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Going my way :

1580462618

9781580462617

b705421

Going my way :

[Book]

Bing Crosby and American culture /

edited by Ruth Prigozy and Walter Raubicheck.

Rochester, NY :

University of Rochester Press,

2007.

xxiii, 202 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.

List of illustrations -- Foreword / Michael Feinstein -- Preface / Ruth Prigozy and Walter Raubicheck -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Bing Crosby-nothing is what it seems / Gary Giddins -- Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives On Crosby -- 1: Analogies of ignorance in Going my way / David E White -- 2: Going my way?: Crosby and Catholicism on the road to America / Eric Michael Mazur -- 3: Saint Bing: apatheia, masculine desire, and the films of Bing Crosby / Elaine Anderson Phillips -- 4: Bing on a binge: casting-against-type in The country girl / Linda A Robinson -- Part 2: Cultural Perspectives On Crosby -- 5: Bing Crosby: rock 'n' roll godfather / John Mark Dempsey -- 6: American archetypes : how Crosby and Hope became Hollywood's greatest comedy team / Walter Raubicheck -- 7: Crosby at Paramount: from crooner to actor / Bernard F Dick -- 8: Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, and Ichabod Crane / M Thomas Inge -- 9: Couple of song and dance men: Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire / Jeanne Fuchs -- 10: Rivalries: the mutual mentoring of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra / Samuel L Chell -- 11: From crooner to American icon: caricatures of Bing Crosby in American cartoons from the 1930s to the 1950s / Stephen C Shafer -- Part 3: Historical Perspectives On Crosby -- 12: Not just "the crooner": Bing Crosby's research and business endeavors in World War II / Deborah Dolan -- Bing's entertainment and war bond sales activities during World War II / Malcolm Macfarlane -- 14: Bing Crosby's magnetic tape revolution / Martin McQuade and Pete Hammar -- 15: Bing Crosby fan clubs / F B (Wig) Wiggins -- Conclusion: Bing Crosby-architect of twentieth-century style / Will Friedwald -- Personal comments -- Sing, Bing, sing / Kathryn Crosby -- Thoughts on relationships: father, son, grandson / Steven Crosby -- Real Bing Crosby / Ken Barnes -- Selected bibliography -- List of contributors -- Index.

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Overview: Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture is the first serious study of the singer/actor's art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-century popular music, film, and the entertainment industry. The volume uses a wide range of scholarly and cultural perspectives to explore Crosby's unique and lasting achievements. It also includes tributes and reminiscences from Bing's widow Kathryn, his grandson Steve, his record producer Ken Barnes, and one of his most popular successors, Michael Feinstein. Other contributors include Gary Giddins, the author of a widely acclaimed recent biography of the singer, and Will Friedwald, the acknowledged expert on the development of the "great American songbook." In addition to studying Bing Crosby's innovations and remarkable achievements as a recording artist, Going My Way explores his accomplishments as an actor, businessman, and radio and television performer. Going My Way makes an impressive case not only for Crosby's considerable talent and inimitable style, but also for his raising the quality of popular singing to the level of art. Contributors: Ken Barnes, Samuel L. Chell, Kathryn Crosby, Steven C. Crosby, John Mark Dempsey, Bernard F. Dick, Deborah Dolan, Michael Feinstein, Will Friedwald, Jeanne Fuchs, Gary Giddins, Peter Hammar, M. Thomas Inge, Malcolm MacFarlane, Eric Michael Mazur, Martin McQuade, Elaine Anderson Phillips, Ruth Prigozy, Walter Raubicheck, Linda A. Robinson, Stephen C. Shafer, David White, F.W. Wiggins Ruth Prigozy is professor of English at Hofstra University. Walter Raubicheck is professor of English and chair of the department at Pace University.

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