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Jan 31, 2021 · Beginning with their first Decca recording session, November 19, 1937, the Bob Cats were a hit with jazz fans and other musicians. Even Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys featured a small band modeled on the Bob Cats—led by trumpeter Benny Strickler, who played a similar style to the Crosby band’s Yank Lawson.
George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) [1] was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby.
Jul 1, 2018 · While Crosby continued to record some ballads, it was the orchestra’s renditions of “Gin Mill Blues” and Sullivan’s “Little Rock Getaway” that caused the most excitement. And then, on November 13, 1937, a small group from the big band called Bob Crosby and his Bob Cats made their debut.
Aug 1, 2012 · Meet that wonder of the musical 1930s, the Bob Crosby Orchestra. In the whole colorful decade there wasn't another band like it, and in certain ways there may not have been another nearly so good.
- Steven Cerra
Bob's most famous band was a small Dixieland jazz group called the Bobcats. Bob had his own 15-minute radio show called "Club 15" from 1946 thru 1952 and a half hour daytime show from 1953-1955 titled "The Bob Crosby Show," both on CBS.
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