Re: My Bing-a-Ling

[Tom Smith]

Dave Purcell wrote:
>  I
> honestly had no idea about Bing Crosby's importance in popular
> music 

Johnny Shines told Peter Guralnick that Robert Johnson was 
as likely to play Bing's hits as one of his own blues tunes if 
requested.   Dunno if that constitutes an influence, but when 
it comes to paying the bills, even Johnson apparently did 
what a guy's gotta do.

Tom Smith