Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Christmas Comes Early For Bing & Bowie Fans


Christmas Comes Early For Bing & Bowie Fans

7” Vinyl Single of Bing Crosby/David Bowie Duet Of
The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth


New Release From The Bing Crosby Archive



November 9th – Collectors’ Choice Music


Having sold hundreds of millions of records in the pre MP3 era, it is only natural that Bing Crosby return for the Holidays with a brand new vinyl release, a 7” single of the Bing Crosby/David Bowie duet The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth backed with a 1953 Bing Crosby/Ella Fitzgerald duet of White Christmas. This limited-edition release will be manufactured on red vinyl as befitting the season. Suggested Retail Price: $7.98

This iconic duet comes from Bing’s final special, taped just five weeks before his death in 1977, Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas. This special can be found in the forth-coming, November 9th, Infinity Entertainment Group DVD release, BING CROSBY: THE TELEVISION SPECIALS – Volume Two: The Christmas Specials. Included in this premiere, four-hour plus, two-disc collection are Bing’s first holiday special; his first color special; Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas from 1971 and Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas. All four specials are presented in their original uncut and are all making their DVD debut. Bonus Material includes: Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank Show, a 1957 holiday episode of The Frank Sinatra Show filmed in color, and out-takes from the 1962 Bing Crosby Christmas special with Mary Martin. Approximate Running Time: 268 Minutes. Suggested Retail Price: $29.98

The Bing Crosby/David Bowie duet will also be part of the up-coming CD release BING CROSBY: THE CROSBY CHRISTMAS SESSIONS. This 19-track collection from Collectors’ Choice Music is the first new significant Crosby Christmas Collection in decades, featuring ten previously unreleased Yuletide recordings. Song highlights include rare versions of White Christmas; It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas; Jingle Bells, Here Comes Santa Claus (with Peggy Lee); Silent Night, duets with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald and of course, Crosby/Bowie’s The Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth. Suggested Retail Price: $13.98

Collectors’ Choice Music feels honored to be the distributor of releases direct from the Bing Crosby Archive. Earlier this year, Collector’s Choice reissued three Bing Crosby Classic Albums in Deluxe Editions (Seasons, Return To Paradise Islands and El Senor Bing), a previously unreleased album (On The Sentimental Side), a new compilation (Bing On Broadway), and a 2-CD Set of Crosby Rarities (So Rare: Treasures From The Crosby Archives).

Bing Crosby remains the most recorded performer in history, during his lifetime (1903 – 1977) he made over 2000 commercial recordings including White Christmas, the best selling record of all time. The Guinness Book of World Records reports worldwide sales for Crosby’s recording of the song at over 100 million copies. White Christmas has entered the American pop charts twenty separate times.

To date, Bing Crosby has sold close to one billion records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads around the world. He may be the biggest selling recording artist of all time. Only The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson can rival his sales figures. He scored 38 number one records – more than The Beatles (24) and Elvis Presley (18). His recordings reached the charts 396 times - more than Frank Sinatra (209) and Elvis Presley (149) combined.

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