Bing Crosby - An Apple For The Teacher Lyrics

Is it just me or does anyone else hear a close resemblance to Santa Claus Is Coming to town in this song? I'm not saying the melody is identical or even close to it but the structure of the song sounds much like it. SCICTT was written in 1934.

so cute

One of the most charming songs I've ever heard.

Connie Boswell was actually paralyzed from the waist down.  She was a magnificent singer that isn't really remembered as much as others today, but Ella Fitzgerald said she was her muse.  If you listen you can hear the influence of her on Ella.

This is like a mini-masterclass in Swing. Bing and Connee make it sound so easy, and do it with perfect charm and finesse.

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These lyrics are super creepy.

Why? It's not a kid talking to his schoolteacher. It's a young man talking to his girlfriend, asking her to help him learn about love. Formal schooling is a metaphor here. 🍎

some people say you can be reborn or whatever. I don't believe but if it was true this was my time period. I love 30s/40s/50s music, hair, clothes, everything. I freaking LOVE it.

Audrey Beckstrand v

Audrey Beckstrand same

Brings back memories.

Captain America something funny is that the first avenger is mainly based on ww2 and this is ww2 music and your profile is captain America

Fallout brought me here because it got me hooked onto this style of music.

Connee Boswell sang from a Wheelchair - or seated position - during her career, due to either a childhood bout with polio or a fall from the back of a coaster wagon. The general public was not aware of her condition although Boswell herself did not keep this secret. During World War II, she tried to get involved with the USO tours but was not given permission to travel overseas. The Army thought it might not be a morale-booster to have a singer who used a wheelchair perform for the troops. She was frequently active in philanthropic efforts to bring awareness and support to those affected by disabilities, including support of the March of Dimes through recordings, personal appearances and television promotional spots.

Everything the Tony Bennett duets are not.

Thanks for posting this. It's one of their duets I hadn't heard before. I got my introduction to the Boswells on their recording with Bing of "Bob White", a similar swing tune. It was a 78 r.p.m. record that my parents owned and the first time I heard it I was a Boswell fan. I was all of 7 years old at the time.

Same here Rick, a bunch of 78's and a Victrola IX when I was in grade-school. I wasn't allowed to touch the Hi-Fi or those delicate LPs... LOL

I fucking love this number. I found it in a pile of old "78's. It was a constant play on my crank gramophone (only device I own that plays "78's) then decided to look it up on here...you know, so I can actually control the volume. lol. Thanks for posting it!

Bing was billed as a 'sweet' singer, but at heart he always was a singer who loved his jazz. He made only a handful of sides with Conny, but you can really feel the fun they had recording those tunes. Those voices blended so marvelously. They even matched their vibrato.

Great post - actually recorded 22nd June 1939

The real sparkling gem.
Thank you for sharing.

@dogstoerd - yeah you got me but I was working under the basis of two acts as opposed to four singers so technically it's still ok. :)

@the1musiclad A duet between Crosby and the Boswells - impossible! It would have been a quartet...

This is a lesson in classy jazz singing from the two greatest of their era. 10,468 views is shameful.

@bearcub410 Born just in time, Cubby. You have the good fortune of choosing from the greatest variety of music ever available. Don't like Nelly? Fitty? Gaga? Leave the 21st Century and choose from the greatest songs and performers of the last century. Even 50 years ago you would not have had this music quite so available. Explore, enjoy, choose your own sound.

she is just extraordinary...the voice...the phrasing...the cool....and they are so perfect together ...I'm still smiling ...thank you !

I just heard this on the CBC while I was dozing off. I had to hear it again and ran upstairs to my computer. Thanks ten million for putting it on. These are two of my favorite singers. I will never forget the first time I heard Connie Boswell singing Boulevard of Broken Dreams. This was really great of you, I want the CD if it is still available, do you know?

Yes, I love "Between 18th. & 19th. on Chestnut Street too. Big hits in UK were "Bob White" (a Mercer masterpiece) and
"Basin Street Blues". And great radio recordings: Connee (a trained musician) had always worked out some super arrangement with John Scott Trotter and as usual Bing would drift in and add his magical ad-libs and harmonizing. A few come to mind: "Easy Street", "Let's Be Buddies" and a lovely song, "Number Ten Lullaby Lane". Ella always named Connee as her inspiration.

The title is 'Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street', and it is a 'rib joint', not a 'rip joint', and it is available on Youtube. Listen also to Connee on 'In the middle of a kiss', also available on Youtube. Enjoy.

This is the only collaboration between Bing and Connie that I can find on YT. Anyone know of any other recordings that these two made together?

2 of the best voices ever. i can't help wondering what a duet between crosby and the boswell sisters would've been like.

I love this song. I learned to play it on the piano, so I could play it for my Nana, but she passed away before I got the chance to do that, so I played it at her funeral. Being an upbeat song, it was a welcome measure of sorts in what was an otherwise sad occasion. I believe Nana was there that day listening too :)

This is one of my favorite duet songs. Bing Crosby's famous voice and Connee Boswell's lovely passion.

Bravo!!!!
Thanks for posting.

Two beautiful people, two beautiful voices!