Bing Crosby - Some Of These Days, 1932

[invention13]

Which band is backing him? Sounds like Eddie Lang on guitar - is this Trumbauers orchestra? This is seriously good stuff.

[dirtynuke]

YES! I was looking for this song everywhere! I heard it on the aviator! Terrific song!

[FrankySnot]

Frank could not scat nor could he sing harmonies at the drop of the hat like Bing. Bing had his shit together.

[bixntram]

Guy really could swing and this proves it. Sinatra, though he was great in his own way, never quite got the hang of it.

[bixntram]

Possibly the greatest white jazz singer of all time. Unfortunately, his manager steered him away from jazz into a more mainstream, lucrative stye, so millions of his fans didn't know what he was capable of. He was better than Sinatra, or anyone else of that era, by a landslide.

[LazlosPlane]

Greatest jazz singer, ever. Greatest pop singer, ever. Most beautiful voice, ever. (pop)

Bing, how we miss you! 

[SebSome]

This is the song from Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea right?

[herbatkauwindsorow]

@SebSome Yes!

[changoloboperro]

@SebSome Yes is the song, but is not the version..beacause in the book ..says the voice is the voice of black woman... :/

[someoldbag]

Oh, soooooo good!

[eruptionista]

Bing & Eddie Lang are awesome together

[Mom1910]

Another talent like his shall never pass this way again.Thanks Bing for the music and movie legacy.

[NoNW0]

2 Guys pressed dislike button trying to press like... one of them did it twice lol.

[VikinginMaine]

@NoNW0 I just negated one of those Dislike mistakes. No one did it better than Bing.

[Crockerish]

There will never be another Bing,he"s the man.

[nard109]

duuude the scat and the guitar solo are amazing!!

[HappyGirl01234567890]

3 people have broken ears.

[rude0sibling]

i heard about this song from Sartre's novel called Nausea.:D

it's lovely :X

some of these days you'll miss me, honey!

[jimmbo13]

Not only his great voice, but his delivery which was so relaxed.

[MrFernandorinco]

i wish i sound like him! can you imagine have this voice?

[The911Shaman]

I love Bing. Bing is King, however, considering his rather unremarkable rendition of Sophie's hit reminds me of the same thing that happened when Pat Boon sang Chuck Berry... he really white washes a classic into pure absurdity. And the jazz scat.. don't get me started...

[oxybent]

I sympathise with your comments...but nowhere near as bad as Pat Boone (what could be ?!). This is quite a swinging number and just listen to who I believe is the remarkable Eddie Lang on guitar!

[CarlLafong01]

Bing was quite simply the best pop singer of the 20th century. From his early days in the classic crooner style, to the sweet rich baritone of his later years, his voice was unmatched. I liked Sinatra who was a better stylist, but his voice couldn't hold a candle to Bing's.

[lesterwyoung]

Eddie Lang on guitar? 

[busessuck1]

@lesterwyoung Yep... Bing was technically responsible for his death, though he proabobly wouldn't hold it aginst him

[YJD67]

@lesterwyoung That's Correct

Recording session was With Frank Trumbauers Orchestra and Eddie Lang on guitar.

[searcherboy]

He must have listened very carefully to Louis Armstrong. Satchmo's influence on Bing is obvious.

[jcpelly]

@larrypetree ok so if i sing like him, cab calloway and bobby darinn mixed together how do i sell it?

[MSnormanify]

@larrypetree I agree one hundred percent he was the greatest

[kaylareeser]

not as good as sophie tucker

[RHARDBC]

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[mugambisuke]

I love this song! :-)

[stevevandien]

Bing scats like crazy here:). Whatever he sang, the dude had jazz in his bones!

[romuluscreative]

He did have the greatest voice. Actually the quality of his voice and ability have yet to even be equaled. He played with notes, highs and lows with ease.

[stevevandien]

The young Bing at his best:) --

[blakemooney]

@larrypetree amen!

