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 Nelson (singer) Harry Nelson (singer) Harry Nelson made a few recordings right at the end of his career, which included “Hi, canny man” and “Our Jemmie” (or “Oh, hey ye seen wor Jimmie”), both of which songs are still popular in Tyneside folk clubs Both these songs survived and are available on the CD “Various Artists - Wor Nanny's A Mazer: Early Recordings Of Artists From The North East 1904-1933” (on Phonograph, PHCD2K1) The full list of tracks on this CD are as follows :- Harry Nelson made his 3 records (6 sides) just before the outbreak of the Great War only