Jarbie I  agree whole-heartedly, Some of the numbers on this set are quite good quality as you have pointed out - But, way too many instrumentals on this set - I have more to follow, that you and others here, may be pleased with - I'll keep you posted!


P.S.  I have a total of 36 numbers that I have found in The Longines Set -

Thanks Anton, I couldn't agree more.   Indeed, Bing sounds like he's having a great time.  And, we feel it as well.    It is a favorite of mine as well.

I went to the Bing Crosby Restaurant in San Diego, back in 2010 - and It was a Beautiful Place - The Food Was Good Too - But, I have to admit, it was fairly quiet the day I was there - Bing Restaurant was attached to a mall - it should have been doing better business - But with the economy at the time - It was probably tough to get anyone in there - The prices as I recall, were moderate to high - But, it was a pretty High Class Place - At least the looks of it was - Anyway, I wish it was still here -

I've added some more BING Songs on Bing Crosby's Photos -


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For me, BING CROSBY has a warmth in his voice that is like no one else - I heard it said once, that if you were feeling kind of down and out, he had a sort of reassurance in his voice, that made you feel everything was going to be alright.  I also feel that, unlike any other singer, or most other singers, BING seems to be singing directly to you.  Not at you.  Making the listening experience, almost personal.    BING was also way ahead of his time, with soulful interpretations of songs like "Honeysuckle Rose," "Black Moonlight" from The CBS Recordings, for example, when BING was just about to be overtaken by Rock and Roll, and R&B.  By the last few years, in the seventies, BING was recapturing the vocal techniques of his earlier years, such as The Forties, and particularly, The Fifties.  I read somewhere that someone had said BING unlike other singers sang the rhythm.  Which is a more modern approach.  Going for more of the notes in a song than some of the other vocalists, who sang straight out.   Anyway, just a few thoughts.

I've just added some more songs on the podomatic at the bottom of the page -

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I have just posted another Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney Radio Show on Bing's Photos - This one is from April 21st 1960 -

Click Link - http://bingsphotos.blogspot.com/

Richard, when you speak of recordings from The Bing Crosby Show, are you talking about the TV series BING had in the sixties?  Because, he definitely, sang in those episodes.  So, there have to be recordings available from that show.  I was talking on another blog recently, regarding one episode of the TV series.  And, in one of these episodes BING sings the old Rocker, "Kansas City".  And he sings it, at least for the time, quite convincingly, Like a Rocker.  Any thoughts?

I think you're right Jarbie.  But, I do see or rather, hear Bing's style in Dean Martin and Perry Como and, perhaps Pat Boone - Though no one really sounds exactly like Bing.  Which may have been your point.  And, you're quite right, those you mentioned did seem to have their own recognition.