The Rise of the Crooners: Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin and Rudy Vallee

by Michael R. Pitts, Frank W. Hoffmann, Dick Carty, et al.

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Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Rudy Vallee--these cultural icons whose fame spanned all the important mass media, also played a vital role in the origin and development of the crooning tradition.

Crooning represented one of the most important musical styles of the twentieth century, intermingling with jazz and fronting the big band craze of the thirties and forties. Crooners spurred the rise of radio as home staple and the Golden...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0810840812

ISBN13:9780810840812

Release Date:January 2002

Publisher:Scarecrow Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"

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