American Songwriter: Born 111 Years Ago Today in Pennsylvania, the Singing Cowboy Who Wrote the Western Anthem Popularized by Bing Crosby
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Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. One of the first multimedia stars, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Crosby was a leader in record sales, network radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He was one of the first global cultural icons. Crosby made over 70 feature films and recorded more t…
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business · American singer and actor (1903–1977) · singer · actor · television personality · radio personality · film actor · baseball player · television producer · stage actor · film producer · television actor · also Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby, Harry Crosby, Harry Crosby Jr., Harry Lillis Crosby Jr., Crosby
Born 3 May 1903 · Died 14 October 1977 · Q72984
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2026· 27 entries
The Times of India: In the 1940s, Bing Crosby bought Nevada ranches to escape Hollywood; one 3,000-acre property that could r
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Del Mar Thoroughbred Club: Thanksgiving Day Racing Highlights 2026 Bing Crosby Season
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Sacramento Bee: Top Sacramento stories: Meta settlement, Bing Crosby ranch sale and more
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Yahoo: See the former Bing Crosby ranch in Nevada that just sold for $14.2M
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elkodaily.com: Bing Crosby's former Elko County ranch sells for $14.2M
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WSJ: Exclusive | Bing Crosby’s Former Nevada Ranch Sells for Double Its 2019 Asking Price
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Published video “Step Back into the Golden Age of Music ✨ Bing Crosby (1977) #medley #bingcrosby #1977”.
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Published video “Bing Crosby - Popular Tunes Medley (Bing Crosby: 50 Years in Show Business, March 20th, 1977)”.
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“That was a great game of golf, fellas. Let”
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Thoroughbred Daily News: Top-Level Turf Tests Highlight Bing Crosby Meet at Del Mar
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That Eric Alper: What Bing Crosby Can Teach You About Investing in the Technology Behind You
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Published video “A Heartwarming Family Performance 🌙 Moonlight Becomes You #bingcrosby #maryfranciscrosby #live”.
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Published video “Bing Crosby - Moonlight Becomes You (Bing Crosby: 50 Years in Show Business, 1977)”.
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Public attention spiked: 6,190 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 1,957, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Bing Crosby Stakes At Del Mar Offers Spot In Breeders’ Cup” (Forbes).
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Forbes: Bing Crosby Stakes At Del Mar Offers Spot In Breeders’ Cup
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Published video “A Rare TV Moment with Bing Crosby & Kathryn Crosby 💖 Medley LIVE #bingcrosby #duet”.
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Published video “Bing Crosby & Kathryn Crosby – Medley (Live 1977) | 50 Years in Show Business”.
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Published video “Mele Kalikimaka! Do you know these facts behind this holiday classic?”.
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Published video “Kick off another Christmas in July with Bing! Get 15% merchandise now through July 6th 🌴 #bingcrosby”.
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Published video “"Sing, Sing, Sing!" - musical advice from the great Bing Crosby #bingcrosby”.
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Published video “When Bing Crosby and Pearl Bailey Team Up, It’s Pure Gold 🔥 Gone Fishin’ (1977) #bingcrosby #1977”.
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Published video “Bing Crosby & Pearl Bailey - Gone Fishin (Bing Crosby: 50 Years in Show Business, 1977)”.
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Architectural Digest: Bing Crosby at Home: Images of the Influential Crooner Away From the Spotlight
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Published video “Old-school vocal magic from Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers ✨ #BingCrosby #MillsBrothers #Dinah”.
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Yahoo: Bing Crosby's opulent Bay Area estate is back on the market after 1 year
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Yahoo: Bing Crosby's Northern California estate is back on the market, asking millions more
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2025· 4 entries
Artnet: Bing Crosby’s Personal Treasures—From Fine Art to Fabergé—Rake in $6.7 Million at Auction
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Mansion Global: The sale also includes rare Fabergé pieces the singer and his wife, actress Kathryn Crosby, gifted each other
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The Real Deal: Bing Crosby’s Bay Area chateau sells for $25M
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East Bay Times: Photos: Bing Crosby’s Hillsborough mansion sells for $25 million
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2024· 3 entries
New York Post: Bing Crosby struggled to sing ‘White Christmas’ to troops, ‘most difficult thing’ in his career
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Forbes: Bing Crosby Charts A Top 10 Album For The First Time In More Than 60 Years
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Forbes: Bing Crosby Scores Two New Hit Albums, Nearly 50 Years After His Death
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2023· 1 entry
Released album “Bing & Ella”.
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2021· 2 entries
Released album “Christmas for Kids”.
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NBC DFW: Bing Crosby's Former Estate With ‘Secret Room' Hits the Market for $13.75 Million — Take a Look Inside
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “Bing at Christmas”.
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2016· 1 entry
Released album “A Christmas Story”.
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2014· 3 entries
Released album “Christmas Classics with Bing Crosby”.
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Released album “Some Fine Old Chestnuts”.
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Released album “Christmas”.
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Joyful Christmas with Bing Crosby”.
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Bing Crosby Christmas”.
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “On the Sentimental Side”.
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2007· 2 entries
Crosby was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame and in 2008 the Western Music Hall of Fame
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Released album “14 Holiday Favorites for a White Christmas”.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Good & Rare”.
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Released album “Together”.
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “The Christmas Album”.
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Released album “Christmas Songs”.
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “The Golden Age of Comedy”.
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “It’s Easy to Remember”.
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “The Essential Collection”.
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Found that with 1,077,900,000 movie tickets sold, Crosby was the third-most-popular actor of all time, behind Clark Gable (1,168,300,000) and John Wayne (1,114,000,000)
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Released album “Don't Fence Me In”.
