Product Review

Bing Crosby was easily the most popular personality in radio history. These 57 radio performances begin, fittingly, with Crosby's career-defining rendition of Swinging on a Star on the Kraft Music Hall show in 1944, and include such dream finds for Crosby collectors as Bing's performance of It's Magic , his only version of the song ever released, and renditions of My Foolish Heart and For You, For Me, Forever More . Then there are the duets-33 of them, including numerous tandems with Nat King Cole ( Sam's Song ), the Andrews Sisters ( Don't Fence Me In ), Louis Armstrong ( Blueberry Hill ) and other luminaries, plus instrumental accompaniment from the likes of Joe Venuti, Red Nichols and Les Paul. Essential American pop culture.