I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You

Bing Crosby song composed by Victor Young, and lyrics by Crosby and Ned Washington

"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You"

The original 1932 recording featuring Bing Crosby with Orchestral Accompaniment

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1932 78 release on Brunswick Records as 6454.

1932 sheet music cover, Lawrence Music, New York.

"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.

See also

List of 1930s jazz standards

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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Bing Crosby singles

Discography

1920s

"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman)
"Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers)
"Louise"

1930s

"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington)
"I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim)
"Just a Gigolo"
"At Your Command"
"Stardust"
"Goodnight, Sweetheart"
"Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song)
"Waltzing in a Dream"
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You"
"Temptation"
"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?"
"June in January"
"Love Is Just Around the Corner"
"I Wished on the Moon"
"It Ain't Necessarily So"
"I Can't Escape from You"
"Pennies from Heaven"
"Silent Night"
"Adeste Fideles"
"Sweet Leilani"
"Blue Hawaii"
"Never in a Million Years"
"Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon"
"My Reverie"
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
"God Bless America"
"Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)

1940s

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
"Only Forever"
"It's Always You"
"New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby)
"Dolores"
"Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman)
"Easter Parade"
"White Christmas"
"Moonlight Becomes You"
"Sunday, Monday, or Always"
"People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin)
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin)
"Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters)
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
"Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Poinciana"
"I Love You"
"I'll Be Seeing You"
"Swinging on a Star"
"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)"
"Amor"
"Long Ago (and Far Away)"
"Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters)
"You Belong to My Heart"
"Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters)
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
"If I Loved You"
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio)
"I Can't Begin to Tell You"
"The Bells of St. Mary's"
"McNamara's Band"
"Sioux City Sue"
"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Night and Day"
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Galway Bay
"Ballerina"
"Now Is the Hour"
"But Beautiful"
"Far Away Places"
"Careless Hands"
"Riders in the Sky"
"Some Enchanted Evening"
"Dear Hearts and Gentle People"
"Mule Train"

1950s

"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"
"Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby)
"Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby)
"La Vie en rose"
"All My Love"
"Beyond the Reef"
"Harbor Lights"
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
"A Marshmallow World"
"Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters)
"Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong)
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman)
"The Isle of Innisfree"
"Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman)
"Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards)
"Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby)
"Young at Heart"
"Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep"
"Stranger in Paradise"
"In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio)
"True Love" (with Grace Kelly)
"Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong)
"Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)

1970s

"That's What Life Is All About"

1980s

"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)

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