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...enjoyed a genuine or seeming ad-lib; sometimes he'd use it like a mantra. In January 1950 Louis Armstrong, a guest on Bing's radio show, remarked that he had just concluded a tour of Scandinavia. Did you "Skol" much? asked Bing. Satchmo's reply: "I was the skolinest cat in town." Bing loved this exchange so much he cited it in his autobiography "Call Me Lucky" and inserted it as Crosby-Armstrong repartee in "High Society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Book on Bing Crosby: Bing Goes to the Movies | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

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