Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong - Bing & Louis: Havin' Fun

This 2CD set, comprising the albums Havin' Fun and Havin' More Fun, captures Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong highlights from 1949 - 1951 editions of The Bing Crosby Show. The show ran - under changing sponsorships - throughout most of the 1950s and had a guest roster that read like a who's who of mainstream entertainers. Bing's most frequent guest was Louis Armstrong. The mutual respect and love that Satch and Bing had for each other is obvious on these recordings, the writing is inspired and Armstrong is extremely funny, often causing Crosby to crack up. Other featured guests on these sessions include singers Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Dinah Shore, trombonist Jack Teagarden and violinist Joe Venuti. Some of the most memorable highlights include Bing and Satch's collaborations on A Kiss To Build A Dream On, Gone Fishin' and Lazy Bones.