Album · 2002

It’s Easy to Remember

Released
8 April 2002
Label
Proper Records
Catalogue no.
PROPERBOXX 34
Tracklist
99 tracks
Length
5:00:00

“It’s Easy to Remember” is an album by Bing Crosby, released in 2002 on Proper Records. The original release has 99 tracks with a running time of 5:00:00. Jazz standards on the record include “A Ghost Of A Chance”, “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive”, “After You've Gone” and “Alexander's Ragtime Band”. The line-up features Bing Crosby (baritone vocals, vocals), John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (performing orchestra), John Scott Trotter (conductor), Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra (performing orchestra) and Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (performing orchestra).

Who played on It’s Easy to Remember

  • Bing Crosby baritone vocals, vocals, lead vocals on 37 tracks
  • John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra performing orchestra on 12 tracks
  • John Scott Trotter conductor on 7 tracks
  • Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra performing orchestra on 4 tracks
  • Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra performing orchestra on 4 tracks
  • Bob Crosby conductor on 3 tracks
  • Bob Haggart double bass on 3 tracks
  • Connee Boswell lead vocals, vocals on 3 tracks
  • Georgie Stoll conductor on 3 tracks
  • Jimmy Dorsey alto saxophone, clarinet, conductor, reeds on 3 tracks
  • Matty Malneck arranger, violin on 3 tracks
  • The Andrews Sisters lead vocals, vocals on 3 tracks
  • Al Armer double bass on 2 tracks
  • Al Rinker tenor vocals on 2 tracks
  • Benny Krueger Brunswick Studio Orchestra performing orchestra on 2 tracks
  • Bill Rank trombone on 2 tracks
  • Bix Beiderbecke cornet on 2 tracks
  • Charles Strickfaden reeds, cor anglais, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone on 2 tracks
  • Chester Hazlett alto saxophone, bass clarinet on 2 tracks
  • Eddie Lang guitar on 2 tracks
  • Eddie Miller reeds, tenor saxophone on 2 tracks
  • Frankie Trumbauer concertmaster, saxophone, spoken vocals on 2 tracks
  • George Marsh drums (drum set) on 2 tracks
  • Gil Rodin tenor saxophone on 2 tracks
  • Harry Barris tenor vocals, piano on 2 tracks
  • Matty Matlock reeds, alto saxophone on 2 tracks
  • Min Leibrook bass saxophone, tuba on 2 tracks
  • Nappy Lamare guitar on 2 tracks
  • Paul Whiteman conductor on 2 tracks
  • Ray Bauduc drums (drum set) on 2 tracks
  • The Rhythm Boys vocals on 2 tracks
  • Vic Schoen and His Orchestra performing orchestra on 2 tracks
  • Victor Young and His Orchestra performing orchestra on 2 tracks
  • Al King trumpet on 1 track
  • Arthur Rando alto saxophone on 1 track
  • Billy Butterfield trumpet on 1 track
  • Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Bob Zurke piano on 1 track
  • Bobby Byrne trombone on 1 track
  • Bobby Van Eps piano on 1 track
  • Boyce Cullen trombone on 1 track
  • Brad Gowans valve trombone on 1 track
  • Bud Freeman tenor saxophone on 1 track
  • Carl Kress guitar on 1 track
  • Carmen Cavallaro conductor, piano on 1 track
  • Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra performer on 1 track
  • Carmen Cavallaro's Orchestra performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Charlie Margulis trumpet on 1 track
  • Don Clark concertmaster on 1 track
  • Don Clark and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Don Matteson trombone on 1 track
  • Duke Ellington conductor, piano on 1 track
  • Eddie Pinder trumpet on 1 track
  • Elmer Smithers trombone on 1 track
  • Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Fud Livingston saxophone on 1 track
  • George Thow trumpet on 1 track
  • Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Hal McDonald drums (drum set) on 1 track
  • Hank D'Amico clarinet on 1 track
  • Irving Fazola clarinet on 1 track
  • Irving Friedman clarinet, tenor saxophone on 1 track
  • Izzy Friedman clarinet on 1 track
  • Jack Stacey alto saxophone on 1 track
  • Jess Stacy piano on 1 track
  • Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Joe Kearns alto saxophone on 1 track
  • Joe Sullivan piano on 1 track
  • Joe Yukl trombone on 1 track
  • Ken Darby Singers choir vocals on 1 track
  • Kurt Dieterle violin on 1 track
  • Lennie Hayton piano on 1 track
  • Mario Perry violin on 1 track
  • Max Herman trumpet on 1 track
  • Mike Pingitore banjo on 1 track
  • Mike Trafficante double bass on 1 track
  • Mischa Russell violin on 1 track
  • Muggsy Spanier cornet on 1 track
  • Ray McKinley drums (drum set) on 1 track
  • Red Nichols cornet on 1 track
  • Roc Hillman guitar on 1 track
  • Roy "Red" Maier clarinet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone on 1 track
  • Roy Bargy piano on 1 track
  • Rube Crozier bassoon, alto saxophone on 1 track
  • Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy trumpet on 1 track
  • Sam Lanin’s Famous Players performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Skeets Herfurt tenor saxophone on 1 track
  • Slim Taft double bass on 1 track
  • Sterling Bose trumpet on 1 track
  • The Duke Ellington Orchestra performing orchestra on 1 track
  • The Ken Darby Choir choir vocals on 1 track
  • The Mills Brothers performer on 1 track
  • The Rhythmettes background vocals on 1 track
  • The Williams Brothers background vocals on 1 track
  • Three Shades of Blue background vocals on 1 track
  • Tutti Camarata trumpet on 1 track
  • Vic Schoen conductor on 1 track
  • Victor Young & The Brunswick Orchestra performing orchestra on 1 track
  • Ward Silloway trombone on 1 track
  • Warren Smith trombone on 1 track
  • Wild Bill Davison cornet on 1 track

