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Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner

Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner

Episode 42 Published 7 years, 1 month ago
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This week author Peter Doggett returns to discuss his book “Electric Shock: 125 Years of Pop Music.” In this episode, Peter and Nate discuss how the invention of electric recording, microphones and radio allowed singers like Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee to "croon" to their audiences. Come back next week when author Peter Doggett returns to talk about the Swing Era.

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