Havin' Fun [2 CD] (2007)

About this title: Bing Crosby hosted a radio program beginning in 1949 that ran throughout most of the following decade. It featured a number of different musicians, with his good friend Louis Armstrong as a frequent guest. This two-CD set, previously issued on individual discs by Jazz Unlimited as Havin' Fun and Havin' More Fun, was repackaged by Storyville, adding detailed liner notes by Chris Albertson. The banter between the two men varies between ad-libbed and scripted, though it is clear they enjoy one another's company on-stage. Because these performances are excerpted from a number of different ... read more

Tracks:

1. Theme (Where the Blue of the Night) [Turk/Ahlert]
2. Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy [Stone/Stapp]
3. I'm Coming Virginia [Cook/Heywood]
4. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
5. Royal Garden Blues [Williams/Williams]
6. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home [Williams]
7. Blueberry Hill [Lewis/Rose]
8. Lazy Bones [Mercer/Carmichael]
9. Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald Talking
10. Undecided [Robin/Shavers]
11. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
12. I Get Ideas [Cochran]
13. Memphis Blues [Handy]
14. Chesterfield Jingle
15. A Kiss to Build a Dream On [Kalmar/Ruby/Hammers]
16. Theme: Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
17. On the Sunny Side of the Street [McHugh/Fields]
18. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
19. Gone Fishin' [Kenny/Kenny]
20. Up a Lazy River [Carmichael]
21. Lazy Bones [Mercer/Carmichael]
22. Rockin' Chair [Carmichael]
23. Theme (Where the Blue of the Night)/Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Tal [Turk/Ahlert]
24. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans [Creamer/Layton]
25. Bing Crosby, Ken Carpenter, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden Talking
26. A Song Was Born [Marion/Rainger]
27. Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden Talking
28. Gone Fishin' [Kenny/Kenny]
29. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
30. La Vie en Rose [David/Louiguy]
31. Lazy Bones [Mercer/Carmichael]
32. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home [Williams]
33. My Honey's Lovin' Arms [Meyer/Ruby]
34. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
35. You're Just in Love [Berlin]
36. Up a Lazy River [Carmichael]
37. Bing Crosby, Ken Carpenter, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden and Joe Ver
38. Panama [Tyers]
39. Nice Work If You Can Get It [Gershwin/Gershwin]
40. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
41. Blueberry Hill [Lewis/Rose]
42. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong Talking
43. Rockin' Chair [Carmichael]
44. Rockin' Chair (Finale, Theme) [Carmichael]

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