{"product_id":"bing-crosby-20th-century-masters-collection-cd-used","title":"Bing Crosby \/ 20th Century Masters: Collection - CD (Used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bing Crosby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Umgd\/Mca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Best of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 22-06-1999\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\n\n\nThe 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!\n\n\nAmazon.ca\n\n\nBing 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.\n--Daniel Durchholz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 008811194222\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0008811194222\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45943818092578,"sku":"OB-GTQX-MCS8","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/9428\/3554\/files\/51t6lnooOtL.jpg?v=1783608748","url":"https:\/\/kastor.club\/products\/bing-crosby-20th-century-masters-collection-cd-used","provider":"Kastor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}