Bing with a Beat

Infobox Album | Name = Bing With A Beat
Type = Album
Artist = Bing Crosby


Released = 1957
Recorded = February 19, 20 1957
Genre = Vocal
Length = 37:44
Label = RCA Victor|
Arranger = Matty Matlock
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Last album = "Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings"
(1956)
This album = "Bing With A Beat"
(1956)
Next album = "New Tricks"
(1957)

"Bing With A Beat" was Bing Crosby's seventh long play album, but his first recorded with RCA Victor.

"Bing With A Beat" is a concept album where all the songs feature "hot" jazz and dixieland arrangements by the bandleader Bob Scobey.

John Lennon's friend, Elliot Mintz, in a televised interview marking the 20th anniversary of Lennon's death, mentioned this album while elaborating on Lennon's interest in Crosby's music:

Track listing

#Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
#I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
#Along the Way to Waikiki
#Exactly Like You
#Dream a Little Dream of Me
#Last Night on the Backporch,
#Some Sunny Day
#Whispering
#Tell Me
#Mack The Knife
#Down Among the Sheltering Palms
#Mama Loves Papa

References

[http://community.mcckc.edu/crosby/bing.htm Internet Museum]