Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I've Got the Girl - Bing Crosby
2. Muddy Water - Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
3. Side by Side - Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
4. From Monday On - Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
5. Mississippi Mud - Bing Crosby, Frankie Trumbauer
6. 'Tain't So, Honey, 'Tain't So - Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
7. If I Had You - Bing Crosby, Sam Lanin & His Orchestra
8. Can't We Be Friends? - Bing Crosby
9. Happy Feet - Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
10. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me - Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
11. Three Little Words - Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra
12. I Surrender, Dear - Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra, Bing Crosby
13. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) - Bing Crosby
14. Just a Gigolo - Bing Crosby
15. Out of Nowhere - Bing Crosby
16. Just One More Chance - Bing Crosby, Victor Young & His Orchestra
17. I'm Through With Love - Bing Crosby
18. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store) - Bing Crosby
19. Dancing in the Dark - Bing Crosby
20. Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) - Bing Crosby
21. Dinah - Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers
22. St. Louis Blues - Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington
23. Sweet Georgia Brown - Bing Crosby, Isham Jones & His Orchestra
24. Please - Bing Crosby, Anson Weeks
25. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You - Bing Crosby

Disc 2:

1. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - Bing Crosby, Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra
2. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me - Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo
3. I've Got the World on a String - Bing Crosby, The Dorsey Brothers
4. Last Round-Up - Bing Crosby, Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra
5. Love in Bloom - Irving Aaronson & His Commanders, Bing Crosby
6. June in January - Bing Crosby, George Stoll & His Orchestra
7. Soon - Bing Crosby, George Stoll & His Orchestra
8. It's Easy to Remember - Bing Crosby, Rhythmettes, Three Shades Of Blue
9. Red Sails in the Sunset - Bing Crosby, Victor Young & His Orchestra
10. Silent Night - Bing Crosby
11. Moonburn - Bing Crosby, Georgie Stoll's Trio
12. Touch of Your Lips - Bing Crosby, Victor Young & His Orchestra
13. Pennies from Heaven - Bing Crosby, George Stoll
14. Shoe Shine Boy - Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
15. Way You Look Tonight - Bing Crosby, Dixie Lee Crosby, Victor Young & His Orchestra
16. Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby, Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians
17. Too Marvellous for Words - Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
18. Moon Got in My Eyes - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
19. Remember Me? - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
20. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) - Connee Boswell, Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
21. Don't Be That Way - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
22. I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
23. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby - Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby
24. If I Had My Way - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
25. Apple for the Teacher - Connee Boswell, Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter

Disc 3:

1. Sierra Sue - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
2. Mister Meadowlark - Bing Crosby, Johnny Mercer, Victor Young & His Orchestra
3. Trade Winds - Bing Crosby,
4. Only Forever - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
5. Along the Santa Fe Trail - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
6. Tea for Two - Connee Boswell, Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby
7. Yes, Indeed! - Connee Boswell, Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby
8. San Antonio Rose - Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby
9. Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid - Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Jack Teagarden
10. Birth of the Blues - Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Jack Teagarden
11. You Are My Sunshine - Bing Crosby, Victor Young & His Orchestra
12. Deep in the Heart of Texas - Bing Crosby, Woody Herman's Woodchoppers
13. Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie - Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, John Scott Trotter
14. White Christmas - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
15. Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
16. Sunday, Monday or Always - Bing Crosby, Ken Darby Singers
17. People Will Say We're in Love - Bing Crosby, Trudy Erwin, Sportsmen Glee Club
18. San Fernando Valley - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
19. Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter, The Williams Brothers
20. I Love You - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
21. Night and Day - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
22. I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
23. (There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go ...) - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra
24. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
25. Don't Fence Me In - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra

Disc 4:

