El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites

El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites
Compilation album by Bing Crosby
Released

Original 78 album: 1947

10” LP DL5011: 1949
Recorded 1939-1945
Genre Popular
Label Decca
Bing Crosby chronology
Our Common Heritage
(1947)		 El Bingo
(1947)		 The Small One
(1947)

El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites is a Decca Records album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby of Latin American themed songs.

Reception

The Billboard review stated: "Packaging eight Latin lullabies which Bing Crosby cut in an earlier day, it all adds up to a likely El Bingo binge for the fans. A romantic ranchero, Crosby sings to Xavier Cugat's music for Siboney, Hasta Manana, You Belong to My Heart and Baia. For the other two records in the set, it’s the single spirited spin for Alla En El Rancho Grande with the Foursome adding their vocal harmonies and John Scott Trotter making the music just as spirited. Trotter frames the musical back for the pash Amor piping to complete the platter. For the fourth side, Crosby sings it in Spanish, with Victor Young conducting the orchestra, for No Te Importe Saber, recognized as Let Me Love You Tonight, and adds the English lyric for Flores Negras, best remembered as You’re the Moment of a Lifetime. Color photo of the singer wearing a sombrero makes for an attractive cover page, with personal notes on the piper for the inside page."[1]

Track listing

These songs were featured on an 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-547.[2]

Disc 1: (23547)

  1. "Siboney", recorded February 11, 1945 with Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra.[3]
  2. “Hasta Manana" (Osvaldo Farrés / Eddie DeLange), recorded February 11, 1945 with Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra.[3]

Disc 2: (23413)

  1. "You Belong to My Heart (Solamente Una Vez)", recorded February 11, 1945 with Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra.[3]
  2. “Baia" (Ary Barroso / Ray Gilbert), recorded February 11, 1945 with Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf Astoria Orchestra.[3]

Disc 3: (23914)

  1. "Allá en el Rancho Grande (My Ranch)" (Emilio D. Uranga / Bartley Costello), recorded April 3, 1939 with John Scott Trotter’s Frying Pan Five.[3]
  2. "Amor", recorded February 17, 1944 with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.[3]

Disc 4: (23915)

  1. "No Te Importe Saber (Let Me Love You Tonight)” (sung in Spanish), (René Touzet / Mitchell Parish) recorded July 8, 1941 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3]
  2. "Flores Negras (You're the Moment of a Lifetime)” (sung in Spanish), (Sergio De Karlo / Ray Charles), recorded July 8, 1941 with Victor Young and His Orchestra.[3]

LP release

The album was re-released as a 10” LP (DL 5011) in 1949. [4]

LP track listing

SIDE ONE

  1. “Siboney"
  2. "Hasta Manana”
  3. “You Belong to My Heart"
  4. "Baia"

SIDE TWO

  1. "Allá en el Rancho Grande (My Ranch)"
  2. “Amor"
  3. "No Te Importe Saber (Let Me Love You Tonight)”
  4. "Flores Negras (You're the Moment of a Lifetime)”

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard". Billboard: 117. September 13, 1947.
  2. ↑ "DISCOGS". discogs.com. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ "DISCOGS". discogs.com. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
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