Bob Hope memorably devoted one of his monthly NBC specials to his long intermittent partnership with Crosby titled "On the Road With Bing". "[69], Presenter Mike Douglas commented in a 1975 interview, "During my days in the Navy in World War II, I remember walking the streets of Calcutta, India, on the coast; it was a lonely night, so far from my home and from my new wife, Gen. They were his most frequent collaborators on disc from 1939 to 1952, a partnership that produced four million-selling singles: "Pistol Packin' Mama", "Jingle Bells", "Don't Fence Me In", and "South America, Take it Away". Harry "Bing" Lillis Crosby, Jr. was born May 3, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington. [123], In September, Crosby, his family and singer Rosemary Clooney began a concert tour of Britain that included two weeks at the London Palladium. In light of the court's ruling, it was unnecessary for the court to decide whether a right of publicity can be characterized as community property under California law. He was one of the first global cultural icons. "Blondell: "I'm surprised they didn't call you "Killer" Crosby! In the 1949 Disney animated film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Crosby provided the narration and song vocals for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow segment. Exact. On August 12, 1938, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race won by Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit over Binglin's horse Ligaroti. Bing and Dixie reconciled and he continued trying to help her overcome her alcohol issues. 4. [97], Crosby reportedly had an alcohol problem between the late 1920s and early 1930s, but he got a handle on his drinking in 1931. [96], In the most recent Crosby biography, Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star; the War Years, 1940-1946, Gary Giddins published excerpts from an original diary of two sisters, Violet and Mary Barsa, who, as young women, used to stalk Crosby in New York City during December 1945 and January 1946 and who detailed their observations in the diary. His biggest best seller is "White Christmas" 2,000,000 impressions of which have been sold in the U.S. and 250,000 in Great Britain. He then persuaded ABC to allow him to tape his shows. (2012). 4 Beds. [118] They were instead receiving several thousand dollars per month from a trust left in 1952 by their mother, Dixie Lee. [99][100][101][102][103], Crosby and his family lived in the San Francisco area for many years. It seemed like Bing Crosby's first family was doomed. [74] Mullin explained how one new broadcasting technique was invented on the Crosby show with these machines: One time Bob Burns, the hillbilly comic, was on the show, and he threw in a few of his folksy farm stories, which of course were not in Bill Morrow's script. [78] In 1948, the second season of Philco shows was recorded with the Ampex Model 200A and Scotch 111 tape from 3M. Bing Cosby was born on May 3, 1903, and his birth name is Harry Lillis Crosby. The success of his first film brought him a contract with Paramount, and he began a pattern of making three films a year. In addition to Claire, they have a son named Carson and two daughters named June and Millie. The group performed on Spokane radio station KHQ, but disbanded after two years. "[45] "Nine out of ten singers and bandleaders listen to Crosby's broadcasts each Thursday night and follow his lead. His first son Gary was born in 1933 with twin boys following in 1934. The document reveals that during that time Crosby was indeed taking Joan Caulfield out to dinner, visited theaters and opera houses with her and that Caulfield and a person in her company entered the Waldorf Hotel where Crosby was staying. The series of 26-minute shows was filmed at Hal Roach Studios rather than performed live on the air. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. Free shipping for many products! We couldn't use the jokes, but Bill asked us to save the laughs. Denise Crosby, Dennis Crosby's daughter, is also an actress and is known for her role as Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for the recurring role of the Romulan Sela after her withdrawal from the series as a regular cast member. Bing Crosby is the ultimate Christmas crooner and his defining hit 'White Christmas' is not only an anthem of the festive season, it's also the world's best-. If he muffed a song then, the audience loved itthought it was very funnybut we would have to take out the show version and put in one of the rehearsal takes. