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245 14 a| The rise of the crooners :b| Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and Rudy Vallee /c| by Michael Pitts and Frank Hoffmann, with the assistance of Dick Carty and Jim Bedoian ; introduction by Ian Whitcomb.;

260 a| Lanham, Md. :b| Scarecrow Press,c| 2002.;

300 a| ix, 321 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Studies and documentation in the history of popular entertainment ;v| no. 2;

504 a| Includes discography (pages 217-294), filmography (pages 295-301), bibliographical references (pages 303-308), and index.;

520 a| 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 Age of film musicals. When commercial television became a viable commodity, crooners anchored perhaps the first TV programming innovation, the variety show. It took the cataclysmic aesthetic and cultural changes ushered in by rock 'n' roll in the 1950s to finally bring crooners down from their pedestal. This book examines the historical trends and events that led to the emergence of the crooning style. One of the authors, a successful popular music vocalist himself for almost 40 years, provides a personal perspective on this phenomenon. The lives and careers of six pioneers of the style--Bing Crosby, Russ Columbo, Gene Austin, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Marvin, and Nick Lucas--are covered at length. With the exception of one entry devoted to Crosby, possibly the greatest entertainer of the past century, these biographies (appended by lengthy bibliographies and discographies) are more thorough and up-to-date than any treatment in print about these seminal artists.;

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The rise of the crooners : Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and Rudy Vallee / by Michael Pitts and Frank Hoffmann, with the assistance of Dick Carty and Jim Bedoian ; introduction by Ian Whitcomb.

Author/creator	Pitts, Michael R.
Other author	Hoffmann, Frank W., 1949-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.
Description	ix, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Singers--United States. --Biography. Popular music--United States. --History and criticism.

Series	Studies and documentation in the history of popular entertainment ; no. 2 Studies and documentation in the history of popular entertainment ; no. 2. ^A494593
Contents	The coming of the crooners / Ian Whitcomb -- Gene Austin -- Russ Columbo -- Bing Crosby -- Nick Lucas -- Johnny Marvin -- Rudy Vallee.
Abstract	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 Age of film musicals. When commercial television became a viable commodity, crooners anchored perhaps the first TV programming innovation, the variety show. It took the cataclysmic aesthetic and cultural changes ushered in by rock 'n' roll in the 1950s to finally bring crooners down from their pedestal. This book examines the historical trends and events that led to the emergence of the crooning style. One of the authors, a successful popular music vocalist himself for almost 40 years, provides a personal perspective on this phenomenon. The lives and careers of six pioneers of the style--Bing Crosby, Russ Columbo, Gene Austin, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Marvin, and Nick Lucas--are covered at length. With the exception of one entry devoted to Crosby, possibly the greatest entertainer of the past century, these biographies (appended by lengthy bibliographies and discographies) are more thorough and up-to-date than any treatment in print about these seminal artists.
Bibliography note	Includes discography (pages 217-294), filmography (pages 295-301), bibliographical references (pages 303-308), and index.
LCCN	2001034858
ISBN	0810840812 (alk. paper)

The rise of the crooners : Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and Rudy Vallee / by Michael Pitts and Frank Hoffmann, with the assistance of Dick Carty and Jim Bedoian ; introduction by Ian Whitcomb.

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