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Cocktail Hour: Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Cocktail Hour: Bing Crosby
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
  •  Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (13) - Disc #2

Look up the term "crooner" in the encyclopedia and you won't find Bing Crosby's picture, but you should. For a half century Crosby was an American pop-music icon, one whose smooth, seemingly effortless delivery belied an i...  more »

     
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All Artists: Bing Crosby
Title: Cocktail Hour: Bing Crosby
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Columbia River Ent.
Original Release Date: 10/12/1999
Release Date: 10/12/1999
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Nostalgia, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Classic Vocalists, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 723723607324

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Look up the term "crooner" in the encyclopedia and you won't find Bing Crosby's picture, but you should. For a half century Crosby was an American pop-music icon, one whose smooth, seemingly effortless delivery belied an innate musical ability to get inside his material and make it his own. This generous double-disc collection gathers some 27 recordings from early in Crosby's career, spanning a number of hits and material that ranges from ballads ("White Cliffs of Dover") and standards ("Sweet Georgia Brown," "Pennies from Heaven") to loping swing ("Swinging on a Star," "New San Antonio Rose," "Shoo Shoo Baby") and a few patriotic numbers ("Yankee Doodle Boy," "Song of Freedom," "Get on the Road to Victory"). Not the definitive Crosby collection, but a fine introduction to his career and, given the vintage radio recordings herein, an often fascinating historical document as well. --Jerry McCulley

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