Too Marvellous for Words: The Top Fifty of His Many Greatest Hits [2002] (2002)

About this title: The two-disc, 50-track collection Too Marvellous for Words boasts virtually all of Der Bingle's massive hits of the 1930s and '40s, beginning in 1931 (his first chart-topper, "Out of Nowhere") and ending in 1948 (his last, "Now Is the Hour"). And though producer Geoff Milne ignores the usual standby for compilation track listings (straight chronological order), his grouping of songs by themes works very well; late on the first disc comes a series of Crosby's later out-West gems, that period when he swung lightly and seemingly without a care ("San Fernando Valley," "I'm an Old Cowhand," ... read more

Tracks:

1. I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams [Monaco/Burke]
2. Pennies from Heaven [Burke/Johnston]
3. Remember Me? [Dubin/Warren]
4. June in January [Rainger/Robin]
5. Red Sails in the Sunset [Kennedy/Williams]
6. Too Marvelous for Words [Mercer/Whiting]
7. The Moon Got in My Eyes [Burke/Johnston]
8. You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me [Dubin/Warren]
9. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? [Gorney/Harburg]
10. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) [Hanighen/Mercer]
11. Only Forever [Monaco/Burke]
12. Please [Rainger/Robin]
13. San Fernando Valley [Jenkins]
14. I Can't Begin to Tell You [Gordon/Monaco]
15. Shadow Waltz [Dubin/Warren]
16. Little Dutch Mill [Barris/Freed]
17. Alexander's Ragtime Band [Berlin]
18. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) [Mercer]
19. The Last Round-Up [Hill]
20. I Wished on the Moon [Parker/Rainger]
21. Goodnight, Lovely Little Lady [Gordon/Revel]
22. Swinging on a Star [VanHeusen/Burke]
23. Don't Fence Me In [Fletcher/Porter]
24. I'll Be Seeing You [Fain/Kahal]
25. Thanks [Coslow/Johnston]
26. White Christmas [Berlin]
27. Moonlight Becomes You [Burke/VanHeusen]
28. I Love You [Porter]
29. Sunday, Monday or Always [Burke/VanHeusen]
30. Love in Bloom [Rainger/Robin]
31. Soon [Rodgers/Hart]
32. At Your Command [Barris/Crosby/Tobia]
33. Dinah [Akst/Lewis/Young]
34. It's Easy to Remember [Rodgers/Hart]
35. Trade Winds [Friend/Tobias]
36. It's Been a Long, Long Time [Styne/Cahn]
37. Never in a Million Years [Gordon/Revel]
38. (There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go ...) [Bushkin/DeVries]
39. Sweet Georgia Brown [Bernie/Casey/Pinkar]
40. Out of Nowhere [Green/Heyman]
41. Just One More Chance [Johnston/Coslow]
42. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby [Mercer/Warren]
43. Pistol Packin' Mama [Dexter]
44. Dolores [Alter/Loesser]
45. Amor [Mendez/Ruiz/Skylar]
46. What's New? [Burke/Haggart]
47. Sweet Leilani [Owens]
48. Sierra Sue [Carey/Shapiro]
49. Be Careful, It's My Heart [Berlin]
50. Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) [Kaihau/Scott/Stewar]

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