Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around was Bing Crosby's fourth album for Decca and his fifth LP, recorded and originally released in 1956 on vinyl as Decca DL 8352. This was a concept album of sorts, as Bing covered some of his musical rivals' big hits, such as Al Jolson's "April Showers" and Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa". The jazz historian Will Friedwald wrote that the album "was essentially Crosby's way of acknowledging that he wasn't the only male singer to create hits and standards". Crosby
Harry Brandelius Harry Brandelius Harry "Torbjörn" Brandelius (14 June 1910 - 5 September 1994) was a Swedish singer of schlager music. He made his debut as a gramophone singer in 1932 with "Midt i natten" ("Miss i nassen") accompanied by Folke Andersson's orchestra (HMV X 4026), and was one of the most popular of his generation. Many of his songs had sailor's themes. Brandelius achieved his breakthrough with the song "Han hade seglat för om masten" ("He had sailed fore of the mast"), written by Martin Nilsson, in 1938. Later on he also succeeded well with "Nordsjön" ("The North Sea"), "Med en