(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance

~ Song

Annotation

originally recorded as "Ghost of a Chance" by Bing Crosby on October 14, 1932, the expanded title is "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" with several other variations (see song title aliases).

Annotation last modified on 2012-05-29 07:18 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Bing Crosby
Ned Washington
composer:Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:Chappell & Co.
EMI Harmonies Ltd.
Mills Music Limited
Mills Music, Inc.
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Frank-sinatra-i-dont-stand-a-ghost-of-a-chance-with-you-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/38517 [info]
Wikidata:Q5976963 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1932-10-14(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a ChanceBing Crosby3:12
1932-10-14A Ghost of a ChanceBing Crosby3:11
1932-10-14A Ghost of a Chance -BBing Crosby3:18
1932-10-14I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With YouBing Crosby3:18
1938-10-28I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouBoots and His Buddies2:58
1938-11-04(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a ChanceBobby Hackett and His Orchestra2:55
1939-06-27A Ghost of a ChanceMildred Bailey3:12
1939-11-15I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouAndy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy3:03
1939 – 1940A Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalTeddy Wilson3:00
1940-03I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a ChanceFrankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra3:21
1940-06-27(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (with You) (1940-06-27, mx. WC-3163-B: Alternative take)Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:53
1940-06-27(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (with You) (1940-06-27, mx. WC-3163-A: Master take)instrumentalCab Calloway and His Orchestra3:02
1940-06-27I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (unverified source)instrumentalCab Calloway and His Orchestra2:56
1940-07-17I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalLionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:57
1940-07-17I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalLionel Hampton2:55
1940-07-17I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouLionel Hampton2:53
1942-12-12Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalGeorge Shearing3:11
1943-11-17A Ghost of a ChanceStuff Smith Trio2:56
1943-11-17A Ghost of a Chance (take 1) / A Ghost of a Chance (take 2)Stuff Smith Trio1:49
1944-05-01Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalLester Young Quintet3:21
1944-05-01Ghost of a ChanceLester Young Quintet3:28
1944-05-01I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance (take 1)Lester Young3:29
1944-05-01I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalLester Young3:30
1944-11-14I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalSlam Stewart & Cozy Cole3:04
1944-11-14I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouCozy Cole’s All Stars3:05
1945-01-19I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceWild Bill Davison and His Commodores2:39
1945-01-19I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance No. 2Wild Bill Davison and His Commodores2:46
1945-01-19I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance No. 3Wild Bill Davison and His Commodores2:44
1945-02-12(I Don’t Stand) a Ghost of a Chance (with You)liveIllinois Jacquet3:17
1945-02-16I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouLinda Keene2:36
1945-03-01Ghost of a ChanceCharlie Ventura Sextet3:22
1945-06-09I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalRed Norvo and His Orchestra3:51
1945-06-09I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalRed Norvo Quintet3:56
1945-08-02(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a ChanceIllinois Jacquet & His All Stars3:11
1945-11Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalArtie Shaw and His Orchestra3:13
1945-12-07(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (alternate take) (1945 alternate take, playback #1)coverFrank Sinatra3:31
1945-12-07I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance (1945-12-07 recording, matrix CO35496, studio master #1)coverFrank Sinatra3:13
1945-12-07I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance (with You) (studio master #2)coverFrank Sinatra3:13
1946-09-03(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You) (studio, 1946-09-03: Victor matrix D6VB-2128-1)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:03
1946-09-03I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalDuke Ellington and His Orchestra3:02
1946-09-03I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouDuke Ellington and His Orchestra3:00
1946-09-19I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalTommy Dorsey & Jimmy Dorsey4:10
1947-03-02I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalCharlie Parker1:12
1947-03I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalCharlie Parker1:09
1947-03I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalCharlie Parker1:10
1947-04-05Medley: Lover, Come Back to Me / (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (with You) / Just You, Just Melive and medleyBill Harris, Charlie Ventura, Ralph Burns, Bill De Arango, Curley Russell, Sid Catlett, Mary Lou Williams & Marjorie Hyams18:21
1947-04-17Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalOscar Peterson3:03
1947-07-02I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouSarah Vaughan with George Treadwell Orchestra2:44
1947-07Ghost of a ChanceWynonie Harris2:49
1947-09-23Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalLennie Tristano2:57
1947-09-23Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalLennie Tristano2:51
1947-09-23I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalLennie Tristano2:55
1947-10-01A Ghost of a Chance With YouSlim Gaillard and His Trio3:05
1947-11-08A Ghost of a ChanceliveSarah Vaughan & Lester Young3:55
1947-12-04Ghost of a ChanceDexter Gordon3:04
1947-12-04Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalDexter Gordon3:04
1947-12-04Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalDexter Gordon2:55
1947-12-04Ghost of a Chance (alternate take)instrumentalDexter Gordon2:55
1947-12-04Ghost of a Chance (D1141-C)instrumentalDexter Gordon Quartet2:55
1947-12-04Ghost of a Chance (D1141-E)instrumentalDexter Gordon Quartet3:05
1947-12-10Ghost of a ChanceRed Norvo?:??
1947-12-10I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalRed Norvo?:??
1947-12-12I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouRed Norvo and His Orchestra3:02
1947-12-12I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalRed Norvo and His Orchestra3:03
1947These Foolish Things / All This and Heaven Too / I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChancemedleyCharlie Ventura Sextet5:32
1948-11-27(I Don't Stand a) Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalLester Young4:20
1949-03-29A Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalErroll Garner2:42
1949-03-29I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalErroll Garner Trio2:41
1949I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalErroll Garner2:45
1950-06-29(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalTeddy Wilson?:??
1950-06-29Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalTeddy Wilson Trio2:01
1950-07A Ghost of a Chanceinstrumental and liveArt Tatum4:13
1952-04-05Ghost of a ChanceDizzy Gillespie and His Operatic Strings3:02
1952-04A Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalJohnny Smith Quintet feat. Stan Getz3:10
1952-10-18Ghost of a ChanceBill Coleman5:01
1953-02-09I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance (live, 1953-02-09: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France)liveDizzy Gillespie6:28
1953-08-18Ballad Medleyinstrumental and medleyNorman Granz13:30
1954-04-13 – 1954-07-20Ghost of a ChanceJutta Hipp3:44
1954-04-21I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With YouBing Crosby1:57
1954-06-07 – 1954-07-19(I Don't Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (with You)coverRampart Street Paraders?:??
1954-08-03I Don't Stand a Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalClifford Brown7:20
1954-08-03I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalMax Roach & Clifford Brown2:59
1954-08-03I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalClifford Brown & Max Roach7:22
1955-06-11A Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalLennie Tristano6:06
1955-06-11Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalLennie Tristano6:04
1955-07-16A Ghost of a Chanceinstrumental and liveThe Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet4:29
1955-07-28I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalElmo Hope Trio4:55
1955-08-23(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance With YouBillie Holiday4:29
1955-08-23I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouBillie Holiday4:28
1955-08I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouBillie Holiday1:52
1955-10-17Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalRuby Braff7:25
1955-12-16I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouinstrumentalStan Getz5:53
1955-12-30I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouCarmen McRae3:13
1955(I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a ChanceBillie Holiday1:33
1956-01-11 – 1956-01-18Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalZoot Sims6:24
1956-05-09 – 1956-12-17A Ghost of a ChancecoverLenny Hambro4:17
1956Ghost of a ChanceBillie Holiday3:27
1957-04-05Ghost of a ChanceinstrumentalThelonious Monk4:25
1958-11I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With YouSlim Gaillard2:25
1958A Ghost of a Chancecover and instrumentalMikkel Flagstad2:38
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