Bing Crosby's Official Site
Bing's descendants maintain a nice Bing Crosby website full of the sound of his smooth baritone: the place for all things Bing. Enjoy.
PBS "Breadline" Series
Watch a series of episodes about Great Depression history and access a collection of personal stories about living through the Great Depression.
Heath Lowrance, "How the Great Depression Gave America the Blues," History Magazine (September 2008)
This is an interesting discussion of the development of the blues as it related to the miserable economic times in the 1930s. It will be interesting to look back at musical trends of the late 2000s and try to figure out if the recession had any noticeable effects.