[78-L] Crosby the Bopper

[Jeff Sultanof]

Taylor,

Did you ever hear the Frankie Laine version?

Jeff

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>wrote:

> I don't pay much attention to Crosby Deccas when I see them,  because I
> (stupidly) have assumed that I have all the "good" ones.  The first 78 I
> ever junked at Goodwill (1963 when I was 10) was his Swingin' On A
> Star...still a fave.
>
> Recently I found a black label one,  new to me,  of a duet of Bing and
> Patty
> Andrews singing "Be-Bop Spken Here."  Great Vic Schoen studio band,  too.
>
> It's a satire of the bop craze,  and the band arrangement offers every
> imaginable  Kentonish cliche you could ask for,  but it works both as good
> music and as humor.
>
> I have the tune by Charlie Barnett and also Les Brown,  but Bing and Patty
> win first prize.
>
> I highly recommend it to all!
>
>
> Taylor
>
>
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