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" was his most successful composition, recorded by Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, and Mildred Bailey, among others. Gary's first wife of 19 years, Barbara Cosentino, of whom Gary wrote in his book, "I could confide in her about Mom and Dad and my childhood",[114] and with whom Gary stayed friendly after the divorce, stated: I do not know if what's in the book is true but he never said anything to me about whippings. During World War II, Crosby made live appearances before American troops who had been fighting in the European Theater. [125] Crosby, who had a 13 handicap, won with his partner by one stroke. In the early 1970s, he made two late appearances on the Flip Wilson Show, singing duets with the comedian. Like his father and grandfather, Dennis Crosby had seven children, too. Crosby, Stills, and Nash's debut album, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, was released in 1969 and gained critical praise. Actress Patricia Neal (who herself at the time was having an affair with the married Gary Cooper) wrote in her 1988 autobiography As I Am about a trip on a cruise ship to England with actress Joan Caulfield in 1948: She [Joan Caulfield] was a lovely girl and we had some good talks. Bing's paternal grandfather was Nathaniel Crosby (the son of Nathaniel Crosby and Mary Lincoln). As American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered revealed, the twin Crosby brothers "were victims of fetal alcohol syndrome." She passed down that love to her first daughter Catherine, who was born on February 7, 1873. He always believed he was born on May 2, 1904. Young Bing Crosby at age 14 took summer jobs at the Spokane Auditorium as a property boy. [127] At the clubhouse and later in the ambulance, house physician Dr. Laiseca tried to revive him, but was unsuccessful. On November 8, 1937, after Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of She Loves Me Not, Joan Blondell asked Crosby how he got his nickname: Crosby: "Well, I'll tell you, back in the knee-britches day, when I was a wee little tyke, a mere broth of a lad, as we say in Spokane, I used to totter around the streets, with a gun on each hip, my favorite after school pastime was a game known as "Cops and Robbers", I didn't care which side I was on, when a cop or robber came into view, I would haul out my trusty six-shooters, made of wood, and loudly exclaim bing! During the Golden Age of Radio, performers had to create their shows live, sometimes even redoing the program a second time for the West Coast time zone. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby . In 2007, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame and in 2008 the Western Music Hall of Fame. Sterling, C. H., & Kittross, J. M. (1990). She confided to me that she desperately wanted to marry Bing Crosby. On March 20, 1977, after videotaping a CBS concert special, "Bing - 50th Anniversary Gala", at the Ambassador Auditorium with Bob Hope looking on, Crosby fell off the stage into an orchestra pit, rupturing a disc in his back requiring a month-long stay in the hospital. Harry Barris wrote several of Crosby's hits, including "At Your Command", "I Surrender Dear", and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams". Through audio recordings, he produced his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became the industry standard. "[109] The Crosby Estate was made available for this year's event through the courtesy of Kathryn Crosby, who has lived in the home since 1965, when she and Bing moved in with their family. Family life and death. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, The Early Years 19031940. Armstrong appreciated Crosby's progressive attitudes on race, and often expressed gratitude for the role in later years.[44]. 4, "You're Just a Beautiful Melody of Love" (1932), lyrics by Bing Crosby, music by Babe Goldberg, "I Would If I Could But I Can't" (1933), with, "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" (1941) with. bing! Alexander M. Poniatoff ordered Ampex, which he founded in 1944, to manufacture an improved version of the Magnetophone. Amateur in 1981 at age 19, becoming the youngest winner in the history of that event at the time. Crosby married Dixie Lee in September 1930. Farben magnetic tape that Mullin had found at a radio station at Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt while working for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. There was something magical for listeners in the fact that what they were hearing was being performed and heard live everywhere, at that precise instant. He could do four shows a week, if he chose, and then take a month off. Harry: 2. Specialties: The historic Bing Crosby Theater is an entertainment venue situated in the heart of the downtown Spokane entertainment district . His appearances, records, and radio work substantially increased his impact. Crosby threatened to leave the film and refused to discuss the matter. [30] Gonzaga University houses a large collection of photographs, correspondence, and other material related to Crosby.