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Crosby and Armstrong worked together many times before they recorded this album, appearing in films such as Pennies from Heaven (1936), Here Comes the Groom (1951), and High Society (1956). They made several radio broadcasts together between 1949 and 1951. [3] The lyrics of the songs were adapted for them by a number of notable songwriters. [4]
"But Anyway" is a song by the jam band Blues Traveler, and the lead track on their 1990 eponymous debut album, Blues Traveler. The song peaked at number 5 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart on 12 July 1996, [ 1 ] and at number 24 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 on 30 August 1996.
"Swinging on a Star" is an American pop standard with music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. [1] It was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song that year, [1] [2] and has been recorded by numerous artists since then.
"Only Forever" is a song popularized in 1940 by Bing Crosby. It reached number one on the Billboard charts on October 19, 1940 and spent nine weeks in that position during a 20-week stay in the charts. [ 1 ] "
Published in 1935, the song was written for the 1935 film Mississippi starring Bing Crosby and W.C. Fields.Crosby introduced the song in the film and his recording for Decca Records made on February 21, 1935 with Georgie Stoll and his Orchestra and Rhythmettes and Three Shades of Blue [1] topped the charts of the day. [2]
David Crosby was a crucial voice of both the hippie idealism and the world-weary realism of the classic-rock era. As a founding member of the Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, he ...
The song was written for the Paramount Pictures release Road to Morocco and published in 1942 in connection with the film. Vic Schoen (staff arranger for Paramount) wrote the arrangement. The song has been recorded many times, becoming a standard, but the recording by Bing Crosby on June 12, 1942 [ 4 ] is the best known.
David Crosby, who died Wednesday (Jan. 18) at the age of 81, leaves behind six decades of music in a career that included founding folk-rock trailblazers the Byrds and uniting with Stephen Stills ...