Recommended Materials
BING CROSBY: HIS 25 GREATEST HITS OF THE ’30’S
25 hit Bing Crosby recordings from the 1930’s including the 1937 #1 hit Bobby White.
ASV # 5394, 2001.
THE VERY BEST OF BENNY GOODMAN
20 hit recordings by Benny Goodman with guest artists Lionel Hampton, Helen Ward, Gene Krupa, Martha Tilton, Teddy Wilson and Ziggy Elman. All tracks recorded in New York City, Chicago, IL and Hollywood CA between 1935 and 1937. Includes the top 15 recording from 1936, I Know that You Know.
RCA Victor #63730, 2000.
PATTI PAGE’S GREATEST HITS
11 hit recordings by Patti Page including the 1951 #8 hit, Mr. & Mississippi.
Columbia #9326, 1987.
STANLEY BLACK & THE KINGSWAY PROMENADE ORCHESTRA
2 LP’s on 1 CD: Music of Irving Berlin (1952) and Symphonic Suite of the Music of Jerome Kern. 28 tracks recorded by Stanley Black and the Kingsway Promenade Orchestra including the #3 song from 1922 Ka-Lu-A.
Dutton #4107, 2000.
GOING HOLLYWOOD, VOL. 1: 1930-1936
2-disc compilation album of Bing Crosby hit recordings for Hollywood films. Tracks include the #11 recording from 1934, Once in a Blue Moon.
Jasmine Records #108, 1998.
VINTAGE COLLECTION: SLIM WHITMAN
15 hit recordings from Country legend Slim Whitman. Tracks include the top twenty hit from 1954, Rose Marie.
Capitol Nashville Records # 54321, 1997.
THE PHONOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK: 1913
24 hit songs from 1913 includng the 32 Billy Murray recording Bagdad.
Archephone #9005, 2003.