Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song

Stardust (1x2)

: 24, 2001

In this edition, how singers went from being just another part of the big jazz bands to stars in their own right. The likes of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra were the first true pop stars, and both acknowledged a huge debt to Louis Armstrong, whose own hip, freewheeling style also paved the way for singers such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.