I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You (song)

"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" is a 1932 song recorded by Bing Crosby. The music was composed by Victor Young, with lyrics written by Ned Washington and Bing Crosby. The song is a jazz and pop standard recorded by many different artists.

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

 * Bill Kenny
 * Gene Austin
 * Mildred Bailey
 * Will Bradley, V-Disc 539A
 * Joan Brooks
 * Clifford Brown
 * Dave Brubeck
 * Cab Calloway
 * Maurice Chevalier
 * June Christy
 * Cozy Cole
 * Arnie Corrado
 * Bing Crosby
 * Dandy Dan
 * The Dorsey Brothers
 * Tommy Dorsey
 * Wes Montgomery
 * Duke Ellington
 * Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra
 * Ella Fitzgerald - Digital III at Montreux (1979), Easy Living (1986)
 * Helen Forrest with Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, and Oscar Moore, 1940
 * Slim Gaillard
 * Erroll Garner
 * Dizzy Gillespie
 * Stan Getz
 * Dexter Gordon
 * Bobby Hackett
 * Wynonie Harris, 1947
 * Billie Holiday
 * Illinois Jacquet
 * Etta James
 * Joni James
 * Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy
 * Diana Krall - Love Scenes (1997)
 * Frank La Motta and His Orchestra, 1933
 * Herb Lance
 * Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers
 * Tony Martin
 * The Metro-liners
 * Thelonious Monk
 * Vaughn Monroe
 * Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle, on the album "What's New" (1983).
 * The Satisfiers
 * Artie Shaw and his Orchestra
 * George Shearing
 * Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1947), No One Cares (1959)
 * The Solitaires
 * Mel Tormé
 * Wendell Pierce
 * Lennie Tristano - RCA Victor - 80th Anniversary: 1940-1949
 * Frankie Trumbauer
 * Sarah Vaughan
 * Bea Wain (1939)
 * Lee Wiley (1951)
 * Jackie Wilson with Billy Ward and His Dominoes
 * Teddy Wilson
 * Lester Young