1. Mine - Bing Crosby, Judy Garland,
2. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra
3. Put It There Pal - Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra
4. Baia - Bing Crosby, Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra
5. You Belong to My Heart - Bing Crosby, Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra
6. If I Loved You - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
7. Close as Pages in a Book - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
8. Along the Navajo Trail - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra
9. It's Been a Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby, Les Paul Trio
10. I Can't Begin to Tell You - Carmen Cavallaro, Bing Crosby
11. Day by Day - Bing Crosby, Les Paul, Mel Tormé
12. Sioux City Sue - Bing Crosby, Bob Haggart
13. After You've Gone - Eddie Condon & His Orchestra, Bing Crosby
14. South America, Take It Away! - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra
15. Couple of Song and Dance Men - Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
16. I Still Suits Me - Bing Crosby, Lee Wiley, Victor Young & His Orchestra
17. Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra
18. Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) - Bing Crosby, Ken Darby Singers
19. Embraceable You - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter
20. But Beautiful - Bing Crosby, Victor Young & His Orchestra
21. Sam's Song (The Happy Tune) - Bing Crosby, Gary Crosby, Gary Crosby, Matty Matlock's All Stars
22. Autumn Leaves - Bing Crosby, Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra
23. I've Never Been in Love Before - Bing Crosby, Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra
24. If I Were a Bell - Patty Andrews, Bing Crosby, Vic Schoen & His Orchestra

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79482 in Music
• Released on: 2001-12-03
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
UK budget-price box-set with 99 tracks covering his movies, best sellers and more. Includes 36 page illustrated booklet. Standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Material, Awful Sound
I feel like the kid in the Emperor's New Clothes. Upon reading all the rave reviews, I took the plunge - a minor one considering the amount of music here - and purchased this set. (In addition, I got Bebop Spoken Here), also on the Proper label. I was quite disappointed, especially with the Crosby. A long time fan of Bing's, I've been wanting to get a box set of his for quite a while. I'm here to offer a word to the wise, particularly those of you who have familiarity with this material on the original 78s or even on vinyl. Go elsewhere. The sound on this set has a disquieting metallic sound, obviously poorly digitized, reminding me of some of the poorer quality MP3's I've downloaded off the internet - you know that unpleasant aluminum-like sound that jars you because you're used to that mellow, warm, wooden sound? The songs in this set are beautiful and timeless, but it's difficult to stay with them in this format - for me anyway. I'd rather put up with the minor scratches of decent 78 any day. But don't get me wrong - I'm not a purist. I've got lots of cds from this period and many of them have the warmth intact. Not this set, though...

A Treasury Of Bing!
I have just been listening to my new 4 CD box set of It's Easy To Remember and I can't say enough about this fabulous collection of Bing Crosby's music. What an absolute Treasure this is!

How interesting to hear Bing's very first recorded songs! My Dad loved Bing. He was Dad's favorite singer. Dad taught me to love Bing, too. I grew up listening to Bing Crosby songs, and now all those wonderful songs, sung by that Wonderful Voice, are MINE! I just wish Dad was alive to hear all this!

In the beginning of the first CD, Bing doesn't even sound like the polished Bing we all know. But as the set continues, slowly but surely That Voice develops. And it just keeps getting better and better! This is so wonderful!

I love the fact that all the songs are in the order in which Bing sang them. And the little booklet that comes with this collection is very helpful, while you're listening. Each song is listed, along with the place and date of the recording. Very nice.
And the price simply cannot be beat! This has to be the Best Deal going, folks!

Unfortunately, this fabulous collection of Bing's music stops in the year 1950. I sincerely hope that the folks at Proper will continue on with further CD box sets, until they've covered all of Mr. Crosby's unmatched career. I for one will certainly buy every box set they produce of Bing's music.

So, please folks, let's get on with the rest of the story! Bing made many more songs before he left us. I want them ALL!

Do yourselves a favor, my fellow Bing Crosby fans-Don't miss THIS one!

Thank you.

Alice B. Kane

Great value, good sound quality
If you're new to Bing Crosby, then this is the box set to purchase. Not only does it give you a fine overview of Bing's career, the price can't be beat. The packaging of the CD is excellent and it even includes a little booklet with a synopsis of Bing's career and musical style, as well as an explanation of his tremendous musical impact upon the 20th century.

The song selection is pretty decent, with some conspicuous omisions and an occasional curious choice for inclusion, but the sheer number of songs is amazing. Another prominent label has released a Bing complilation with an edited version of "Dinah," where the Mill Brothers are cut out of the song. No such foolishness here; the complete version of "Dinah" is included.

Other reviewers have complained about the sound quality on this set. I am puzzled at this criticism. I have most of these songs on casette, vinyl and some even on their original 78 and 45 issues. The sound quality here is quite acceptable and good on most tracks. This set will give you many hours of enjoyable listening and help you branch off into other Crosby CD's which includes his lesser-known vocals. I highly recommend this boxed set. Enjoy!