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Bing Crosby & Friends: Radio Years by Ella Fitzgerald Judy Garland Connee Boswell Bing Crosby Helen O'Connell Peggy Lee Rosemary Clooney Nat "King" Cole George Burns The Andrews Sisters Dick Powell Gary Crosby Al Jolson The Mills Brothers Lauren Bacall Frank Sinatra (CD, 1987)
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelHallmark Recordings (Uk)
UPC5030073033723
eBay Product ID (ePID)17050137368
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year1987
GenrePop
Run Time54 Mins 46 Seconds
ArtistElla Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Connee Boswell, Bing Crosby, Helen O'Connell, Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Nat "King" Cole, George Burns, The Andrews Sisters, Dick Powell, Gary Crosby, Al Jolson, The Mills Brothers, Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra
Release TitleBing Crosby & Friends: Radio Years
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Additional informationPersonnel includes: Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, The Andrews Sisters, Helen O'Connell, Gary Crosby, Lauren Bacall, Dick Powell. Recorded between 1950 & 1954. Includes liner notes by Pete Cline. Personnel includes: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Gary Crosby, Lauren Bacall, Al Jolson, Nat King Cole, The Andrew Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Rudy Valllee, Walter O'Keefe, The Mills Brothers, Burl Ives, Frank Sinatra, Dennis Day, Rosemary Clooney, Dick Powell, Helen O'Connell, Patti Page, Jimmy Durante (vocals). Personnel includes: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Lauren Bacall, The Andrew Sisters, Gary Crosby, Helen O'Connell, Dick Powell, Patti Page, Maurice Chevalier, Jimmy Durante, Kay Thompson, George Burns, Rudy Vallee, Burl Ives. The particular radio years referred to here are 1952-1954. Astonishingly, there's nary a Christmas song in sight on this collection, making it an anomaly in the world of Crosby CDs. There's also a minimum of showbiz chatter; you pretty much get the songs and the applause, with the occasional introduction crediting either the songwriter or the artist best known for performing the song. There's just enough jiving on the duet numbers to make it feel live without getting in the way of the music. And the material is first-rate, with a track list that includes "Singin' in the Rain," "Young at Heart," "You Go to My Head," and "Surrey With the Fringe on Top," among others. The guest list isn't too shabby either--Crosby goofs around with the Andrews Sisters on "I Can Dream, Can't I?" and duets with Lauren Bacall, Rosemary Clooney, and Patti Page. Accompaniment is provided by the John Scott Trotter Orchestra, a smooth if undistinguished mid-sized jazz ensemble augmented by strings and vocal choirs as necessary. In smartly shifting the focus from Crosby's plethora of holiday material and picking material that eschews the stagy prattle that can bog down other sets, THE RADIO YEARS is a sure bet.
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