No Rest For Bing

Radio Record, 8 July 1938, Page 41

No Rest For Bing

HE rest periol between dress rehearsal and broadcast is no breathing spell for tireless Bing. ° Crosby. ihat’s when he holds open house for the "song pluggers," the men who. peddle new tunes. In order to hear ..them, he ‘declines to.- take time out for an evening snack and has his meal sent to him at thé studios so that: he can listen while he eats. It ds. then, and only then, that Bing lends an ear to‘brand new tunes with an idea of putting them on the following week's radio programme. . The pluggers usually turn up in pairs. One plays the -Piano, the other sings the tune as Bing listens and munches a light snack. Sometimes Bing hums the. second ‘chorus, which delights the performers. It probably means an order! After swallowing the last bite, Bing goes to the piano, puts John Scott Trotter at ‘the controls, and they try out the most promising numbers, one by one. Then the musical line-up is decided for the foHowing week’s broadcast. , "NZ. SPORTING LIFE AND . REFEREE" 4 3 7 aw ae Only 4d