El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites explained

El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites
Type:compilation
Artist:Bing Crosby
Cover:El_Bingo_-_Latin_American_Favorites_(album_cover).jpg
Released:1947 (original 78rpm album)
1949 (10" LP DL5011)
Recorded:1939–1945
Genre:Popular
Label:Decca
Chronology:Bing Crosby
Prev Title:Our Common Heritage
Prev Year:1947
Next Title:The Small One
Next Year: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 a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-547.[2]

Disc 1 (23547):
A. "Siboney"
B. "Hasta Manana"
Disc 2 (23413):
A. "You Belong to My Heart (Solamente Una Vez)"
B. "Baia"
Dis 3: (23914) :
A. "Allá en el Rancho Grande (My Ranch)"
B. "Amor",
Disc 4 (23915) :
A. "No Te Importe Saber (Let Me Love You Tonight)" (sung in Spanish)
B. "Flores Negras (You're the Moment of a Lifetime)" (sung in Spanish)

LP release

The album was re-released as a 10" LP (DL 5011) in 1949.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Billboard. Billboard. September 13, 1947. 117.
  2. Web site: DISCOGS. discogs.com. September 12, 2015.
  3. Web site: DISCOGS. discogs.com. September 12, 2015.
  4. Web site: A Bing Crosby Discography. A Bing Crosby Discography. September 12, 2015.