New Tricks (Album)
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New Tricks was Bing Crosby's
sixth Decca
long-playing album, but his eighth original LP.
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
sixth Decca
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
long-playing album, but his eighth original LP.
Track listing
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- When I Take My Sugar to Tea
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"Between the devil and the deep blue sea" is an idiom meaning a dilemma—i.e., to choose between two undesirable situations .-Possible origins:...
- Georgia on My MindGeorgia on My Mind"Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell . It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or...
- I'm Confessin'(I'm) Confessin' (that I Love You)"I'm Confessin' that I Love You" is a jazz and popular standard that has been recorded many times....
- If I Could Be With You
- Avalon
- Chinatown My Chinatown
- You're Driving Me CrazyYou're Driving Me Crazy"You’re Driving Me Crazy" is a U.S. popular song composed by Walter Donaldson for the 1930 musical comedy Smiles. It was recorded the same year by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians and became a hit...
- On the Alamo
- Chicago
- Softly as in a Morning Sunrise.