Download American Legends: The Life of Bing Crosby AudioBook Free
"I believe popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth hundred years that have made huge strides backwards." - Bing Crosby A whole lot of printer ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential characters, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees and shrubs? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get swept up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in enough time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long overlooked or never known. In 1948, American polls rated Bing Crosby "the most adored man alive", and it's really no real surprise given how popular he was across every major form of entertainment through the decade. Which has a string of major visits, Crosby was the most popular singer in the country during that time, with classic tunes like "White Xmas" assisting pave just how for other performers as mixed as Bob Hope, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra. In fact, young Sinatra modeled his clothing and style after Crosby, who was simply his idol growing up. And as good as he was at singing, Crosby's use radio technology helped pave just how for multitracking tunes and so that it is possible to broadcast the same radio programs across the country without reducing another live version. All informed, Crosby sold around 500 million records in the 20th hundred years.
