Albums by Bob Crosby
ALBUMMexicali RoseBob Crosby
ALBUMJazz Masters: Bob CrosbyBob Crosby
ALBUMAssociated Transcriptions Vol. 2Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
ALBUMTranscription Sessions 1936, Vol. 1Bob Crosby
ALBUM1937/40 BroadcastsBob Crosby
ALBUM1939-42 Broadcasts (Live)Bob Crosby
ALBUMThe Bob Crosby OrchestraBob Crosby
ALBUMBob Crosby and His Orchestra-1938Bob Crosby
ALBUM22 Original Big Band HitsBob Crosby
ALBUMThe Big Band Cavalcade ConcertFreddy Martin, Margaret Whiting, Frankie Carle & Bob Crosby
Artist Biography
For most of his early career, Bob Crosby was overshadowed by his older brother Bing. Nevertheless, he achieved modest success thanks to a pleasant voice and a winning personality. In the pre-swing era years he sang with Anson Weeks and then joined the big band co-led by brothers Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. In 1935, he was approached by disaffected musicians who had left the Ben Pollack Band and needed a frontman to complete their new group. Crosby accepted the job, bringing a casual, relaxed air to one of the swing era’s liveliest bands. After the Bob Crosby Band folded in 1942, Crosby continued to make films and personal appearances, sometimes as leader of reconstituted Dixieland-style bands, sometimes of more contemporary-sounding bands.
Hometown
Spokane, WA, United States
Genre
Jazz