Pop Chronicles Interviews #133 - Bing Crosby All Tracks

1. Preliminary to interview Track Length: 0:00:40 2. Discussion of local radio stations and sports broadcasting Track Length: 0:00:57 3. Interview begins: Big band era; McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Jean Goldkette (Detroit band); the "crooner" label; Frank Sinatra; meeting Sinatra; movie High Society Track Length: 0:02:54 4. Radio shows and High Society with Sinatra; songwriters in the 1940s; Johnny Burke; Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin; Sam Coslow; Irving Berlin Track Length: 0:03:10 5. Irving Berlin continued; selection of songs for Decca; Jack Kapp; reminiscing about 1940s studio sessions; time spent in studio for a typical single; recording techniques Track Length: 0:04:25 6. Arrangers (John Scott Trotter, Joe (Joseph J.) Lilley); Victor Young; a cappella sessions during AFM strike (1942-43); Kraft Music Hall; writer Bill Morrow; adjusting for timing on the fly Track Length: 0:03:36 7. Kraft Music Hall continued; Jimmy Dorsey anecdote; Al Jolson; how musical numbers were done in movies (prerecorded or live) Track Length: 0:04:17 8. Lip-synching for pre-recorded songs in movies; question about challenging roles in movies; Crosby responds; favorites of his own movies; topical humor; location trips versus filming in studio; working with Bob Hope; spontaneity on set Track Length: 0:05:09 9. Barney Dean, "gag man"; theatrical feuding with Hope; working with Fred Astaire; accounting for success during 1940s; current popular music; The Rhythm Boys; early career; "White Christmas"; other records he likes; looking back on the 1940s Track Length: 0:07:17 10. Looking back on the 1940s, continued; popular vocalists at the start of his career; Russ Columbo; Osburn; Ozzy Nelson; influence of records he listened to; seeing Jolson live in show Bombo in Spokane Track Length: 0:03:17 11. Al Jolson's influence; vocables and whistling; Crosby's "relaxed" style; one time that he was nervous Track Length: 0:04:12 12. Will Rogers; W.C. Fields; Crosby asks interviewers about big bands possibly coming back; anecdote about Wingy Manone and Benny Goodman; movies with Louis Armstrong; remembrance of Armstrong, who had just died; Andrews Sisters Track Length: 0:04:35 13. Boswell Sisters; Mills Brothers; longevity of Crosby and Hope's act; his role in movie The Country Girl; avoiding stage fright; successes and failures with The Rhythm Boys Track Length: 0:06:30 14. The Rhythm Boys anecdotes; vaudeville; Hollywood after Paul Whiteman; accounting for his success Track Length: 0:03:12