Bing Crosby-"Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love"

[L0dG]

Lithuanians let's do it :)

[snowfire1239]

my research paper brought me here.... best thing a paper has ever done for me.

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

Tommy Dorsey famously complained about having Bob Crosby as his male vocalist. TD said "I've got the best damn band in the land.Why haven't I got the best Crosby?"

[FalloutMusic]

I brought myself here!

[Southpark441]

Skins( US) brought me here...

[orooooooo]

@daphnef99 I Brought My Self Here.

[SuperHartline]

should be Letts do...Letts being people from Latvia. Ironically not Lats.

[kastisok]

Im Lithuanian and we definatly do it! :D

[JustuliukexD]

It's so amazing to hear your country in such an amazing song :) Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania! ;)

[kastisok]

Tom and Jerry!

[Jamesmac30]

This was recorded on 28th January 1929

[Jumpergirl0213]

Eveen lazzy jellyfish do it....

HAHAHA XD

[Gydinglight12]

All the agonizing about Chinks and Japs and Letts and Siamese (Thais now) : there is not one hint in the whole song that Porter was advocating killing all the people in these groups. He was mentioning that they fall in love and have sex. He needed some one-syllable names to begin the lyrics about people and animals around the world.

[infinity09x]

Midnight in Paris aw yeah!

[AugustaJane]

Dumb question...maybe: is "it" sex or is it really just love. I'm just a bit niave.

[chunkypuff91]

@AugustaJane Probably just love. But then again I could be wrong... XD

[Pyrthas]

@AugustaJane It was almost certainly supposed to suggest more; I very much doubt that Cole Porter failed to realize what the lyrics implied.

Alec Wilder, in his _American Popular Song_, writes about this song, "I find this title [the full title is 'Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)'] a perfect illustration of the distinction between spirit and the letter of the law. The parenthetical section of the title obviously made radio performance possible, as opposed to the unequivocal 'Love For Sale'."

[KazakageoftheSand]

who cares whether it's letts or lats, just listen to the song.

[luizamoora]

does anyone knows who sings it on the movie midnight in paris? i think its the better version so i gotta know!

[luizamoora]

does anyone knows who sings it on the movie midnight in paris? i think its the better version so i gotta know! thanks

[katshrie]

@luizamoora he dose..

[luizamoora]

@katshrie ok, thanks!

[BrittanyLeona97]

A 1:30 minute wait is certainly worth it to hear Bing sing this :)

[JelloGeezus]

Cant help but think of tank girl. Love this

[sajidmib1]

can somebody give me more names in this type of music really like to listen to Bing Grosby and Frank Sinatra

[Atticus70]

@sajidmib1 Check out Al Bowlly and Smith Ballew

[maruta555]

@sajidmib1 Look for songs by Cole Porter and George Gershwin and you'll find plenty of material.

[Agoonga]

Tank Girl

[TheMoviefan1996]

Good song.

[ApoloExpress]

it is weird, the staring, but it's Bing! very handsome with his eyes and smile :)

[BailoAnoche]

im drawing him in art class, and is it just me or does he have two different coloured eyes?

[Neilsaccount55555]

@BailoAnoche i think its the lighting maybe though, im not sure

[KristynaKabzanova]

@BailoAnoche It's funny that you are asking because I've just finished my drawing (not for art class, just for fun). Well, it would be hard to say as the most of his pictures are only b&w. However, I do think it's only the lighting, too.

[ApoloExpress]

@BailoAnoche nah, they're both blue ... also in a retrospective interview w/ Rosemary Clooney on the White Christmas DVD, she said "he had on a blue shirt and they matched his eyes, 'cause his eyes are blue. He had great eyes..." :)

[scotzdaman111]

kinda creepy just havin him stare at you...

[cinderelly00]

Hahaha, I agree!

[GeminiNightOwl]

Back then, even though it may not have been right, the ethnic tags and slang were commonplace and used in lyrics, movies, etc. Just a sign of the times. If you get past that, just enjoy the melody and the vocals.

[GrenvilleT]

Why the Dutch in Old Amsterdam? I've often wondered...

OMG - how wonderful Bing is with this Cole magic.

[11777766]

Refers to New York City, given that name by the Dutch who were the first Europeans to settle there,

[123trulyme]

I love this old song!!!

I heard it in radio when I was younger, but I haven't found it anywhere.

Thanks!!!

[tornarrow1]

Chinks do it. Japs do it.

[pkneeno]

Political correctness... Porter (the lyricist) was so slick with his lyrics he inspired all sorts of imitation, parody, what have you. The funniest one I have heard is from"You're the top" where the parody rhymes 'you're a statue of Venus, you're King Kong's penis... you're the top..." etc. I agree the ethnics are better off out. Nice post, still.

[78timothy]

I have the Paul Whiteman Concert recording of this in the lyrics, the same lyric You're a Statue of Venus, you're "Dickeyman", which later was changed to You're Superman by 1939. So no telling what the original lyrics are. I should listen to my Irving Aaronson recording of this which will tell me what in the world Phil Saxe is singing about!

[daves9377]

5 estrellas, la mejor música del mundo

[waidrius]

Lithuanians and Latts do it too ;)

[enedving]

Oh, those Lithuanians. <3

[mustangcharger]

Let's not forget - Finns do it.

[ummjw]

When weas this recorded?

[sapiensgirl]

1920s?

[sapiensgirl]

nevermind, was 1928, i believe

[jazzgirl1920s]

Nice to hear Bing Crosby singing the original words to this tune for a change. " The Chinks do it, the Japs do it" instead of that politically correct crap that came later, "The birds do it, the bees do it"

The 1920's was a great free time. It didn't have the censorship and all the politically correct crap of today's time.

