tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post782207476278202947..comments2024-01-22T13:04:59.388-08:00Comments on THE BING CROSBY NEWS ARCHIVE: BING TALKS ABOUT ELVISUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-17407321974221920342011-01-08T19:52:32.584-08:002011-01-08T19:52:32.584-08:00What a great clip, David!
BTW his biographer is P...What a great clip, David!<br /><br />BTW his biographer is Pete Martin, not Moore.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098914334647370124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969706531075939050.post-59880778726335256902011-01-08T19:08:53.424-08:002011-01-08T19:08:53.424-08:00The link between Crosby and Presley? Dean Martin. ...The link between Crosby and Presley? Dean Martin. Elvis was a fan of Dean's vocal style, and of course Martin regularly noted he was following in Bing's tradition. (Of course, Elvis grew up in a completely different environment and time, and his influences were different -- although, like Bing, he adapted elements of black and country music and made it his own.)<br /><br />Heck, listen to Crosby's 1931 hit "Out Of Nowhere," and it eerily presages Presley.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.com