Rosie Sings Bing

Rosie Sings Bing
Studio album by Rosemary Clooney
Released	1978
Recorded	January 6, 1978
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	51:10
Label	Concord
Producer	Carl Jefferson
Rosemary Clooney chronology
Everything's Coming Up Rosie (1977) Rosie Sings Bing (1978) Here's to My Lady (1978)

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Rosie Sings Bing is a 1978 studio album by the American jazz singer Rosemary Clooney, recorded in tribute to Bing Crosby, who had died the previous year. ^[2]

Clooney and Crosby had recorded two albums of duets (That Travelin' Two-Beat (1965), Fancy Meeting You Here (1958)), and Clooney had accompanied Crosby at his recent performances at the London Palladium. The following musicians on this album: Jake Hanna, Nat Pierce, Scott Hamilton and Monty Budwig had also worked with Bing on the 1977 Concord album, "A Tribute to Duke Ellington". Drummer Jake Hanna had also performed with Bing live on stage in Norway on 27th August 1977.

The liner notes for this album were written by Bing's widow, Kathryn Crosby.

Track listing

1. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:04
2. "Pennies from Heaven" (Burke, Arthur Johnston) – 4:20
3. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 3:22
4. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) – 4:10
5. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Bing Crosby, Roy Turk) – 4:29
6. "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:50
7. "Swinging on a Star" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:05
8. "Just One More Chance" (Sam Coslow, Johnston) – 5:01
9. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 4:20
10. "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" (James Royce Shannon) – 1:50

Personnel

Performance

• Rosemary Clooney – vocal
• Cal Collins – guitar
• Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone
• Nat Pierce – piano
• Monty Budwig – double bass
• Jake Hanna – drums

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