Bing at the Paramount, 1931 Bing did not have a theme song when he exploded into the nation's consciousness over network radio in Sept. 1931. That void was filled by the end of the year. Bing chose The Blue of the Night. Roy Turk and Fred Ahlert wrote the music, Bing wrote the lyrics. He first recorded the song on Nov. 23. The version included in most anthologies, however, was recorded on July 17, 1945. Bing himself does the whistling in both recordings.
Photo: Billboard outside the Paramount Theatre in New York, Nov. 1931.

Download an excerpt of Bing's theme. (Real Audio format, 67K, 1945)


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