Fancy Meeting You Here [Bonus Tracks]

About Fancy Meeting You Here [Bonus Tracks]

Fancy Meeting You Here is a 1958 RCA Victor studio album of duets by the American singers Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, arranged by Billy May who also conducted the orchestra. The album was originally issued in both mono and stereo, catalog numbers LPM/LSP 1854. The concept behind Fancy Meeting You Here was a combination of romance and travel, with songwriters Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen contributing introductory and concluding versions of "Love Won't Let You Get Away" as well as a new tune called "Fancy Meeting You Here," and Cahn writing special lyrics to standards like "How About You?" and "I Can't Get Started" that reflected the late 1950s and the personalities of the two stars. Billy May conducted, and contributed his usual bouncy and lively arrangements. All of that served as a setting for the always enjoyable interaction between Crosby and Clooney. In 1969, the album was reissued on the budget RCA Camden label under the title Rendezvous with a truncated and re-sequenced track listing and different cover artwork. more »