Bing Sings "Learn to Croon"

[@larrydonguy]

In this clip you can clearly see and hear how Crosby, with his mellow baritone drawl, influenced not only later crooners such as Dean Martin but also rock n' roller Elvis Presley.

[@thomassmith9348]

God, no one could sing like Bing. What an amazing, gorgeous voice.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

I have always admired the young Bing Crosby and his 30's movies and recordings. That golden baritone voice was at its best in those days. He was at the top of his game then. Thanks for the upload.

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

I think he''s best in 40s and early 50s but I admire his 30s singing as well

[@croonyerzoonyer]

@@muzafferelbeyli2756 absolutely no way. He even said in his book written in the early 50’s he didn’t sing anywhere near as good as he did in the early to mid 30’s.

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

@@croonyerzoonyer it's a subjective issue. But I guess that may be due to the records in 40s and 50s being of better quality. Another explanation is that now he had more competitors in 40s and 50s with whom he'll be compared with, not like in 30s and early 40s he is nearly the absolute king.

[@scottcarroll9201]

Bing’s vibrato was absolute perfection.

[@HarborGuy]

Boy has music and youth ever changed..............A real fan of der "Bingo" ..

[@roccovitiello7031]

Some of the sweetest sounds came from his voice

[@croonyerzoonyer]

Bing at his absolute peak!

[@singvoicestudioberlin]

Bing Crosby sings, while lowering the larynx, that makes that deep sound ;-) And he also sings with a hero expression and also tenderness, and the vibrato is important ;-) Lovely this video of young Bing and the lovely Ladys.

[@terryduque8186]

I love this song and video. Learn to croon, if I only could sing. Bing was a superstar in his time and will live forever.

[@MrHumbles]

This unfindable film is finally out on DVD at amazon! I saw this film once in the 80's on a slow TV night. So incredibly well-done daffy i wrote the numbers down. Thanks for posting! Recommend the movie 'isn't it Romantic' with Chevalier from the same year (1933) as well, for this over-the-top writing.

[@geoffosborne4720]

Wonderful to hear Bing sing as always, what a voice! Its a pity the only time we hear him on T.V. or radio these days is in December time singing 'White Christmas'

[@purkasz]

Went to visit Bela Lugosi's grave in LA some years ago and noticed how beautifully it was kept and with a single fresh yellow rose placed upon it. I was very moved as I told Bela about my new teeth which were bleeding and how I found his grave by accident after my dental appointment and then getting lost on the 405. Then I looked to my right and saw a very poorly kept grave with weeds and an askew gravestone. I looked close to see who was the abandoned soul. It was Bing Crosby. Go figure.

[@shari628]

That's so sad to hear he was such an amazing and talented person.

[@markwhitmoyer6623]

Ashamed to hear of it.

[@eustace8520]

That's really disappointing to hear. I would like to go pay some respect while I still live here in Los Angeles. But I don't think it's a good idea with all this corona stuff going on.

[@Just_Sara]

I work at a nursing home, and just the other day I met a new resident who told me she met Bing Crosby. Of course, I was intrigued, and asked her to explain. Well she'd been at a party talking to a young man when he asked where she was from: Everett, Washington. He says, my dad's from Washington! They talk a while, and he goes over to get his dad. It's Bing. He says, why on earth would ANYONE want to admit they're from Washington State? and she replies, because I'm from WESTERN Washington! (Only Washingtonians, and maybe some Idahoans, get this joke.) I apologize, I'm a little tipsy.

[@davidhetherington6233]

What a voice!!

[@NotHarpoGroucho]

_Just an Echo in the Valley_, then _Learn to Croon_, then _Please_, then _I Surrender Dear_, then _Just One More Chance_

[@theoutspokenhumanist]

Sublime. He had such range and never seemed to strain. So smooth and and yet with the clean sounds and pure enunciation which later crooners struggled to imitate.

[@harlowsplace]

It maybe no coincidence that Bing may have filmed singing this song in 1933❤Please🎥 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXW3pYBjdphjd8Usi=UKBrjYGIMhWu5J0u

[@fasbc]

THIS RIGHT HERE SHOWS WHY BING WAS HE GREATEST CROONER OF THEM ALL. FRANKIE CAME ALONG AND SUPPLANTED BING IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND, BUT BING WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR SINATRA.

[@roccovitiello7031]

Great old song by the great croner

[@nicoley133]

College Humor is on DVD in region 1 -- so it looks nice. :)

[@purkasz]

Crooning and swooning with Der Bingle

[@larrydonguy]

Mary Carlisle, looking dreamily at Bing at the end of this clip, is alive as of the time of this note (October 3, 2015). She was born in Feb. of 1914.

