1931 HITS ARCHIVE: I Surrender Dear - Gus Arnheim (Bing Crosby, vocal)

Bing’s eye-opening performance on this dramatic ‘concert’ arrangement was one of the factors that helped thrust him from the ranks of ‘band singer’ to headline stardom on radio and records.

CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Victor 22618 - I Surrender, Dear (Barris-Clifford-Crosby) by Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra, vocal by Bing Crosby, recorded in Hollywood January 19, 1931

THE 1931 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1931 (some were recorded in 1930).

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