Road to Bali (album)
| Road to Bali (album) | ||||
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| Studio album by Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee | ||||
| Released | 1952 | |||
| Recorded | 1952 | |||
| Genre | Popular | |||
| Length | 16:52 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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Road to Bali is a Decca Records studio album by Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Peggy Lee of songs featured in the film Road to Bali released in 1952. All of the songs were written by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyrics). The songs were featured on a 10” vinyl LP numbered DL 5444 and in a 3-disc 45rpm box set numbered 9-375.
Dorothy Lamour starred in the actual film with Bing and Bob but for the Decca recordings her place was taken by Peggy Lee.
Recording dates follow track titles.
All lyrics written by Johnny Burke; all music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen.
All of the songs were subsequently included in a 12” Decca LP numbered DL4263 issued in 1962 and subtitled “Zing a Little Zong” as part of the Bing’s Hollywood series.
The orchestra personnel for the June 23 recordings were: Red Nichols (cornet); Frank Zinzer (trumpet); Ted Vesley, Elmer Smithers (trombones); Mahlon Clark (clarinet); Dent Eckles (tenor saxophone); Harry Steinfeld (oboe); Buddy Cole (piano); Perry Botkin (guitar); Larry Breen (string bass); Nick Fatool (drums).
Crosby biographer Malcolm Macfarlane discussed the songs in his sleeve note for the Sepia Records CD "Bing Crosby - Through the Years - vol. 4.
TRACK 7 – To See You Is to Love You A lovely ballad from Road to Bali with a tasteful string accompaniment. It suits Bing to a tee and he delivers a fine interpretation. In the film, he sings it to Dorothy Lamour and the soundtrack recording was later used in the James Stewart-Grace Kelly movie Rear Window. Dean Martin also sang the song on radio but surprisingly I cannot trace any other recordings of it.
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