Joe Gracey wrote:
Bob Wills made his guys learn the hit songs on the charts no matter what
genre they came from. They had to, even though he had hits of his own.
Along these lines, sorta kinda, I had a weird experience along
these lines last week. I'd just passed the point in Colin Escott's
The level of knowledge on this list never ceases to amaze me. I
honestly had no idea about Bing Crosby's importance in popular
music -- I just thought he was a movie crooner. Between the posts
of the last few days and just finishing Escott's Hank bio, I'm feeling
all educated this week.
At 02:07 PM 4/20/99 -0400, DP wrote:
Wondering when we're going to start debating the Artist of the
Millennium,
Solomon, for all those psalms. Or was that the last millenium
G --david cantwell
Yes Dave, Bing was the man.
You might check out that "High Society" movie with Bing Crosby, Frank
Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong all in the same plot (with Grace Kelly as
Female lead). It's got two or three of our all-time greats on one stage,
as it were. And it's aged better than most Presley
Solomon, for all those psalms. Or was that the last millenium
The diversity of P2 threads will always amaze. David, a person with your
name ought to know that David wrote the best psalms!!! Solomon only sold
records because of all those dirty lyrics. I'll admit David's movie
career was
At 01:32 PM 4/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
You might check out that "High Society" movie with Bing Crosby, Frank
Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong all in the same plot (with Grace Kelly as
Female lead). It's got two or three of our all-time greats on one stage,
as it were. And it's aged better than most
Ok, my last Bing post, promise.
In case the discussion of the last couple of days has peaked anyone's
curiosity to check out some Bing Crosby, here's a few suggestions. Knowing
my audience, I'm sticking (usually) with his more stripped down and
stringless later stuff.
Bing With A Beat, with
Dave Purcell wrote:
Wondering when we're going to start debating the Artist of the
Millennium,
The answer is: Walter Johnson
~Greg
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In a message dated 4/20/99 1:07:06 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Wondering when we're going to start debating the Artist of the
Millennium,
Mozart or Prince.
slim
In a message dated 4/20/99 1:07:06 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Wondering when we're going to start debating the Artist of the
Millennium,
Mozart or Prince.
slim
Do you need a favor from me or something?
In a message dated 4/20/99 6:20:41 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do you need a favor from me or something?
Umm, yes I do. I will ask offlist.
Slim
David Cantwell says, of "High Society":
Well, it's not very good, even by those low standards--though maybe it just
pales, and then some, in comparison to the incredible The Philadelphia
Story, the non-musical film it was based upon.
Ooh, I gotta disagree, partly because I loathe Katherine
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
David Cantwell wrote:
I know there's a collection of his 1940s country-cowboy stuff--Pistol
Packin' Mama, Don't Fence Me In, New San Antonio Rose, Deep In The Heart Of
Texas, etc--but I don't know the name of it. But I highly recommend it,
whatever it's called.
The Bob Wills guys all told
Tom Smith wrote:
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,
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