15 Minutes with Bing Crosby for radio as for recording, he's a cinch for ether popularity." The nationwide shows continued daily (except Sundays) on a sustaining basis until October 31, 1931 from station WABC in New York. Harry Von Zell was the announcer. Freddie Rich led the orchestra after the first week. Russ Columbo was broadcasting for NBC at 11:30 p.m. each night as competition for Bing with "Variety" noting "Scrap between NBC & CBS over Russ Columbo and Bing Crosby is getting warm." Crosby's popularity soon attracted a sponsor - the American Tobacco Company - and rather than Lucky Strike cigarettes, the company's president,
Go West Young Man (Bing Crosby album) be successful in both pop and country markets. These previously issued songs were featured on one 10" LP album, Decca DL 5302. All the songs featured Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra. In 1950, the same selections were released on a 4-disc set of 45 rpm records called Decca 9-152. Go West Young Man (Bing Crosby album) Go West Young Man is a compilation album of songs on one 10" vinyl record by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters released in 1950 featuring songs that were sung by Crosby and the Sisters with a