Crosby Again
AMONG America’s rugged, self-made men there is one said to have made a million by his ability to look as if he isn’t going very far and doesn't care. In a business where everybody strains to be funny or distinguished or charming, he -is relaxed. According to Dinah Shore, "he sings the way everybody thinks they sing in the shower." Both the above-mentioned characteristics may have helped Bing Crosby make a fortune, but anyone who has_ noted the wealth of meaning he can put
in a mild "tut tut" to his old enemy Hope will realise he also has the comedian’s gift. His choice of songs, too, is carefully calculated to command the allegiance of the millions who are unashamedly sentimental. At all events Bing Crosby is still a top favourite after 20 years in the limelight, and many listeners will be pleased to hear he'll be back on the air in New Zealand shortly. A’ new series of the Voice of America’s Bing Crosby Show is scheduled to play from the commercial stations on Sundays, beginning September 20. It will be heard from 1ZB at 4.0 p.m. and from 2ZB,.3ZB, 4ZB and 2ZA at 9.0 p.m. As before, a number of guest artists will appear in the show, and those to be heard in this series include Bob Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Fran Warren and James Stewatt, Donald O’Connor, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland (twice), Rosseiery Clooney and Joe Venuti.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 739, 11 September 1953, Page 15
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244Crosby Again New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 739, 11 September 1953, Page 15
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