At His Peak 1943-1945

The year of Bing Crosby's peak of popularity was 1944. On this CD we have naturally included Bing's 1944 recordings but also his 1943 and 1945/6 recordings so that you can hear the build up to his peak and the slight slide in popularity too. We calculate that Bing had ten entries into America's popular music charts in 1943. He doubled that to twenty in 1944. His tally for 1945 was eighteen a drop of only ten percent. Bing would often use other popular singers of the day to harmonize with him and that is the case on a lot of these recordings. Also featured with him are: The Andrews Sisters, The Ken Darby Singers; Trudy Erwin and The Sportsmens Glee Club; The Williams Brothers Quartet; Bob Hope; The Charioteers and The Jesters. The featured orchestras are: Vic Shoen And His Orchestra, John Scott Trotter And His Orchestra, Xavier Cugat And His Orchestra; Les Paul and His Trio; Carmen Cavallero And His Orchestra and Bob Haggart And His Orchestra.