''El Señor Bing'' is a long-playing vinyl album recorded in June 1960 by
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...
for his own company, Project Records. It was released by
MGM Records
MGM Records was a record label founded by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films. It transitioned into a pop music label that continued into the ...
(E-3890P) in October, 1961. The album consists of ten tracks each consisting of two songs set to a Latin American rhythm.
Billy May
Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad'' (1968), ''Batman'' (with '' Batgirl'' them ...
& his Orchestra provided the musical accompaniment. The album was later issued under the title "Bing Goes Latin" MGM Records – 2354 028.
The entire album was re-released in 2010 in CD form by
Collectors' Choice Music
Collectors' Choice Music (CCM) is an Itasca, Illinois, company originally primarily in two businesses, but since 2010 only in the second.
CCM was best known for reissuing albums originally recorded in LP record form as compact discs. , its catalog ...
(CCM2108), with additional tracks. All the original tracks from the album were included in both stereo and mono mixes.
Reception
Billboard (magazine)
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reviewed the album saying “Crosby is in good voice on this package of swingy standards, arranged and cut by Billy May and recorded by Crosby’s Project Records, Inc., for release on the MGM label. The album features Latin treatments of 20 great oldies — each fine deejay programming — including “In the Still of the Night,” “Marta,” “Again,” “Ramona” and “Cuban Love Song”."
Frank Murphy, writing in the fan club magazine, Crosby Post, said: "And finally we come to EL SENOR BING, that long awaited LP from MGM which has at last made its appearance. This is one of Bing’s very rare solo LPs these days. Bing likes to hide himself away in choruses and with other artistes just now, and whoever persuaded him to make this solo album is deserving of deepest gratitude and thanks. Here is Bing we love to hear, all by himself, and with a batch of great standards."
Track listing
Personnel as listed on Collectors' Choice Music CD
Joe Howard,
Dick Nash
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He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and began playing brass instruments at ten. He became more interested in this a ...
, Lloyd Ulyate (trombones);
Johnny Best
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Background
Best played piano as a child and learned trumpet from age 13. He worked in the 1930s with Les Brown, Charli ...
Ted Nash (alto saxophone); Justin Gordon, Julius Jacobs (tenor saxophone); Justin Gordon (soprano saxophone); Julius Jacobs (oboe, English horn); Ralph Penna (bass);
Alvin Stoller
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(drums);
Al Hendrickson
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Biography
When he was five years old, Hendrickson's family moved to California, where he grew up. He played early in his career w ...
Jud Conlon
Judd "Jud" Conlon (born Justin Nobert Conlon; June 16, 1910 – July 28, 1966) was an American vocal arranger and conductor.
Early life
Conlon was born in 1910 in Cuba City, Wisconsin. He relocated to Dubuque, Iowa, where he attended Columbia Acad ...
Rhythmaires (
Loulie Jean Norman
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