Bing Crosby - Shine Lyrics

As mentioned in several other threads, Crosby cared little about the racial situation of the 1930's. Crosby often seems at ease alongside bonafide jazz stars like Satchmo, Ella Fitzgerald, the Mills brothers, and many of the younger 1960's-70's superstars.

Bing was the first white man to scat. It was first in this song he did it in. It completely shocked everyone.

Three dog sent me here..

This is the song that gave Frank Sinatra his first big break in show business.  As daughter Nancy wrote: "SEPTEMBER 8, 1935: Frank ... and a local trio who called themselves the Three Flashes auditioned separately for an appearance on 'Major Bowes and His Original Amateur Hour,' a popular radio show broadcast nationwide ... from the stage of the Capitol Theater in New York. 'They won and I won,' said my father, 'and when I was accepted, the old man said, "They're going to be on the show a week from Sunday. Why don't we put you on together and we'll call it the Hoboken Four."' The brash 19-year-old declared on the air, 'I'm Frank, Major. We're looking for jobs. How about it? Everyone that's ever heard us, liked us. We think we're pretty good.' They sang the Mills Brothers song, 'Shine' – and racked up the biggest vote in the history of the show, with 40,000 people calling in.  Bowes was so impressed that he brought them back several weeks in a row."

If you have the 78 it's worth a fortune. Most of the copies were lost in a fire. To me, a definitive recording,,,1930's..a white guy and black group in the same studio??? Thankfully Bing didn't think that way in those days!

Thank you konidolfine, for sharing this great post.
It is delightful.