THE ORIGINAL CROONER…Bing Crosby: Kraft Music Hall Time Vol 3
Before Bing Crosby, there was no jazz singing, as he and Louis Armstrong essentially invented it. Armstrong was the pulse, and Crosby was the tone, as his mellifluous voice could calm a tornado. Culled from his famed Music Hall radio broadcast from the 30s and 40s, Bing is his insouciant self, sounding avuncularly relaxed o...
Oct 15, 20261 min read
Before Bing Crosby, there was no jazz singing, as he and Louis Armstrong essentially invented it. Armstrong was the pulse, and Crosby was the tone, as his mellifluous voice could calm a tornado. Culled from his famed Music Hall radio broadcast from the 30s and 40s, Bing is his insouciant self, sounding avuncularly relaxed o npieceslike “Thiws Heart of Mine”, “That Old Feeling” and “Oh! You Crazy Moon” while making even trite pieces like “To you Sweetheart Aloha” and “The Woodpecker Song” make complete sense. The’s teamed u on a handful of tunes muggin’ with Donald O Connor on “Small Fry”, serenading with Eddy Duchin on “I Can’t Begin To Tell You” and hamming it up with Connie Boswell and Wingy Manone for “The Blues”. On the road to swing.
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