First Crooners 3 1935-1940 / Various First Crooners 3 1935-1940 / Various CD

From 1935 to 1940 crooning continued unabated and crooners became a dominant force on the musical scene. Bing Crosby was now a celebrated vocal star on radio, the silver screen and as a prolific recording artist. Rudy Vallee had become a major influence on radio and was discovering new talent as host of the of The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour. Promising crooners on the horizon included Bob Crosby, Buddy Clark, Perry Como and Eddy Howard. By the late thirties a new style of popular music called "swing" was becoming the rage, especially with dance bands. While band vocalists were influenced by the swing style, crooners mainly stuck to romantic ballads performed in the usual fashion-demonstrated by You Are Too Beautiful, and Easy To Love. However, I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now by a young Perry Como is performed with a distinct swing influence.

1. Melody from the Sky - Lee Bennett, Jan Garber ; Orchestra 2. Music, Maestro, Please - Al Bowlly, Lew Stone Band 3. While a Cigarette Was Burning - Carl Brisson 4. Two Sleepy People [Thanks for the Memory] - Chick Bullock, Willard Robison's Levee Loungers 5. You Are Too Beautiful [Hallelujah I'm a Bum] - Buddy Clark 6. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now - Perry Como, Ted Weems ; His Orchestra 7. Don't Let That Moon Get Away [Sing You Sinners] - Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter ; His Orchestra 8. Blue Moon [Dodge Show] - Bob Crosby, Victor Young ; His Orchestra 9. This Year's Kisses [On the Avenue] - Skinnay Ennis, Hal Kemp ; His Orchestra 10. Easy to Love [Born to Dance] - Eddy Howard, Dick Jurgens ; His Orchestra 11. We Can't Go on This Way - Nick Lucas 12. You're Slightly Terrific [Pigskin Parade] - Tony Martin 13. I Can't Get Started with You [Ziegfield Follies of 1936] - Red McKenzie 14. In the Still of the Night [Rosalie] - Vaughn Monroe 15. Midnight Blue - Russ Morgan 16. September in the Rain [Melody for Two] - Dick Robertson 17. I'll Be Seeing You - Dick Todd 18. Soon (There'll Just Be Two of Us) [Mississippi Rendition] - Arthur Tracy 19. Everything You Said Came True - Jimmy Grier ; His Orchestra, Dick Webster 20. Harbor Lights - Rudy Vall