Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

The story

Bob Crosby and His Orchestra war eine seit 1935 bestehende US-amerikanische Bigband. Als Bob Crosby and The Bob Cats wurde die Band ab den 1950er-Jahren in verkleinerter Version fortgeführt. Die Band kombinierte Elemente des traditionellen Jazz mit einem eingängigen, tanzbaren Swing-Stil, der das Publikum begeisterte. Bob Crosby, der Bruder des in dieser Zeit populären Sängers Bing Crosby, brachte eine einzigartige Mischung aus Big-Band-Sound und dem informellen, lässigen Stil des Dixieland in seine Musik ein. Die Band war bekannt für ihre harmonischen Arrangements und die Verwendung von Gesang, was zur Popularität des Swing beitrug.

From Wikipedia in German, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

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Records

• A Proper Introduction to Bob Crosby: Big Noise From Winnetka · 2004 · compilation
• And Then Some: Parts 1 and 2 of the Complete Bob Crosby Orchestra Discography · 2000 · compilation
• Stomp Off, Let's Go! · 1992 · compilation
• South Rampart Street Parade · 1992 · compilation
• 1937-1939 · 1991 · compilation
• 22 Original Big Band Recordings · 1987 · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Mark Bennett
• Sterling Bose
• Bob Crosby
• Artie Foster
• Joe Kearns
• Ted Klein
• Art Mendelsohn
• Jack Mootz
• Warren Smith
• Jim Stutz
• Tommy Todd
• Chuck Gentry
• Doris Day
• Wilbur Schwartz
• Jess Stacy
• Dave Pell
• Bob Zurke
• Ray Linn
• Charlie Teagarden
• Billy Butterfield
• Lou McGarity
• Gus Bivona
• Eddie Miller
• Murray McEachern
• Nick Fatool

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

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Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Bob Crosby and His Orchestra’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.