[31]. "[70] His popularity in India led many Hindu singers to imitate and emulate him, notably Kishore Kumar, considered the "Bing Crosby of India". Mary Frances Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California on September 14, 1959. Belmont, California: Wadsworth. She also appeared in the 1989 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary. By 1936, he replaced his former boss, Paul Whiteman, as host of the weekly NBC radio program Kraft Music Hall, where he remained for the next ten years. [60] Sources differ regarding the number of copies he sold: 300 million[61] or even 500 million. [3]:24[26], In 1917, Crosby took a summer job as property boy at Spokane's Auditorium, where he witnessed some of the acts of the day, including Al Jolson, who held him spellbound with ad-libbing and parodies of Hawaiian songs. Mary Crosby: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family. [52] Paul Whiteman's hiring of Crosby, with phrasing that echoed jazz, particularly his bandmate Bix Beiderbecke's trumpet, helped bring the genre to a wider audience. The fourth of seven children in a poverty-level family who loved to sing, he was briefly sent to vocal lessons early on by his mother, until he grew tired of the training. Crosby and Al continued at the Clemmer Theatre for several months often with three other men Wee Georgie Crittenden, Frank McBride and Lloyd Grinnell and they were billed The Clemmer Trio or The Clemmer Entertainers depending who performed.[38]. [78], With Frank Sinatra, Crosby was one of the principal backers for the United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles.[79]. bing! Her birth name is Mary Frances Crosby and she is currently 61 years old. We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. Family Life He married his college sweetheart Ashley. This ad-lib way of working is commonplace in the recording studios today, but it was all new to us. Bing's name and his artistry saved the recording industry. In the summer of 1966, he spent a week as the guest of Lord Egremont, staying in Cockermouth and fishing on the River Derwent. [83] Charles' son, Lindsay C. Howard, became one of Crosby's closest friends; Crosby named his son Lindsay after him, and would purchase his 40-room Hillsborough, California estate from Lindsay in 1965. Exact. bing! Built in 1930, the English country manor sits in the upscale enclave of Hillsborough, CA, about 20 miles . Bing Crosby and Family. Al and Miles Rinker (brothers of singer Mildred Bailey), James Heaton, Claire Pritchard and Robert Pritchard, along with drummer Crosby, formed the Musicaladers,[5] who performed at dances both for high school students and club-goers. While in the UK, Crosby recorded his final album, Seasons, and his final TV Christmas special with guest David Bowie on September 11 (which aired a little over a month after Crosby's death). He apparently viewed the complete film just once, and then stored it in his wine cellar, where it remained undisturbed until it was discovered in December 2009. 2,539 Sq. Audio engineer Steve Hoffman stated, "By the way, Bing actually saved the record business in 1934 when he agreed to support Decca founder Jack Kapp's crazy idea of lowering the price of singles from a dollar to 35 cents and getting a royalty for records sold instead of a flat fee. The quartet's Top-10 Billboard hits from 1943 to 1945 include "The Vict'ry Polka", "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)", and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby?)" Some of the best moments in comedy came when a line was blown and the star had to rely on wit to rescue a bad situation. His recording was so popular that he was obliged to re-record it in 1947 using the same musicians and backup singers; the original 1942 master had become damaged due to its frequent use in pressing additional singles. Edit Search New Search Jump to Filters. Bing's first wife, singer, danger Dixie Lee, died of ovarian cancer in 1952 at the age of 42, leaving him a widower with four sons. He was the son of bookkeeper Harry Lowe Crosby, and his wife Catherine Helen "Kate" (ne Harrigan).He was the fourth of seven children including brothers Larry, Everett, Ted, and Bob; and two sisters, Catherine and Mary Rose.. His parents were Harry Lincoln Crosby (aka Harry Lowe Crosby) and Catherine Harrigan. In 1996, Dixie's trust sued HLC and Kathryn for declaratory relief as to the trust's entitlement to interest, dividends, royalties, and other income derived from the community property of Crosby and Dixie. Stay Tuned: A Concise History of American broadcasting (2nd ed.). When they got a chance to present an independent act, they were spotted by a member of the Paul Whiteman organization. Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, and also Crosby were masters at this, and the networks weren't about to give it up easily. If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing. In 1957 Crosby married actress-starlet Kathryn Grant who was some 30 years younger than him. Harry Lillis Crosby (Der Bingle, The old groaner) was born on 2 May, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington, USA, is a Soundtrack, Actor, Producer. After it began broadcasting, the station was sold within a year to Northern Pacific Radio and Television Corporation. Later that afternoon, he met with Chris Harding to take photographs for the Seasons album jacket.