Bing Crosby
Genre: Vocal-Easy Listening
Decades Active: 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s
Bing Crosby was, without doubt, the most popular and influential media star of the first half of the 20th century. The undisputed best-selling artist until well into the rock era (with over half a billion records in circulation), the most popular radio star of all time, and the biggest box-office draw of the 1940s, Crosby dominated the... [+] Read More
George Burns
Genre: Comedy
Decades Active: 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s
George Burns had two distinct careers, one an outgrowth of the other. After the death of his beloved wife and partner for 40 years, Gracie Allen, George Burns went back to work in show business as a single. This wasn't the first time, as Burns had a checkered career pre-Burns and Allen when he first started in vaudeville, doing any kind of an... [+] Read More
Jack Benny
Genre: Comedy
Decades Active: 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s
Jack Benny was a great many things to many people. To millions of radio listeners, his character was simply the cheapest man in America, an image so ingrained into the national consciousness that on opening day of baseball season-instead of throwing out the first ball-he merely glanced at it and put it in his pocket, bringing the house down. To... [+] Read More
