Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture

Book Description

Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture is the first serious study of the singer/actor’s art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-century popular music, film, and the entertainment industry. The volume uses a wide range of scholarly and cultural perspectives to explore Crosby’s unique and lasting achievements. It also includes tributes and reminiscences from Bing’s widow Kathryn, his grandson Steve, his record producer Ken Barnes, and one of his most popular successors, Michael Feinstein. Other contributors include Gary Giddins, the author of a widely acclaimed recent biography of the singer, and Will Friedwald, the acknowledged expert on the development of the “great American songbook.” In addition to studying Bing Crosby’s innovations and remarkable achievements as a recording artist, Going My Way explores his accomplishments as an actor, businessman, and radio and television performer. Going My Way makes an impressive case not only for Crosby’s considerable talent and inimitable style, but also for his raising the quality of popular singing to the level of art.

中文：

书名：走我的路：宾·克罗斯比和美国文化

《走我的路：宾·克罗斯比与美国文化》是对这位歌手/演员的艺术以及他在二十世纪流行音乐、电影和娱乐业历史上的中心地位的第一次认真研究。这本书使用了广泛的学术和文化视角来探索克罗斯比独特而持久的成就。它还包括必应的遗孀凯瑟琳、孙子史蒂夫、唱片制作人肯·巴恩斯以及他最受欢迎的继任者之一迈克尔·范斯坦的悼念和回忆。其他贡献者包括最近广受好评的这位歌手传记的作者加里·吉丁斯和著名的美国歌曲集发展专家威尔·弗里德瓦尔德。除了研究宾·克罗斯比作为录音艺术家的创新和非凡成就外，《Go My Way》还探讨了他作为演员、商人和广播电视表演者的成就。《Go My Way》给人留下了深刻的印象，不仅是因为克罗斯比相当的才华和无可比拟的风格，也是因为他将流行歌唱的质量提高到了艺术的水平。