[124]. Today he is a kind of national institution. [27], Crosby graduated from Gonzaga High School in 1920 and enrolled at Gonzaga University. [125] He was 74 years old. The scheduling could now be done at the star's convenience. [90], Crosby also was a keen fisherman. bing! [82] In 1960, NAFI purchased KCOP from Crosby's group. Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Going My Way (1944) and was nominated for its sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), opposite Ingrid Bergman, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. The Crosbys lived here with much laughter, and many dreams, and a gracious ease. When they appeared solo, Crosby and Hope frequently made note of the other in a comically insulting fashion. Records which he made ten years ago are selling better than ever before. Bing Crosby's grandchildren: Bing Crosby's granddaughter is Denise Crosby Bing Crosby's grandson is Phillip Crosby Jr Bing Crosby's granddaughter is Kelly Crosby Bing Crosby's granddaughter is Erin Crosby Bing Crosby's grandson was Dennis Crosby Jr Bing Crosby's grandson was Patrick Crosby [18] In 1913, his father built a house at 508 E. Sharp Avenue. Crosby continued to finance the development of videotape. Precisely what the future holds for Crosby neither his family nor his friends can conjecture. The Andrews Sisters Story". Image Credit: Nbc Tv/Kobal/Shutterstock. In a memorandum dated January 16, 1959, it is said: Stanley, Bob, Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop Music, Pegasus Books, 2022, pg 220, Grudens, 2002, p. 236. A former Bay Area estate of the crooner Bing Crosby has come on the market for $13,750,000. In October 1925, Crosby and Rinker decided to seek fame in California. Singing with the Arnheim Orchestra, Crosby's solos began to steal the show while the Rhythm Boys' act gradually became redundant. This is lower than most opera basses care to venture, and they tend to sound as if they were in the cellar when they get there. But NBC and CBS refused to broadcast prerecorded radio programs. The house sits on the campus of his alma mater, Gonzaga University, as a museum housing over 200 artifacts from his life and career, including . A Crosby-led group purchased station KCOP-TV, in Los Angeles, California, in 1954. children: Mary Crosby Gary Crosby Harry Crosby Dennis Crosby Phillip Crosby Lindsay Crosby Nathaniel Crosby Born Country: United States Quotes By Bing Crosby Actors Height: 5'7" (170 cm ), 5'7" Males political ideology: Republican Died on: October 14, 1977 place of death: La Moraleja, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain U.S. State: Washington As Crosby wrote in his autobiography: By using tape, I could do a thirty-five or forty-minute show, then edit it down to the twenty-six or twenty-seven minutes the program ran. "[45][46], The biggest hit song of Crosby's career was his recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", which he introduced on a Christmas Day radio broadcast in 1941. Crosby played the lead in a series of musical comedy short films for Mack Sennett, signed with Paramount, and starred in his first full-length film 1932's The Big Broadcast (1932), the first of 55 films in which he received top billing. Mullin had not yet succeeded with videotape, so Crosby filmed the series of 26-minute shows at the Hal Roach Studios, and the "telefilms" were syndicated to individual television stations. It is said that his nickname Bing was derived from "Bingo from Bingville" which a neighborhood kid had taken to calling him. [71], Throughout Europe and Russia, Crosby was also known as "Der Bingle", a pseudonym coined in 1944 by Bob Musel, an American journalist based in London, after Crosby had recorded three 15-minute programs with Jack Russin for broadcast to Germany from ABSIE. (AP) When they were young, Patricia and Joan Miller sang and danced for Bing Crosby, troops and their friends. His Legendary Years How's the sound? The trial court granted Dixie's trust's claim. [47] It has since become a staple of holiday radio and the final popular hit of Crosby's career. Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma, Washington, on May 3, 1903. "Bing Crosby: Through the years, volumes one-nine (195456). We should note for our audience that Bing Crosby's four sons in his. The California Court of Appeal reversed, however, holding that the 1999 settlement barred the claim. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. In that way, we could take out jokes, gags, or situations that didn't play well and finish with only the prime meat of the show; the solid stuff that played big. [81] In the early 1950s, Crosby helped establish the CBS television affiliate in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. Around the same time, Crosby talked to his mother about his intentions and she protested. Called "18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life and Lessons From Dad," it's an affectionate portrait of his legendary. However, Crosby had already sold his Elko ranch a year earlier, in 1958, and it is doubtful how much he was really involved in that meeting. [81] NAFI Corporation and Crosby purchased television station KPTV in Portland, Oregon, for $4 million on