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 Robertson (folk singer) prior to the version recorded on "Whale Chasing Men". He also worked with the Welsh-born, Australian folk-singer, Declan Affley, to whom he dedicated his song "Wee Honey Jar" (To 'Doctor' Affley from a Patient). The 12 songs recorded for "Whale Chasing Men" were only a subset of his compositions, of which a much more extensive listing is given on the official website created on behalf of Harry's widow; a number of his otherwise unreleased compositions were subsequently recorded by Evan Mathieson on two CDs, "Harry's Legacy" (2007) and "Tribute to Harry Robertson 1923-1995" (2009). Lyn Mathieson writes: This list based