That's What Life Is All About

1975 single by Bing Crosby

"That's What Life Is All About"

1975 United Artists 45 single released in the UK, UP 35852A.

Single by Bing Crosby

from the album That's What Life Is All About

Released

August 29, 1975

Recorded

February 19, 1975

Studio

Chappell & Co.

Genre

Vocal
Jazz

Length

3:28

Label

United Artists (UAG-29730)

Songwriter(s)

Les Reed
Peter Dacre
Ken Barnes
Bing Crosby

Producer(s)

Ken Barnes

Bing Crosby singles chronology

"I Love To Dance Like They Used To Dance"
(1975)

"That's What Life Is All About"
(1975)

"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"
(1982)

"That's What Life Is All About" is a 1975 song recorded by Bing Crosby. It was originally written by Peter Dacre (lyrics) and Les Reed (music). Later, Crosby re-wrote the lyrics with Ken Barnes.^[1]

Background

Crosby recorded the song on February 19, 1975 at Chappells in London with the Pete Moore Orchestra.^[2] The session was produced by Ken Barnes. It was included on the album That's What Life Is All About.

Charts

The song was released as a single by United Artists, and the recording peaked at no. 35 in the U.S. on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, also reaching no. 41 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3] It only reached #99 on the Australian Singles Chart, staying on the chart just one week.

Performances

Crosby used the song in his various concerts in 1976, including at the London Palladium (June 21–July 4, 1976),^[4] as well as promoting the song on television shows such as Parkinson, The Vera Lynn Show, Stars on Sunday and Top of the Pops.^[5] The version sung at the Palladium was captured on the album Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium.

References

^ Barnes, Ken (1980). The Crosby Years. London: Elm Tree Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-241-10177-8.
^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
^ Song artist 1 - Bing Crosby. tsort.info.
^ Macfarlane, Malcolm. "Bing Crosby - Day by Day". BING magazine. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
^ Pairpoint, Lionel. "The Chronological Bing Crosby on Television". BING magazine. Retrieved April 1, 2017.

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

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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