{"product_id":"the-best-of-bing-crosby-20th-century-masters-millennium-collection","title":"The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters (Millennium Collection)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBing Crosby is the gold standard against which every vocal stylist of the pre-rock \u0026amp; roll era (even Sinatra) can be judged. His assured, intimate style changed the way popular music was sung, and his casual mode of dress--the hat, the pipe, the sweater--made him the era's definition of cool. Just so, he was staggeringly successful as a recording artist, with over 300 hits and nearly half a billion records sold. Reducing that to the dozen songs heard here must have seemed a comically impossible task. Yet the selection is a good one, coming mostly from the World War II era and just beyond, when Crosby's popularity was at its zenith. The set shows off Crosby's versatility--one minute he's a jazz singer (\"Swingin' on a Star,\" \"Play a Simple Melody\"--a duet with son Gary), the next an emotional crooner (\"I'll Be Seeing You,\" \"It's Been a Long Long Time\") and the definitive interpreter of timeless classics (\"White Christmas\"). Brief though it may be, this is a surprisingly satisfying collection. --Daniel Durchholz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduct Description\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe perfect single-CD anchor to any Bing collection: his top 1944-57 hits plus some rarely collected treats. I'll Be Seeing You; Swinging on a Star; It's Been a Long Time; White Christmas; Don't Fence Me In; Far Away Places , and Dear Hearts and Gentle People join Play a Simple Melody (with his son Gary); the theme from Around the World in 80 Days , and more!, ISBN13: B00000I8LF ISBN10: B00000I8LF Material Type: audioCD\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46109125935267,"sku":"FA_07-03-2025_MGM_20000CI8","price":22.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/51t6lnooOtL.jpg?v=1754565561","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/the-best-of-bing-crosby-20th-century-masters-millennium-collection","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}