Personnel includes: Bing Crosby, The Andrew Sisters, Al Jolson, Fred Astaire,
Bob Hope, Jane Wyman, Connee Boswell (vocals); Carmen Cavallaro (piano); Les Paul Trio; Buddy Cole Trio; Bob Crosby & His Orchestra; John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra; Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra; Vic Schoen & His Orchestra.
Recorded between 1934 & 1956. Includes liner notes by Wig Wiggins.
Liner Note Author: Athan Maroulis.
Recording information: Hollywood, CA (03/02/1931); Los Angeles, CA (03/02/1931); Hollywood, CA (03/30/1931-11/23/1931); Los Angeles, CA (03/30/1931-11/23/1931).
Before he established himself as an actor, Bing Crosby was America's Number One vocalist, a singer of tremendous popularity throughout the 1920s and `30s (and he held his own during Sinatra's ascendance, too). Crosby sang in a silky-smooth, genial, jazz-influenced style, and he also drew on a wide variety of material (Tin Pan Alley pop, Irish and Hawaiian songs, jazz, etc.). This CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY presents a wonderful cross-section of his early hits, some of the most important pop music of the first half of the 20th century. In addition, this DELUXE EDITION has a bonus disc of five songs.
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