Aug 25: Happy Birthday, Bob Crosby ! "Welcome to Bob Crosby's Club Fifteen ... [toot toot toot] ... Fifteen Minutes of the best in popular music..." Every weeknight at 7:30pm, listeners tuned into Club Fifteen . Debuting in 1947, this fifteen minute musical variety show, sponsored by Campbell's Soup Company, was hosted by charismatic crooner Bob Crosby. Crosby, brother of Bing and a reknowned Dixieland jazz singer, was joined on the show by The Andrews Sisters and Margaret Whiting and the Modernaires. (Source = Club 15 with Bob Crosby Old Time Radio Show)
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