[tonyobilade]

You have a long way to go. Even the lyricist promptly changed the words eight decades ago when informed that the terms were perjorative. And you think the slur should have remained?

[croscream]

No! You have a long way to go!

[tuxguys]

Another jaw-dropping Dorsey Bros. recording... with Crosby creatng the legend that would make him the pre-eminent entertainer of the first half of the 20th century... and most of this material, nobody knows...

[CPTbambi]

Wait did in 1:47 he sings that Lithuanians and Lats do it???

[bingcrosby1903]

yes

[denTaTa]

@bingcrosby1903

Letts do it :)

[Theilloverdeath]

@bingcrosby1903 yes

[doctorskinsboosh]

@CPTbambi it's "Lithuanians and Let's do it,""

[waidrius]

Taip, "Lietuviai ir Latviai taip pat daro tai"

Yes, Lithuanians and Latts do it too. :)

[callawaysam]

@CPTbambi ha yeah! where these even independent countries at this time?

[mok2000]

@CPTbambi Lithuanians and Letts do it (Letts from are people from Latvia, wordplay by Cole Porter)

[gabrielikius]

@CPTbambi No, it is Lithuanians and Letts do it.

[sdavoudi1]

@CPTbambi

He says Lithuanians and Letts do it... People from Lithuania are called Lithuanians and similarly, people from Latvia are called Letts...

[glennmilleristhebest]

@CPTbambi He says Letts. It refers to people from Latvia.

[chunkypuff91]

@CPTbambi He also says "Chinks" at one point I believe... Oh music.. How politically incorrect you use to be...

[wrnmichele]

@CPTbambi Letts is used to refer to Latvians at times... so Lithuanians and Latvians do it / Lithuanians and Letts do it

[andriusputna]

@CPTbambi

I am lithuanian, and i love to hear these word in this song. Even though it had passed more than 80 years it still true :)

[pasaulisspalvotai]

@CPTbambi He sings Letts - Latvians.

[stagesurvivor5]

@CPTbambi Yes, he does and in the opening line Chinks and Japs do it....such was the sensitivity of the times!

By the way my Great Uncle for a time played drums in the Paul Whiteman band, Bingo sang for them. My Uncle infamously predicted that Mr. Crosby would "never go anywhere".

[augustelux]

@CPTbambi

Cool right! I am a Lithuanian!

[BryBry323]

@CPTbambi Lithuanians and Letts

[guusbok]

wonderful!

[exiron0202]

This is an amazing recording. It hat to be from 1928(when he was 25), when the song was first written, because he sings "the chinks and the japs do it" which was only the lyric for abut a month of Paris' (the show from which this song came) run. Cole Porter changed it promptly after being told that "chink" and "jap" were offensive.

[ElindielForestStar]

This makes me sad. The song is cheerful, especially since Bing Crosby is singing it, but this generation of actors has passed and it makes me really sad.

[cherryblossomgirl493]

This is a good song for time steps in tap =)

[annek32363]

joanne ere 23 swinging to tunes lol suprisingly like this lol

[oldkiesel]

According to Bing's biographer, Gary Giddins, Bing was 25 years old. Although he was already part of Paul Whiteman's band, Bing is freelancing on this Columbia session with a studio studio orchestra. The roster of musicians is unbelievable: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Bing's best friend and guitarist Eddie Lang, music arranged by Glenn Miller, composed by Cole Porter.

[bingcrosby1903]

Thanks for such great information, i've read Giddins' book, an excellent work!

[tuxguys]

I was about to make a pithy observation about the astonishing hipness and complexity of the arrangement... now I don't have to. Glenn Miller... of course.

[SatchmoSings]

@oldkiesel You'll notice that Bing was never used again on any other Dorsey Bros. recording dates; another vocalist is on all the rest of these recordings.

One well-known musician has speculated that Crosby was such an out-of-control whatever that his noxiousness was such that ONE session was enough as great as he was; the same can also be said of the sole session he did with Frankie Trumbauer and there too, he never again did any other such work; "Mississippi Mud" was enough.

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

@SatchmoSings Wrong, wrong, wrong. The Dorseys were in the band on his earliest radio shows. When Bing started on the Kraft Music Hall, the band was Jimmy Dorsey's. On a later show, in about 1943, he had both Dorseys as guests and tried to jolly them into getting back together. In 1945, he made a great two sides with the JD band: Sweet Lorraine and the Things We Did Last Summer. In 1933, he recorded with what was basically Trumbauer's band and made Some of These Days and Cabin in the Cotton.

[SatchmoSings]

@ishouldntbeyoutubing The Dorseys may have been in the band on his earliest radio shows but this doesn't mean that they had to have Bing sing on their own records.

The bit about the Trumbauer band is true enough but Bing was BIG by then; he wasn't so big when Mississippi Mud was done in 1927 and Trumbauer never used him again until AFTER Bing was famous.

[donnyr89]

any idea what year this was? it doesn't sound like it was late enough for him to develop his signature vocal stylings.

[bingcrosby1903]

i dont have an exact date off-hand, but i believe it was before the 40s, ill try to find an exact one for you.

[JCJasion]

@donnyr89 - Late 1928

[Lotrompetista]

Fantastic!

[fuzzbear6240]

BC03. Swingin'! Love it. thanks. YF, J.

[maikedulk]

this song fascinates me because of the amazing modulations it goes through .. especially in the end. That never ceases to put a big smile on my face :)

[ppeak2007]

Der Bingle was quite a looker in his young days, I just love this cute lively song when sung by the first crooner resposible for the coming of Sinatra,Perry Como and others,

[danielhassixstrings]

agreed.