Tracklist

  1. 1-1 I’ve Got the Girl — Walter Donaldson 2:48
  2. 1-2 Muddy Water — Peter de Rose, Harry Richman 3:12
  3. 1-3 Side by Side — Harry M. Woods 3:05
  4. 1-4 From Monday On 2:59
  5. 1-5 Mississippi Mud 3:13
  6. 1-6 ’Tain’t So, Honey, ’Tain’t So — Willard Robison 2:48
  7. 1-7 If I Had You standard 3:14
  8. 1-8 Can’t We Be Friends? standard — Kay Swift 3:04
  9. 1-9 Happy Feet — Milton Ager 3:00
  10. 1-10 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me standard — Pierre Norman Connor, Sammy Fain 3:15
  11. 1-11 Three Little Words standard — Harry Ruby 3:04
  12. 1-12 I Surrender, Dear standard — Harry Barris 3:42
  13. 1-13 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away) standard — Harry Barris 3:25
  14. 1-14 Just a Gigolo standard — Leonello Casucci 3:23
  15. 1-15 Out of Nowhere standard — Johnny Green 3:10
  16. 1-16 Just One More Chance standard — Arthur Johnston 3:17
  17. 1-17 I’m Through With Love standard — Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck 3:16
  18. 1-18 I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five‐&‐Ten Cent Store) — Harry Warren 3:03
  19. 1-19 Dancing in the Dark standard — Arthur Schwartz 2:27
  20. 1-20 Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) — Fred Ahlert, Bing Crosby, Roy Turk 2:53
  21. 1-21 Dinah standard — Harry Akst 2:56
  22. 1-22 St. Louis Blues standard — William Christopher Handy 4:33
  23. 1-23 Sweet Georgia Brown standard — Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard 3:02
  24. 1-24 Please — Ralph Rainger 3:03
  25. 1-25 (I Don’t Stand A) Ghost of a Chance (With You) standard — Victor Young 3:11
  26. 2-1 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? standard — Jay Gorney 3:14
  27. 2-2 You’re Getting to Be a Habit With Me — Harry Warren 2:50
  28. 2-3 I’ve Got the World on a String standard — Harold Arlen 3:24
  29. 2-4 The Last Round‐Up — Billy Hill 3:12
  30. 2-5 Love in Bloom 3:07
  31. 2-6 June in January — Ralph Rainger 3:16
  32. 2-7 Soon standard — Richard Rodgers 3:05
  33. 2-8 It’s Easy to Remember standard — Richard Rodgers 3:12
  34. 2-9 Red Sails in the Sunset — Wilhelm Grosz 3:13
  35. 2-10 Silent Night, Holy Night — Franz Xaver Gruber 3:03
  36. 2-11 Moonburn — Hoagy Carmichael 3:13
  37. 2-12 The Touch of Your Lips standard — Ray Noble 3:02
  38. 2-13 Pennies From Heaven standard — Arthur Johnston 3:09
  39. 2-14 Shoe Shine Boy — Saul Chaplin 3:07
  40. 2-15 The Way You Look Tonight standard — Jerome Kern 2:36
  41. 2-16 Sweet Leilani — Harry Owens 3:14
  42. 2-17 Too Marvellous for Words standard — Richard A. Whiting 3:03
  43. 2-18 The Moon Got in My Eyes — Arthur Johnston 3:13
  44. 2-19 Remember Me? — Harry Warren 3:02
  45. 2-20 Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) — Bernie Hanighen 2:38
  46. 2-21 Don’t Be That Way standard — Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson 2:40
  47. 2-22 I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams — James V. Monaco 2:36
  48. 2-23 You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby — Harry Warren 2:55
  49. 2-24 If I Had My Way — James Kendis 2:50
  50. 2-25 An Apple for the Teacher — James V. Monaco 3:02
  51. 3-1 Sierra Sue — Joseph B. Carey 3:03
  52. 3-2 Mister Meadowlark — Walter Donaldson 2:40
  53. 3-3 Trade Winds 3:16
  54. 3-4 Only Forever — James V. Monaco 3:12
  55. 3-5 Along the Santa Fe Trail — Wilhelm Grosz 3:13
