"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" is a 1932 song composed by Victor Young

Victor Young

Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...

, with lyrics written by Ned Washington

Ned Washington

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 and Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....

, recorded on October 14, 1932 by Bing Crosby in New York. Bing Crosby was accompanied by the ARC Brunswick Studio Orchestra with Lennie Hayton

Lennie Hayton

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 on piano. Two master versions were recorded: B12474-A at 3:12 and B12474-B at 3:18. The recording was released as a 78 single as Brunswick 6454, b/w "Just an Echo in the Valley", and Columbia DB-2030, b/w "Cabin in the Cotton", and as a 45, Columbia 39524, b/w "Temptation". The Brunswick recording charted on January 21, 1933, reaching no. 5 on the US pop singles charts.

Notable recordings

• Bing Crosby
  Bing Crosby
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• June Christy
  June Christy
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• Gene Austin
  Gene Austin
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• Maurice Chevalier
  Maurice Chevalier
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• Jackie Wilson
  Jackie Wilson
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   with Billy Ward and His Dominoes
• Tony Martin
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Frankie Trumbauer
• Will Bradley, V-Disc 539A
• Slim Gaillard
• Dave Brubeck
• Cozy Cole
• Dexter Gordon
• Lester Young
• Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers
• The Satisfiers
• The Metro-liners
• Artie Shaw
  Artie Shaw
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   and his Orchestra
• Vaughn Monroe
• Arnie Corrado
• Helen Forrest with Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, and Oscar Moore, 1940
• Bea Wain
  Bea Wain
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   (1939)
• Lee Wiley
  Lee Wiley
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   (1951)
• Ella Fitzgerald
  Ella Fitzgerald
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   - Digital III at Montreux
  Digital III at Montreux
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  (1979), Easy Living (1986)
• Frank Sinatra
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   - The Voice of Frank Sinatra
  The Voice of Frank Sinatra
  The Voice of Frank Sinatra is the first studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1946.It was released on Columbia Records, Set C-112, March 4, 1946. It was first issued as a set of four 78 rpm records totaling eight songs, and went to #1 on the fledgling Billboard chart. It stayed...
  
  (1947), No One Cares
  No One Cares
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  (1959)
• Diana Krall
  Diana Krall
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   (Love Scenes) (1997)
• Linda Ronstadt
  Linda Ronstadt
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   with Nelson Riddle
  Nelson Riddle
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  , on the album "What's New
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  " (1983).
• Frank La Motta and His Orchestra, 1933
• Billie Holiday
• Mel Torme
• Lennie Tristano
  Lennie Tristano
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• Stan Getz
• Duke Ellington
• Dorsey Brothers
• Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra
• Teddy Wilson
• Wynonie Harris, 1947
• Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy
• Tommy Dorsey
• Etta James
• Sarah Vaughan
• Cab Calloway
• Errol Garner
• Joan Brooks
• Bobby Hackett
• Herb Lance
• Dandy Dan
• Joni James
• Mildred Bailey
• Illinois Jacquet
• Thelonious Monk
• George Shearing
• Clifford Brown
• The Solitaires
• Wendell Pierce
  Treme (TV series)
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