Your Engineering Heritage: Bing Crosby and Magnetic Recording
WEBNov 1, 2012 · He was one of the first performers to exploit the microphone in performance. During World War II, Bing Crosby threw himself into lifting the morale of U.S. soldiers and the troops loved him.
BING CROSBY AND THE TAPE REVOLUTION - The Audiophile Man
WEBFeb 24, 2016 · Not many people realise that Bing Crosby was at the heart of the introduction of recordable master tape which revolutionised radio entertainment, studio facilities, vinyl recordings and, later, TV and video recording.
First-Hand : Bing Crosby and the Recording Revolution - ETHW
WEBBing Crosby was one of the pioneers of the radio music show. Beginning in 1935 the “Kraft Music Hall” on the NBC Red Network was a standard. It was a quality live production that held a high position in the ratings over the years. However, the summer of 1945 was a turning point in this standard.
How the microphone transformed popular singing - Musicology …
WEBNov 18, 2009 · Rudy Vallee appears to have been the first major star to use a microphone to sing in a ballroom, in 1930. Although it is uncertain how rapidly the sort of sound system he used became commonplace, others in the business surely noticed. Bing Crosby made his first recording in 1930.
First-Hand : The Evolution of the Bing Crosby Radio Show
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · The radio and recording industry owes much to the evolution of the Bing Crosby radio show between 1947 and 1954. Bing, through his desire to be free of the burden of a live radio show, caused a revolution in …
How Bing Crosby’s Voice Went from Revolutionary to Retro
WEBDec 21, 2011 · “I think what sounds old-fashioned to you is the very thing that made Crosby revolutionary: the sotto voce, conversational, ‘crooning’ style that he brought to popular music by mastering the...
Bing Crosby's life and career | American Masters - PBS
WEBNov 5, 2014 · Working in nightclubs and headlining in theaters, Bing was the first vocalist to use the microphone as an instrument, enabling him to communicate subtle emotions and musical nuance.
The Birth of the Microphone - TeachRock
WEBVocalists such as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra attained new reaches of stardom by taking advantage of the microphone’s capacity to carry their voices and personalities to a mass audience, all the while sounding like they were standing right there with each individual listener.
How Bing Crosby Changed the Course of Pop Music
WEBNov 28, 2018 · Drawing on black influences, he made pop songs swing, while treating a new invention, the microphone, as if it were a friend’s ear. Without him, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin...
Bing Crosby - Wikipedia
WEBThe first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. [1] Crosby was a leader in record sales, network radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He …
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