| 101 Gang Songs | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | December 20–28, 1960 | |||
| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Length | 1:21:52 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Simon Rady | |||
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101 Gang Songs is an LP recorded in December 1960[1] by Bing Crosby for his own company, Project Records and distributed by Warner Bros. (W 2R-1401) and the RCA Victor Record Club in 1961 with lyric sheets to help the listener join in with the singing. Spread over two records, the album consists of 24 medleys of 101 old songs (hence the album's title) in a sing-along format. ("Gang" is meant in the sense of a group of friends, not a street gang or work gang.) Bing Crosby sings on most of the tracks. Those that aren't are marked with an asterisk. The chorus and orchestra accompaniment, arranged and conducted by Jack Halloran, was pre-recorded with Crosby over-dubbing his vocals.
This original double LP was released as two separate albums under the titles Join Bing in a Gang Song Sing Along in September 1961 and Join Bing and Sing Along-51 Good Time Songs in January 1962.[2]
The albums were released on CD in 2017 by Sepia Records.[3]
Selected tracks from the albums and from the earlier Join Bing and Sing Along record later were re-dubbed over a children's chorus, arranged and conducted by Jack Halloran, which was recorded on 17–19 May 1961. It was issued later to children's camps as Sing Along with Bing.[4]
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ "bingcrosby.com". bingcrosby.com. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Sepia Records". Sepia Records. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Reynolds, Fred (1986). The Crosby Collection 1926–1977. Gateshead, UK: John Joyce. p. 316.