Bob Crosby
- MatchBob Crosby
- 96%Roy Brown
- 77%Cole Porter
- 77%Duke Ellington
- 77%Horace Silver
- 77%Sonny Rollins
- 73%Tex Beneke
- 72%The Ink Spots
- 63%Kay Kyser
- 50%Johnny Mercer
- 35%Helen Forrest
Biography
George Robert Crosby, 25 August 1913, Spokane, Washington, USA, d. 9 March 1993, La Jolla, California, USA. For most of his early career, Crosby was inevitably overshadowed by his older brother, Bing Crosby. Nevertheless, he achieved modest success thanks to a pleasant voice and a matching personality. In the immediate pre-swing era years he sang with Anson Weeks and then joined the band co-led by brothers Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. In 1935, the disaffected musicians who had left the Ben Pollack... Read more