September 1, 1959. Also quick to adopt tape recording was his friend Bob Hope. * Live Theater * Concerts * Films * Events www.bingcrosbytheater.com Established in 1915. Bing Crosby Productions, affiliated with Desilu Studios and later CBS Television Studios, produced a number of television series, including Crosby's own unsuccessful ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show in the 19641965 season (with co-stars Beverly Garland and Frank McHugh). Bing Crosby was an American icon -- a movie star admired by men and adored by women, a symbol of casual sophistication and wit. In the wake of a solid decade of headlining mainly smash hit musical comedy films in the 1930s, Crosby starred with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in six of the seven Road to musical comedies between 1940 and 1962 (Lamour was replaced with Joan Collins in The Road to Hong Kong and limited to a lengthy cameo), cementing Crosby and Hope as an on-and-off duo, despite never declaring themselves a "team" in the sense that Laurel and Hardy or Martin and Lewis (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) were teams. The three children from Bing Crosby's marriage to Kathryn are all alive - Harry, 54, Mary, 53, and Nathaniel, 51. I stopped and smiled in grateful acknowledgment. Before 1958, gold records were awarded by record companies. All results for bing crosby. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1978. The Fireside Theater (1950) sponsored by Procter & Gamble, was his first television production. Sforza, John: "Swing It! Lindsay Crosby, the youngest son of Bing Crosby from the famed crooner's first marriage, shot himself to death in a Las Virgenes apartment after learning that the inheritance he relied on to. He was the number one box office attraction for five consecutive years, 1944 to 1948. Collins was used in place of their longtime partner Dorothy Lamour, whom Crosby felt was getting too old for the role, though Hope refused to do the film without her, and she instead made a lengthy and elaborate cameo appearance. The additional voice meant they could be heard more easily in large New York theaters. His exceptional career took up most of his time and focus. 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From the mid-1950s, Bing was more comfortable in a bass range while maintaining a baritone quality, with the best octave being G to G, or even F to F. In a recording he made of 'Dardanella' with Louis Armstrong in 1960, he attacks lightly and easily on a low E flat. Murdo MacKenzie of Bing Crosby Enterprises had seen a demonstration of the German Magnetophon in June 1947the same device that Jack Mullin had brought back from Radio Frankfurt with 50 reels of tape, at the end of the war. Gary said to me before I read it, "It's not the same book I wrote."[112]. [125] At about 6:30 pm, as Crosby and his party headed back to the clubhouse, Crosby said, "That was a great game of golf, fellas. He was the fourth of seven children: five boys, Larry (1895-1975), Everett (1896-1966), Ted (1900-1973), Harry 'Bing' (1903-1977), and Bob (1913-1993); and two girls, Catherine (1904-1974) and Mary Rose (1906-1990). Discover Bing Crosby's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. 25 Nov 1933) were married in 1957 and had 3 children.1. Nine things you might not know about legendary crooner Bing Crosby. He also followed in his father's footsteps and became an actor. [3]:9297[37] Crosby and Al Rinker obtained work at the Clemmer Theatre in Spokane (now known as the Bing Crosby Theater). Crosby had separate charting singles every year between 1931 and 1954; the annual re-release of "White Christmas" extended that streak to 1957. In On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, John Dunning wrote about German engineers having developed a tape recorder with a near-professional broadcast quality standard: [Crosby saw] an enormous advantage in prerecording his radio shows. I came back to see the man playing one of those old Vitrolas, like those of RCA with the horn speaker. However, while Crosby can be called a jazz singer, he was not strictly only a jazz singer as he modeled the style and techniques to a broad scope of music that he performed, ranging from Jazz to Country to even such material as operetta arias. [58], Crosby's was among the most popular and successful musical acts of the 20th century. He became the first performer to prerecord his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. They got enormous laughs, which just went on and on. [89] In 1978, he and Bob Hope were voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship. ", Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby By Edith L. Blumhofer, Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer pg. In an interview for the same article, Gary clarified that Bing "was like a lot of fathers of that time. Billboard magazine used different methodologies during his career. Gender. (1990), Bob Hope wrote, "Dear old Bing, as we called him, the Economy-sized Sinatra.

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