Bing & Satchmo

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Bing & Satchmo
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1960 (1960-10)
RecordedJune 28–30, 1960 [1]
StudioHollywood, Los Angeles
Genre Vocal jazz, traditional pop
Length38:51
Label MGM
Producer Simon Rady
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Louis Armstrong chronology
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(1961)

Bing & Satchmo is a 1960 studio album by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong that was arranged and conducted by Billy May. [2] The album was recorded for Crosby's label, Project Records, and released by MGM.

Contents

Crosby and Armstrong worked together many times before they recorded this album, appearing in films such as Pennies from Heaven (1936), Here Comes the Groom (1951), and High Society (1956). They made several radio broadcasts together between 1949 and 1951. [3]

The lyrics of the songs were adapted for them by a number of notable songwriters. [4]

Eleven tracks were issued on the LP, excluding "(Up A) Lazy River" because Armstrong had recorded it for another company. Permission was granted for it to be included in the All Star Festival LP issued in 1963 on behalf of the United Nations to help refugees around the world. [5] Johnny Mercer sings a few lines with the chorus on this track.

"Dardanella" and "Muskrat Ramble" were released as singles in October 1960. Billboard magazine commented that the tracks would be popular with "jocks". [6]

Reception

Professional ratings
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The Billboard magazine review from 31 October 1960 selected the album for its pop spotlight and called it a "group of nostalgic tunes that provide excellent easy listening programming." [7]

Variety said that the album "provides a lot of listening pleasure. Both are masters of their craft and know how to pack a vocal punch with seemingly little effort. [8]

John Bush on Allmusic.com gave the album three and half stars out of five. Bush said that "Could anything but warmth and playfulness result when the two most seminal, expressive voices of the 20th century found the room to stretch out on a full LP together?". Bush reserved criticism for the vocal chorus that appears on the album. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Muskrat Ramble" Kid Ory, Ray Gilbert 3:03
2."Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)" Maceo Pinkard, Edna Alexander, Sidney D. Mitchell 5:13
3."The Preacher" Horace Silver 2:21
4."Dardanella" Fred Fisher, Felix Bernard, Johnny S. Black2:50
5."Let's Sing Like a Dixieland Band" Alan Bergman 2:21
6."Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" Joe Turner Layton, Henry Creamer 3:09
7."Brother Bill"Louis Armstrong3:01
8."Little Ol' Tune" Johnny Mercer 3:07
9."At the Jazz Band Ball" Nick LaRocca, Larry Shields, Johnny Mercer 3:02
10."Rocky Mountain Moon"Johnny Mercer3:42
11."Bye Bye Blues" Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray3:48
12."(Up a) Lazy River" (bonus song on 2009 CD reissue) Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin 3:14

Personnel

Production

Reissue CD

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