Excerpt from "The Big Broadcast of 1932" with Bing Crosby singing and scatting "Dinah" and "Please" with guitar accompaniment by Eddie Lang. Lennie Hayton is audible on piano.
Eddie was supposed to appear in another movie alongside Bing, and it would've been a speaking role. However, as we all know, that never come into fruition, as he died tragically from a malpracticed tonsillectomy. Bing never forgave himself, as he was the one who convinced Eddie to take the tonsillectomy...
As far as I'm concerned, Bing had RAW talent. During his time of fame, there was no such thing as "autotune". You could either sing well or you couldn't, and if you couldn't, your voice was dubbed by someone who could sing well. Luckily, Bing never had to worry about that.
Adam Hinchliffe yes it’s annoying how long it takes to find out about Lang & Venuti- there should be a heads up on every Reinhardt & Grappelli issue. 😉
THIS MUST BE ONE OF THOSE SHORTS BING MADE FOR MACK SENNETT .PEOPLE DONT REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THEY WERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROSBY STYLE. THEY CALLED MR SENNETT THE KING OF COMEDY. THATS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. REST IN PEACE MR SENNETT.
We really did lose so much when AMC changed format. That was the last place that the classic Paramount films have been played anywhere and the only place I remember seeing "The Big Broadcast" back in the early 90's.
John Lennon told "Playboy" that the lyrics to the bridge of "Tell Me Why" were inspired directly by "Please", and even sang the first line of it. He said loved the play on words, "...and I wanted to write one." ("Oh, I'm begging on my bended knees/if you'll only listen to my pleas")
@timjmoran In Bing's early days he was very much into the jazz scene, but his image became more crafted by the time he became the host of the Kraft Music Hall radio show in 1936.
Bing would have been hailed a genius, that is, if he come before Louis Armstrong. Although at every opportunity he seems to give Armstrong credit, with lines like "I am a proud graduate of the Satchmo Academy "
Such a sad, sad waste of talent. Lord knows how different it would be had he lived for at least twenty more years Do you think Bing could've been jailed for convincing Eddie to take the tonsillectomy? Come think about it, it's technically involuntary manslaughter, right?
Oh god! Never in my wildest dreams did i think i that i would actually see Eddie Lang play (and speak for that matter) and i have been listening to him on and off for about 65 years. Thanks so much for posting this gem!G!
To Crosby and everyone else who played with him, Eddie Lang was called "Salvie," short for Salvatore Massaro, his birth name. He and Joe Venuti grew up together but unlike the prankster Venuti, Lang was more subdued and was often called "Uncle Salvie" because of his serious side.
I was doing Crosby and jolson impressions as a 14 year old. Crosby in his early years , had the most Electrafing voice, l have ever heard. thank you for allowing me, to hear his voice again.
I agree. In fact, I've always thought that early Bing would've outduked Sinatra (or perhaps every single singers from the 1940s onwards) ten times over. Don't get me wrong, I love Sinatra. I think he had a great voice himself, but he did not possess the amount of range or intimacy that early Bing had.
@@doobeedoo2 Which is quite funny. Both Bing and Sinatra lost what I think, the greatest charms of their voices due to problems with their throats. Bing had to have his operated and Sinatra smoked too much.
My dad loved Crosby and used to do a fair impersonation. I loved Elvis and my dad used to do a terrible impersonation - but I now realize that I owe him a lot for letting me listen to these old timers - Dorsey, Teagarden, Lang and the much underrated and hugely gifted Al Bowley who play great guitar which my dad's generation considered an easy, second rate instrument. - if they could see things now! The guitar is not only the most popular instrument on the planet but the most difficult to master
No solo era el mejor y el primero , fue el portero de los negros al show abierto , pero sin hablar de sus tonos bajos debo hacer notar que era un silbador afinadisimo como afinada era toda su existencia.
