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Bob Crosby & His Orchestra - All The Hits And More 1935-51 / It's an entertaining selection of his most popular recordings. Bob Crosby was the younger brother of renowned singer Bing Crosby, and made his own way in the music business as a vocalist and bandleader, having a string of more than forty hits which spanned the era covered by this collection, especially as leader of his well-known band The Bob Cats and in later years as a solo singer. This excellent-value 50-track 2-CD collection comprises all Bob Crosby's forty and more career hits, with his orchestra, with The Bob Cats and as solo singer and duettist, plus selected other noted A&B sides on Decca from this era. It features his No. 1 hits InchIn A Gypsy TearoomInch, InchWhispers In The DarkInch and InchDay In, Day OutInch, and his other Top 3 hits InchOver The RainbowInch, InchLilacs In The RainInch, InchWith The Wind And The Rain In Your HairInch and InchDown Argentina WayInch. Also included are famous jazz-focused pieces like InchSouth Rampart Street ParadeInch, InchBig Noise From WinnetkaInch and InchMarch Of The Bob CatsInch and his theme tune InchSummertimeInch along with hits with other classics from the era like InchTwo Sleepy PeopleInch, InchLet It Snow!Inch, InchGoody GoodyInch, InchA Foggy DayInch and InchPlay A Simple MelodyInch. It features Crosby himself on vocals, with performances also by his featured vocalists Frank Tennille, Kay Weber, Eddie Miller, Marian Mann, Nappy Lamare, Helen Ward, Teddy Grace and Marion Morgan, plus vocal duets with Patty Andrews and Georgia Gibbs. It's an entertaining selection of his most popular recordings. Album Tracks 1. Flowers for Madame 2. In a Little Gypsy Tearoom 3. A Little Bit Independent 4. Goody Goody 5. Whispers in the Dark 6. South Rampart Street Parade 7. Dog Town Blues 8. A Foggy Day 9. Please Be Kind 10. March of the Bobcats
