Face the Music Medley (2), Shadows on
the Window (2), Paradise (2), You're Still in my Heart, Lawd
You Made the Night Too Long (2). (2000)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1930-31 (Jonzo
JZCD-9)
Bing's recorded output from August 19 - Dec. 21, 1931. Tracks include I
Apologize, Dancing in the Dark, Stardust, Just One More Chance (from radio
broadcast), I'm Thru with Love (from radio broadcast), Sweet and Lovely, Now
that You're Gone, A Faded Summer Love, Too Late, Goodnight Sweetheart, Gems
from George White's Scandals parts 1 and 2, Where the Blue of the Night (2),
I'm Sorry Dear (2), Dinah (2), Can We Talk It Over?, I Found You (2). (2000)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1930-31 (Jonzo
JZCD-8)
Bing's recorded output from Oct. 29, 1930 - June 24, 1931. Tracks include Fool
Me Some More, It Must Be True, Them There Eyes, The Little Things in Life, I
Surrender Dear, Thanks to You, One More Time, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,
Just a Gigolo, Out of Nowhere, If You Should Ever Need Me, Ho Hum, I'm Gonna Get You, Were You Sincere?, Just One More Chance, I'm Thru with Love, Many Happy Returns of the Day, I
Found a Million Dollar Baby, At Your Command (2). (2000)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1929-30 (Jonzo
JZCD-7)
Bing's recorded output from Sept. 13, 1929 - August 26, 1930. Tracks include
Waiting at the End of the Road, When You're Counting the Stars Alone, Can't We
Be Friends?, Gay Love, Great Day, Without a Song, I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All, If
I Had a Talking Picture of You, Moonlight and Roses Medley, Southern Medley, A
Bundle of Old Love Letters, After You've Gone, Happy Feet, Song of the Dawn, A
Bench in the Park (2), Livin' in the Sunlight Lovin' in the Moonlight, I Like to Do Things for You, You
Brought a New Kind fo Love to Me, A Bench in the
Park, Three Little Words. (2000)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1929 (Jonzo JZCD-6)
Bing's recorded output from Jan. 26 - Sept. 6, 1929. The Spell of the Blues,
Let's Do It Let's Fall In Love, My Kinda Love (2),
Coquette, My Angeline, Till We Meet, Louise, I'm in
Seventh Heaven, So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together, Louise,
Little Pal, Reaching for Someone, Oh Miss Hannah, Orange Blossom Time, Your
Mother and Mine, S’posin, I Kiss Your Hand Madame,
Baby Oh Where Can You Be, At Twilight. (1999)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1928-29 (Jonzo
JZCD-5)
Bing's recorded output from June 17, 1928 - Jan. 25, 1929. I'm on the Crest of
a Wave, That's My Weakness Now, Gorgie Porgie, Lonesome in the Moonlight, Because My Baby Don't
Mean Maybe, Out of Town Gal, Wa-Da-Da, That's
Grandma, Christmas Melodies, My Suppressed Desire, Rhythm King, Makin’ Whoopee, Let's Do It Let's Fall in Love, I'll Get
By, Rose of Mandalay, I'm Crazy Over You, Susianna,
If I Had You. (1999)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1928 (Jonzo JZCD-4)
Bing's recorded output from April 22 - June 10, 1928. My Pet (3), It Was the
Dawn of Love (3), Dancing Shadows, Louisiana (2), Grieving, Do I Hear You
Saying, You Took Advantage of Me, La Paloma (2), La Golondrina, Constantinople (2), Evening Star, Get Out and
Get Under the Moon, Taint So Honey Taint So, I'd Rather Cry Over You. (1998)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1928 (Jonzo JZCD-3)
Bing's recorded output from Feb. 13 - April 21, 1928. The Calinda,
Poor Butterfly, Sunshine (2), From Monday On (3), Mississippi Mud (2), High
Water, What Price Lyrics (2), I'm Wingin’ Home (2),
Metropolis (2), Lovable, March of the Musketeers, I'm Afraid of You. (1998)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1927-28 (Jonzo
JZCD-2)
The Five Step (2), The Calinda, It Won't Be Long Now
(2), Missouri Waltz, That's Grandma, Miss Annabelle Lee, Changes (2), Mary (2),
Ol' Man River, From Monday On (2), Mississippi Mud,
Make Believe, Poor Butterfly, There Ain't No Sweet Man (2). (1998)
THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY 1926-27 (Jonzo
JZCD-1)
Here are the first extant 20 commercial recordings of Bing Crosby in
chronological order: I've Got the Girl, Wistful and Blue, Pretty Lips, Shanghai
Dream Man, That Saxophone Waltz, Pretty Lips, Muddy Water, Side by Side (2),
I'm Coming Virginia (2), I'm in Love Again (2), Magnolia (2), Mississippi Mud /
I Left My Sugar (2), Sweet Lil / Ain't She Sweet (2),
My Blue Heaven. (1998)