I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" is a 1932 song recorded by Bing Crosby with Orchestral Accompaniment. The music was composed by Victor Young, with lyrics written by Ned Washington and Bing Crosby. The song is a jazz and pop standard recorded by many different artists.[1][2]
The song was recorded on October 14, 1932 by Bing Crosby in New York with Orchestral Accompaniment.[3] Bing Crosby was accompanied by the ARC Brunswick Studio Orchestra led by Lennie Hayton, who also played the piano. Two master versions were recorded: B12474-A at 3:12 and B12474-B at 3:18. The recording was released as a 78 single as Brunswick 6454, b/w "Just an Echo in the Valley", and Columbia DB-2030, b/w "Cabin in the Cotton", and as a 45, Columbia 39524, b/w "Temptation". The Brunswick recording charted on January 21, 1933, reaching no. 5 on the US chart.[4]
Crosby performed the song in the 1933 film short Please directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom[5] and he re-recorded the song in 1954 for his album Bing: A Musical Autobiography.
Notable recordings
- Gene Austin
- Mildred Bailey
- Will Bradley, V-Disc 539A
- Clifford Brown - Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954)
- Dave Brubeck
- Cab Calloway
- Maurice Chevalier - performed in the film Folies Bergère de Paris (1935).
- June Christy - Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions (2001)
- Cozy Cole
- Bing Crosby
- The Dorsey Brothers
- Tommy Dorsey
- Duke Ellington
- Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra
- Ella Fitzgerald - Digital III at Montreux (1979), Easy Living (1986)
- Helen Forrest with Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, and Oscar Moore, 1940
- Slim Gaillard
- Erroll Garner - The Complete Savoy Sessions Vol 2 (1986)
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Stan Getz
- Dexter Gordon
- Bobby Hackett
- Wynonie Harris, 1947
- Billie Holiday
- The Hot Sardines
- Illinois Jacquet
- Etta James
- Joni James
- Bill Kenny
- Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy
- Diana Krall - Love Scenes (1997)
- Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
- Tony Martin
- Carmen McRae - Torchy!/Blue Moon (1999)
- Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself (1957)
- Vaughn Monroe
- Wes Montgomery - Movin' Along (1960)
- The New Orleans Jazz Vipers
- Houston Person
- Wendell Pierce
- Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle, on the album What's New (1983).
- Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
- George Shearing
- Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946), No One Cares (1959)
- The Solitaires
- Mel Tormé
- Lennie Tristano - RCA Victor - 80th Anniversary: 1940-1949
- Frankie Trumbauer
- Sarah Vaughan
- Bea Wain (1939)
- Lee Wiley - Night in Manhattan ( 1950), Music of Manhattan, 1951 (1998)
- Jackie Wilson with Billy Ward and his Dominoes
- Teddy Wilson
- Lester Young
See also
References
- "Second Hand Songs: I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- "(I Don't Stand A) Ghost of a Chance (With You) (1932) : Jazz Standards". Jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- "Song artist 1 - Bing Crosby". Tsort.info. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- "Please (1933)". IMDb.com. 15 December 1933. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
Sources
- Grudens, Richard (2002). Bing Crosby – Crooner of the Century. Celebrity Profiles Publishing Co.. ISBN 1-57579-248-6.
- Macfarlane, Malcolm. Bing Crosby – Day By Day. Scarecrow Press, 2001.
- Osterholm, J. Roger. Bing Crosby: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1994.
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