BING CROSBY: A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS

The Early Years, 1903-1940

Gary Giddins

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From 1934 to 1954, Bing Crosby utterly dominated American entertainment. Nobody has ever had as many hit records, and Crosby was the number one movie star five years in a row. The rise of Bing Crosby was the rise of American popular culture itself.

In A Pocketful of Dreams, the first volume of the definitive Crosby biography, award-winning music critic Gary Giddins chronicles the ascension of Bing's career. From Crosby's early recordings, to his triumph on America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Giddins provides the most detailed study yet of the rise of an American star.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Gary Giddins is a columnist for the Village Voice and winner of the National Book Critics Circle award for his latest work, Visions of Jazz. He is also the author of Riding on a Blue Note, Celebrating Bird, and Satchmo (all available from Da Capo). His work has won numerous prizes, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Peabody Broadcasting Award, an American Book Award, and five ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards. He lives in New York City.

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Product Details: Hardcover, 2001

728 Pages

Product Code: IN-0316881880

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