[1111cherrygirl]

:O my grandma loved that song XP

[meredith218461]

A delightful nostalgic trip to the days of classic popular American song, and what better exponent than Bing Crosby.

[daimdar]

non mais l'originale de Sophie Tucker est la meilleure!

[antiblondie]

wow! wonderful.

reminds me of old cartoons hehe (:

[MissyET17]

my grandad always used to sing this when i was growing up, well the parts he could remember!

ive never heard it properly like this before, thanks for posting it x

[karlng888]

Thanks! 5 stars!

Your piano friend Karl ; )

[cogermax91]

thank you !! yes gorgeous !!!!!

[gfks11]

GORGEOUS, this idol of SINATRA!!

In later times Crosby began to get a bit "slimy" , TEARBREAKERSONGS but in the 30ties his music was swinging and just brilliant like this song!!

*****

[BuyBenco]

Most of his thrirties stuff was what you call "slimy" (sweet, syrupy) but that's what makes him great! His fifties stuff was more upbeat like his '57 album "Bing with a Beat"

[martino00001]

It's not the same in sartre's book..I mean the version. do you know which version is that?who sings that one?thanks.

[Ekipuz]

I looked for this song because of Sartre

[scoiattolorocciatore]

On peut trouver cette chanson dans le chef-d'oeuvre de Jean Paul Sartre, "La Nausée"

merci

[ebronken]

You know, he was a drummer before he started to sing. Perfect sense of timing.

[JCMarra]

Jesus! That's how I want to scat sing. Bay-bee doll!

[RedLightBulbs]

Bing was the man. What a voice.

[Grigden]

The last couple of bars on the scat chorus are Bix licks.

[Thetrooper14]

i tough it was sang by a black woman, bcause i read it on a book of sartre, anyway, its the same as the description, if u know were is the song singed by the blak woman plz tell me,

hmm , and srry for my bad english :S

[princette]

I think this version was derived on Cab Calloways 1930-31 version of the song. Its Pat Boone covering Little Richard a generation earlier

[colujomes]

It would be closer to Elvis covering Little Richard than lily-livered Boone. Bing had chops and is recognised as the 20th century's second most influential vocalist after Louis Armstrong.

[Anubis454545]

I wish i could of been in Bing's time. Would be great to turn on the TV and see him singing, instead of another Viagra, or sex-related commercial.

Thanks for the video! :]

[musictranscription]

I like to transcribe this song

[Stunatra]

Darin kicked the shit outta this song.

[pig742]

Sarte lives

[DiScOiSkEwL]

Just another example that proves Bing Crosby was the best singer who ever lived.

Priceless :)

[ishouldntbeyoutubing]

Years ago, I played this track for my college roommate (a musician). His reaction after hearing Bing sing a chorus and then scat a chorus was "Bing, give somebody else a chance." A great record in my opinion.

[jazzgirl1920s]

One of my favorite Crosby recordings is from about this time. It is from a radio braodcast with Gus Arnheim's Orchestra. It is "Out of Nowhere". I like it because Bing starts ad libbing with the lyrics to the tune and jokes with the audience. I like when he sings "See you at the track" probably referring to the Santa Anita race track. He must have liked horse racing because later he was part owner of a race track. Thanks for this early recording of Bing.

[54spiritedwill54]

Wonderful record!

[robgems2]

Not really hard to believe,Banner was sold in Kresge Stores one of four cheap labels sold in store,s with Crosby songs.

Sold again and again along side Brunswicks even after he left Brunswick.Marketing gimmick to stimulate business during the depression era of the thirties .

[roybo1930]

OOPS!!!! roybo1930 Made Big BOO BOO! "Love Me Tonight" Is On The Flip Side. By The Time I Realized My Error I Already Posted. The Record Is Brunswick 6351 A.R.C Usally Pressed Not Only Cheef Labels But On Most All Its Subsidiaries, I`ve Seen Bing On Perfect, Oriole, Conqueror, Melotone, BANNER, Thanks So Much For Posting.

