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The man was listening to Bing Crosby sing, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". I stopped and smiled in grateful acknowledgment. The Hindu nodded and smiled back. The whole world knew and loved Bing Crosby." [77] His popularity in India led many Hindu singers to imitate and emulate him, notably Kishore Kumar, considered the "Bing Crosby of India". [78]
The UK magazine The Gramophone reviewed the album saying: "Bingo Viejo" by old Bing Crosby himself is a typically warm Crosbyian salute to south of the border with ten songs sung in English and Spanish which will undoubtedly please his numerous adherents of either tongue. The numbers are mostly familiar ones like Green Eyes, Besame Mucho ...
The two biggest-selling versions in the United States were recorded by Bing Crosby and Andy Russell. Crosby's version was recorded on February 17, 1944 [1] for Decca Records [2] as catalog number 18608. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on June 29, 1944, and lasted seven weeks on the chart, peaking at number four. [3]
Bing Crosby recorded the song on April 3, 1939 [3] as "El Rancho Grande" and it reached the No. 6 spot in the charts during a ten-week stay in 1939. [4] Crosby recorded the song again in 1954 for the album Bing: A Musical Autobiography. The song was featured in the film Mexicali Rose (1939) starring Gene Autry.
Holiday in Europe is a long-playing vinyl album recorded for Bing Crosby's own company, Project Records at Radio Recorders in Hollywood and issued by Decca Records (DL-4281) in 1962. The album consists of twelve European songs.
If I Had My Way is a 1940 musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean. [2] Based on a story by David Butler, the film is about a construction worker who takes charge of the daughter of a friend killed in an accident.
"I Wished on the Moon" is a song composed by Ralph Rainger, with lyrics by Dorothy Parker. Bing Crosby sang the song in The Big Broadcast of 1936.. Crosby recorded the song on August 14, 1935 [2] with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and it reached the charts of the day peaking at No. 2 during a seven-week stay. [3]
The song was first recorded by Bing Crosby on July 5, 1934 with Irving Aaronson and his Commanders for Brunswick Records. [2] The same year, it was one of the nominees for the inaugural "Best Song" Academy Award when it lost out to "The Continental". [3] Crosby re-recorded the song for his 1954 album Bing: A Musical Autobiography.