Beautiful Memories (1999)

About this title: By 1974, 71-year-old Bing Crosby was virtually retired from record-making, having last cut a full-length album, the Bing 'N' Basie LP, in 1972. But he was lured out of this retirement by British record producer Ken Barnes, and agreed to record two albums' worth of material for the U.K. branch of United Artists Records. The result was a prolific spate of recording sessions (for UA and others) over the next couple of years. UA eventually issued a total of five LPs from sessions recorded between 1974 and 1976: That's What Life Is All About, A Couple Of Song And Dance Men (a duet album with Fred ... read more

Tracks:

1. That's What Life Is All About [Barnes/Crosby/Dacre]
2. We've Only Just Begun [Nichols/Williams]
3. The Best Things in Life Are Free [DeSylva/Brown/Hende]
4. Great Day [Eliscu/Rose/Youmans]
5. Children [Shaper/Ornadel]
6. The More I See You [Gordon/Warren]
7. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
8. No Time at All [Schwartz]
9. A Little Love and Understanding [Amade/Becaud/Stellm]
10. The Good Old Times [Barnes/Moore]
11. Cabaret [Ebb/Kander]
12. Send in the Clowns [Sondheim]
13. Change Partners [Berlin]
14. Looking at You [Porter]
15. Yours Sincerely [Hart/Rodgers]
16. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? [Harburg/Lane]
17. The Woman on Your Arm [Edelman]
18. Bon Vivant [Dolan/Mercer]
19. When a Child Is Born [Zacar]
20. Thet's What Life Is All About (Reprise) [Crosby/Dacre/Reed]
21. The Pleasure of Your Company [Mercer/Previn]
22. Good Companions/And Points Beyond [Mercer/Previn]
23. The Pleasure of Your Company [Mercer/Previn]
24. Introduction to "The Way We Were" [The Pleasure of Your Company]
25. The Way We Were [Hamlisch/Bergman/Be]
26. Cuando Caliente el Sol [The Pleasure of Your Company] [Rigual/Rigual/Marti]
27. Sing [Raposo]
28. You've Got a Friend [King]
29. My Cup Runneth Over [Jones/Schmidt]
30. A Song for You [Russell]
31. Top Billing [Barnes/Moore]
32. Roxie [Ebb/Kander]
33. Pick Yourself Up [Kern/Fields]
34. Sing [Raposo]
35. Mr. Keyboard Man [Joplin/Barnes/Moore]
36. How Lucky Can You Get [Ebb/Kander]
37. Spring, Spring, Spring [Mercer/DePaul]
38. I've a Shooting Box in Scotland [Porter/Riggs]
39. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening [Mercer/Carmichael]
40. A Couple of Song and Dance Men [Berlin]
41. Top Billing (Reprise) [Barnes/Moore]
42. No Time at All [Schwartz]
43. Session Sound Bites
44. Paris Holiday [Cahn/VanHeusen]
45. Nothing in Common [Cahn/VanHeusen]
46. Come Share the Wine [Black/Jurgens]
47. I Love to Dance Like They Used to Dance [Bergman/Bergman/Gol]
48. Beautiful Memories [Cook/Flowers]
49. Hello, Dolly! [Herman]
50. My Heart Stood Still [Rodgers/Hart]
51. My Resistance Is Low [Carmichael/Adamson]
52. With a Song in My Heart [Hart/Rodgers]
53. Breezin' Along With the Breeze [Gillespie/Simons/Wh]
54. Razzle Dazzle [Ebb/Kander]
55. Have a Nice Day [Axton]
56. Heat Wave [Berlin]
57. Something to Remember You By [Dietz/Schwartz]
58. I'll Never Fall in Love Again [Bacharach/David]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.