Date:Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:29:34 -0400
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Subject:Bing v. Enrico--was: Podcasting--explained a bit...
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From: "Bob Olhsson" <[log in to unmask]>
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
> >I would doubt that...if only because of the existence of Bing Crosby,
> >whose recording of "White Christmas" sold (IIRC) over 20 million copies!
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> For many years "White Christmas" was the biggest selling single title but
Caruso remained the biggest selling artist after you counted up the sales of
all of his titles from the beginning.
>
Note that I wasn't thinking solely of Bing's "White Christmas"...Crosby made
many
recordings during his long (1926-197?) career, and AFAIK his music is still
available
(and selling well) on CD's!
...stevenc
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