  56. 3-6 Tea for Two standard — Vincent Youmans 2:37
  57. 3-7 Yes, Indeed! — Sy Oliver 3:11
  58. 3-8 San Antonio Rose — Bob Wills 3:17
  59. 3-9 The Waiter & the Porter & the Upstairs Maid — Johnny Mercer 3:14
  60. 3-10 The Birth of the Blues standard — Ray Henderson 3:18
  61. 3-11 You Are My Sunshine 2:35
  62. 3-12 Deep in the Heart of Texas — June Hershey, Don Swander 2:45
  63. 3-13 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie — Harry Von Tilzer 2:35
  64. 3-14 White Christmas — Irving Berlin 3:05
  65. 3-15 Moonlight Becomes You standard — Jimmy Van Heusen 3:12
  66. 3-16 Sunday, Monday or Always — Jimmy Van Heusen 2:38
  67. 3-17 People Will Say We’re in Love standard — Richard Rodgers 3:00
  68. 3-18 San Fernando Valley — Gordon Jenkins 3:14
  69. 3-19 Swinging on a Star — Jimmy Van Heusen 2:32
  70. 3-20 I Love You standard — Cole Porter 2:38
  71. 3-21 Night & Day standard — Cole Porter 3:15
  72. 3-22 I’ll Be Seeing You standard — Sammy Fain 2:51
  73. 3-23 (There’ll Be a Hot Time) In the Town of Berlin 2:55
  74. 3-24 Too‐Ra‐Loo‐Ra‐Loo‐Ral — James Royce Shannon 3:14
  75. 3-25 Don’t Fence Me In standard — Cole Porter 3:05
  76. 4-1 Mine — George Gershwin 2:46
  77. 4-2 Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive standard — Harold Arlen 2:44
  78. 4-3 Put It There, Pal — Jimmy Van Heusen 2:25
  79. 4-4 Baia — Ary Barroso 2:57
  80. 4-5 You Belong to My Heart (or Solamente una vez) — Agustín Lara 2:28
  81. 4-6 If I Loved You standard — Richard Rodgers 3:25
  82. 4-7 Close as Pages in a Book — Sigmund Romberg 3:13
  83. 4-8 Along the Navajo Trail — Dick Charles, Larry Markes 2:46
  84. 4-9 It’s Been a Long, Long Time standard — Jule Styne 2:57
  85. 4-10 I Can’t Begin to Tell You — James V. Monaco 2:54
  86. 4-11 Day by Day standard — Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston 2:51
  87. 4-12 Sioux City Sue 2:50
  88. 4-13 After You’ve Gone standard — Turner Layton 3:13
  89. 4-14 South America, Take It Away! — Harold Rome 3:09
  90. 4-15 A Couple of Song‐&‐Dance Men — Irving Berlin 2:20
  91. 4-16 I Still Suits Me — Jerome Kern 3:04
  92. 4-17 Alexander’s Ragtime Band standard — Irving Berlin 3:01
  93. 4-18 Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) — Clement Scott 3:09
  94. 4-19 Embraceable You standard — George Gershwin 2:56
  95. 4-20 But Beautiful standard — Jimmy Van Heusen 2:43
  96. 4-21 Sam’s Song — Lew Quadling 2:55
  97. 4-22 Autumn Leaves standard — Joseph Kosma 3:27
  98. 4-23 I’ve Never Been in Love Before standard — Frank Loesser 2:59
  99. 4-24 If I Were a Bell standard — Frank Loesser 3:13

Production

  • Dave Kapp producer
  • Max Farley arranger
  • Sam Lanin producer

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Frequently asked questions

Who played on It’s Easy to Remember?

The line-up of It’s Easy to Remember includes Bing Crosby (baritone vocals, vocals), John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra (performing orchestra), John Scott Trotter (conductor), Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra (performing orchestra), Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (performing orchestra), Bob Crosby (conductor), Bob Haggart (double bass) and Connee Boswell (lead vocals, vocals).

Which label released It’s Easy to Remember?

It’s Easy to Remember was released in 2002 on Proper Records (PROPERBOXX 34).

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