Crosby

CSN is an official 4CD box set by David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, commonly known as the trio Crosby, Stills & Nash. Released in 1991, it focuses on CSN as a group and sometimes Y (Neil Young) plus some of their solo material, Stills' Manassas project and the Crosby/Nash collaborations. This was released by Atlantic.

Aficionados of Bing Crosby's '50s recordings have often looked in vain for more material along the same lines. Crosby's artistic highlights of the era, outings like 1956's Bing Sings Whilst

The man for whom the term "crooner" was coined embodies a certain idea of elegant relaxation in music. An absolute Entertainer for two generations of Americans, a symbol of dad's song, he was nevertheless a great innovator in the field of musical entertainment. Although not necessarily always cited by European music historians, Bing Crosby was in the United States, for more than twenty years, a real titan of show biz : singer, comedian, television Man, the man was inescapable, inventor according to some of a category of artists at the same time attractive, elegant and simple, prototypes of an artistic personality at the same time distinguished and typically American.

Aficionados of Bing Crosby's '50s recordings have often looked in vain for more material along the same lines. Crosby's artistic highlights of the era, outings like 1956's Bing Sings Whilst

L’homme pour qui a été inventé le terme « crooner » incarne une certaine idée de la décontraction élégante en musique. Entertainer absolu pour deux générations d’Américains, symbole de la chanson à papa, il n’en était pas moins un grand innovateur dans le domaine du divertissement musical. S’il n’est pas forcément toujours cité en référence par les historiens européens de la musique, Bing Crosby fut aux Etats-Unis, pendant plus de vingt ans, un véritable titan du show-biz : chanteur, comédien, homme de télévision, l’homme était incontournable, inventeur selon certains d’une catégorie d’artistes à la fois séduisants, élégants et simples, prototypes d’une personnalité artistique à la fois distinguée et typiquement américaine.

Celebrated for his warm baritone, Bing Crosby’s voice dominated the airwaves during the 1930s and 1940s, an era some call the golden age of radio. Known as one of pop’s first great superstars, Crosby’s Christmas music is some of the work he’s best known for. Indeed, “White Christmas,” which appears on Ultimate Christmas in its most definitive form, is arguably the biggest selling single of all time, racking up sales of 50 million. The song, which was written by Irving Berlin, was first performed by Crosby on Christmas Eve of 1941 on his radio show. It was then recorded in May of 1942 for Decca. Berlin has said it’s “not only the best song I ever wrote, it’s the best song anybody ever wrote.”

Celebrated for his warm baritone, Bing Crosby’s voice dominated the airwaves during the 1930s and 1940s, an era some call the golden age of radio. Known as one of pop’s first great superstars, Crosby’s Christmas music is some of the work he’s best known for. Indeed, “White Christmas,” which appears on Ultimate Christmas in its most definitive form, is arguably the biggest selling single of all time, racking up sales of 50 million. The song, which was written by Irving Berlin, was first performed by Crosby on Christmas Eve of 1941 on his radio show. It was then recorded in May of 1942 for Decca. Berlin has said it’s “not only the best song I ever wrote, it’s the best song anybody ever wrote.”

Few figures in 20th century American music had as pervasive an influence as David Crosby. As a founding member of the Byrds, he shaped the ringing sound of 1960s folk-rock and pioneered trippy psychedelia, yet his greatest fame came as part of Crosby, Stills & Nash, a supergroup he formed with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash that helped usher in the mature, reflective '70s.

Career spanning 3-CD David Crosby box spotlighting the 2x Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's solo stand-outs and classics with legendary groups including the Byrds, CSN, and CSNY! Plus one full disc of previously unreleased material. He's always received second billing to Stephen Stills in Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and once played third fiddle to Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark in the Byrds, but there is no doubt that David Crosby is one of the true originals of a folk-rock style that has paralleled his 40-year career, which is celebrated on this three-disc set of hits and near misses, demos, and outtakes. The first two CDs run chronologically, from the Byrds' "Eight Miles High" (which Crosby co-wrote) through his '70s and '80s solo records to "Through Here Quite Often," from his 2004 album with Graham Nash. Crosby was the draftsman of the transcendental harmonies that defined both of his bands, his plaintive vocals generally serving as a complement to the others'. But he takes the lead on this 52-song collection's greatest moments: his chilling falsetto on "Music Is Love" (from his 1971 debut solo release); a call out to his dying mother on "Carry Me" (1975's Wind on the Water, with Nash), and "Yvette in English," a 1993 collaboration with Joni Mitchell (Thousand Roads). Some selections swing and miss–"Hero," co-written with Phil Collins in 1993, and a few recorded in the late '90s with CPR, featuring his son James Raymond–but Voyage recuperates with disc three's 16 previously unreleased tracks. The jewel? "Cowboy Movie," a 10:57 opus from 1970 featuring both Neil Young and Jerry Garcia on lead guitar. –Scott Holter