[@gavinburnes6344]

Don R she’s still alive she’s 103

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

She's gone for nearly two years now,in august 1 2018....~Written in corona times.

[@CaitlinBrooksMusic]

4:00 I like that key signature better than the one Alfalfa dang in Our Gang Follies. That episode of Our Gang was modeled after this movie.

[@songanddanceman100]

Incomparable!  And that Mary Carlisle was a babe and a half...and still living to this day says IMDB!

[@timcarr6401]

She passed away in August of 2018 at age 104.

[@BlommaBaumbart]

I'm surprised they were allowed to say 'sexy' on film in 1933.

[@waldcast]

Pre production code

[@MrPistolpete95]

i love his voice its soo great

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Alfalfa sang this in Our Gang Follies of 1938.

[@larryaldrich4351]

They didn't have movie soundtrack albums then so the same tunes were released as studio recordings.

[@lizdoyle7158]

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[@pudnbug]

College professors always have to be careful that they don't get the co-eds too excited. If you're Bing, you really have to be careful! Elvis's impact was nothing compared to Bing's. I call him the 'human trombone'.

[@gavinburnes6344]

Gosh he’s young here

[@borninthewrongtime6449]

The girl he is singing to, looks so much like his first wife Dixie Lee!! I looked but she isn't written in the credits.

[@scottcarroll9201]

3:15 Damn, someone lied to that girl about her eyebrows.

[@Someone-else-Probably]

"Get YourSelf A Little Flash GAh hAh hah"

[@PowerfulNoise]

i really dont know how i got here. i smoked a fat joint and was watching a video about mr tiny tim...

[@catlover34fl]

Melodious music and beautiful women in the early 1930s.

[@thelolminecrafter7830]

Crosby was cool before it was cool to be cool and hip before it was hip to be hip.

[@marinagarciasolorzano1724]

I have forgot this Bing Crosby´s film; I did not the name of this movie until today (a paramount picture: College humor) . In Guatemala, (my country,where I live) this type of films were played in the 60´s, to fill the rest of the debut and accompany the premiere of the moment! ¿¿WHERE DID YOU FOUND THIS MOVIE? I WOULD LIKE TO WATCHED IT AGAIN!

[@LuvvStarr]

so romantically sweet...

[@CaitlinBrooksMusic]

College Humor 1933

[@seattlered3018]

People knew how romance each other then 😍

[@michaelcondry1493]

He looks so different here! Wow

[@larryeagleson3182]

His ears are glued back.

[@RobertStambaugh-l5r]

Bing Crosby was voted the best male entertainer of the 20th century . Connie Francis was voted the best female entertainer of the 20th century . I love it ! I think both Bing and Connie richly deserve the award . Bing recorded the song ' My Melancholy Baby on 12 - 12 - 1938 , the same day that Connie was born . Connie recorded the same song in the late 1950s .

[@lennon1252]

I think Al Jolson, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley would have something to say about that 'greatest entertainer' 😉

[@RobertStambaugh-l5r]

@@lennon1252 I am glad Connie got the award !

[@MrTrackman100]

Boy, times have changed, musically and entertainment-wise------and NOT for the best!

[@songanddanceman100]

Bing's great. Gotta love the fat girl and the three plain janes who get to sing.

[@lennon1252]

He was singing this live in the movie. But I like Alfalfas lyric better. Bing sings, "Just murmur de da dee da dee, and when you do" it doesn't rhyme. Alfalfa sang, "Just whisper, boo, boo, boo boo boo, and when you do" Much better!

[@robertchesnosky3508]

PEOPLE LIKE HIM ONLY APPEAR EVERY 500 YEARS.

[@OmayraPacheco-m7n]

What? No bobcats? Just my father in class with Der Bingle...😮

[@hollyjollydog]

Good lord they have his ears gummed back! and then there not...

[@williamunsworth933]

Think this is from college humour

[@bbcisrubbish]

He was very, very good at real singing though.

[@Sarasdad91]

The Little Rascals Follies of 1938, Alfalfa sang Learn to Croon. Off key, difficulty hitting the high notes, and out of breath, he still made it work...But compared to Crosby, Carl was horrible.

[@jacobwhite4803]

Sturgill Simpson and Merle Haggard brought me here

[@TuberOnTheLoose]

Bing never was very good at fake piano playing.

[@essexpeter6116]

Or dancing but hey!