[roybo1930]

I Have This On A Brunswick, The Flip Side Is "Let`s Try Again" I LOVE This Record, And LOVE The Flip Side As Well. Thanks For Posting.

[mny152]

great tune! he's the original american pop idol :0)

[momosmamma]

ha ha love it!!! :)

[waffleboy83]

I still think that cab calloway's version will always be the best

[mustangcharger]

Funny how gravelly his voice is here.

[lalunanat91]

P E R F E C T!

I love love love love Bing!

[mikedaley1968]

Definitely sounds like Eddie Lang on guitar.

[tb261]

thanks for posting one of my favorite versions of this great tune. Bing's scatting is wonderful

[AnInfant]

YES HE DID!

[ertreri]

Heard it first on the aviator (movie)!

[worotan]

This is a great, Bing sings as hot as he ever got, and ain't it worth it! Mind you, it's hard to find a less-than-great version of this song.

[bixntram]

This totally blew me away.  I've always loved the things Crosby did with Bix, but this is even better. Just totally amazing, especially the full chorus of scat. Whatever he became after this he was a first rate jazz singer.

[patitogigante]

I'll admit to first hearing this (fabulous!) song in Richard Elfman's no-budget cult film "Forbidden Zone" (Cab Calloway's rendition). I was young. I loved Oingo Boingo. These things happen.

[bokeyphoto]

Found out this song in Sartre`s `Nausea`, i love this song so much!

[novemberleaf2012]

Haha, I'm here because of the novel too :D

[voglesque89]

me too!

[minhtung91]

So am I :)

[N3K]

Me too!! Best novel ever ^^

[tweetybird1937]

FRANK, who is Frank whoever was he could never

do what Bing could do.

[capemaywarbler]

Bing cracked the ice on this one! NOBODY sounded like this in 32, or ever!...no wonder Bing was Franks idol

[astrocelestial]

Wow! WHEN did you speak to the bass player?!? What a bit of history and on such a great number! Thanks for sharing this with us. Any idea who's on the jazz guitar?

[78rpm78rpm]

I met the bass player at the WGN studios in Chicago, early 60's. I had brought some of my 78's down for a local JD to play that day. (WGN a big-anti rock station back then) The dj had played this tune and "Cabin In The Cotton". When I was getting ready to leave, this guy comes out from the control room, shakes my hand and with tears in his eyes tells me he was sting bass on both sessions. We talked about an hour. His name "Mac" McConnell. Probably Eddie Lang on guitar.

[78rpm78rpm]

Recording made in Chicago, May 1932 at the old WCFL studios in the Merchandise Mart. Much better sounding recordings than he made with Isham Jones 2 months earlier which were re-mastered several times over the years. Lenny Hayton and Frank Trumbauer had just left Paul Whiteman. I spoke to the bass player on this session and he said this was originally Tram's band not the first Hayton band which backed Bing on Brunswick, back in LA. That's Tram's chorus toward the end, no question.

[Ulysses61]

Sophie's version is superior? LOL!!! No one sings like Bing Crosby!

[rosieyposie7]

earlyBING'scats was just awsome!

loved the jazzy-earlyBING'

wonder if the orchestra was BINGS?

dadedadedadeda'

greatSOUND for being 32'

[jimmy5x]

Awesome scat solo. Bing surpassed Frank on this one!

[Resendiz]

hehe, hehe... hehe, you said... scat.

[bbdupon]

This is a gem. Crosby could really swing.

[dzheger]

I actually like this bubbly and playful version.

[HarborGuy]

I don't think "Sophie" would like this version much - I don't.......sorry Bingo!

[barbcard]

Quite lively for "Der Bingel," but Sophie T.'s version is much more powerful. Sorry to repeat this, but my initial comment was deleted!

[smurfswacker]

Wonderful record! I kept expecting the Rhythm boys to come in any moment.