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1999· 4 entries
In December 1999, the New York Post published an article by Bill Hoffmann and Murray Weiss called Bing Crosby's Single Life which claimed that "recently published" FBI files revealed connections with figures in the Mafia "since his youth".
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Released album “Forever Gold”.
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Released album “Christmas Treasury”.
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Released album “The Legendary Bing Crosby”.
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “Something to Remember Me By”.
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Released album “My Favorite Hymns”.
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Released album “Holiday Inn”.
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “My Favorite Country Songs”.
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Released album “Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, and Friends”.
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1995· 3 entries
Released album “White Christmas, Bing Crosby Sings Yuletide Favorites; White Christmas; Bing Crosby Sings Yuletide Favorites”.
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Released album “White Christmas”.
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Released album “Christmas Through the Years”.
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1994· 4 entries
Released album “Bing Crosby Christmas Album”.
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Released album “WWII Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1944 and June 29, 1944”.
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Released album “WWII Radio Broadcast: July 6, 1944 and November 30, 1944”.
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Released album “WWII Radio Broadcast: October 7, 1945 and December 16, 1943”.
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Christmas With Bing Crosby”.
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1992· 3 entries
Released album “Christmas With Bing”.
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However, Crosby's FBI files had already been published in 1992 and provide no indication that Crosby had ties to the Mafia except for one major, but accidental, encounter in Chicago in 1929 which is not mentioned in the files, but is told by Crosby himself in his as-told-to autobiography Call Me Lucky.
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And provide no indication that Crosby had ties to the Mafia except for one major, but accidental, encounter in Chicago in 1929 which is not mentioned in the files, but is told by Crosby himself in his as-told-to autobiog
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1989· 2 entries
“On Louis Armstrong, as quoted in The Big Band Almanac (1989) by Leo Walker, p. 12”
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At age 51, and Dennis Crosby died in 1991 at age 56, both by suicide from self-inflicted gunshot wounds
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1986· 2 entries
Released album “Bing ’n Basie”.
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Released album “Bing Crosby Sings Again”.
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1982· 1 entry
As a single 45 rpm record and reached No
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1978· 1 entry
And Bob Hope were voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship
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1977· 22 entries
Died 1977-10-14.
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Released album “Beautiful Memories”.
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After Crosby died, the song was re-released and reached No
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Crosby had planned another Road film in which he, Hope, and Lamour search for the Fountain of Youth
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Crosby told Barbara Walters in a televised interview that he thought marijuana should be legalized, because he believed it would make it much easier for the authorities to exert proper legal control over the market
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“He was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.”
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“My two sons, Harry and Nathaniel, my father and my father-in-law and many of my friends idolized Roberto Clemente and so did I. I called him a double superstar.”
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“Ascolta molto e parla di meno. Non puoi imparare nulla quando parli.”
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“Ele era o único músico que já viveu, que não pode ser substituído por alguém.”
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“Listen a lot & talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.”
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“Conta le tue fortune invece delle pecore”
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“Count your blessings instead of the sheep”
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“Una o due volte sono stato descritto come un comico leggero. Considero questa la descrizione la più accurata sulle mie capacità che abbia mai visto.”
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“Once or twice I`ve been described as a light comedian. I consider this the most accurate description of my abilities I`ve ever seen.”
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“[Crooning] started with Vallee, Rudy Vallée, didn't it? ... I was glad to be classified [as] anything, just to be working.”
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“[ Frank Sinatra was] another singer, and a good one.”
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“Cole Porter, he never missed, that fellow.”
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“I don't think I ever did pick a hit song, unless it was "Sweet Leilani". ... Some of the songs that Jack [Kapp] picked didn't work, but 99% of them did.”
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“I just played Bing Crosby. ... Sometimes I had a priest's collar; sometimes I dressed some way else.”
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“Louis Armstrong ... was marvelous to be with. He had tremendous warmth, appeal. And I idolized him, not only for how great he was singing and playing, but for himself. ... I used to get postcards from him [from] all over the world. ... He went to every accessible place in the world.”
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Released album “Seasons (The Closing Chapter)”.
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In 1977, Crosby told Barbara Walters in a televised interview that he thought marijuana should be legalized, because he believed it would make it much easier for the authorities to exert proper legal control over the market.
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1976· 2 entries
Released album “That's What Life Is All About”.
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Released album “Feels Good, Feels Right”.
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “A Southern Memoir”.
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“That's What Life is All About”
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded American Music Award of Merit (1974).
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1973· 1 entry
Crosby had sold more than 400 million records worldwide, and by 1977 he had sold 500 million discs worldwide, being ranked as the most successful and best-selling musical artist in 1978 by Guinness World Records
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1971· 2 entries
Released album “A Time to Be Jolly”.
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“Pop Chronicles Interviews #133, interviewed by John Gilliland recorded 1971 July 8.”
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1968· 1 entry
Released album “Thoroughly Modern Bing”.
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1966· 1 entry
Released album “Bing Crosby's Treasury_The Songs I Love”.
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1965· 4 entries
Released album “That Travelin' Two-Beat”.
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The Crosbys moved to a larger, 40-room French chateau-style house on nearby Jackling Drive, where Kathryn Crosby continued to reside after Bing's death
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Released album “Sings The Great Country Hits”.
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Released album “Bing Crosby”.
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1964· 3 entries
Released album “America I Hear You Singing”.
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Released album “Return to Paradise Islands”.
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Released album “12 Songs of Christmas”.
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1963· 2 entries
And his wife Kathryn moved with their three young children from Los Angeles to a $175,000 ten-bedroom Tudor estate in Hillsborough, formerly owned by fellow horseman Lindsay C
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Received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award
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1962· 5 entries
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1962).
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Crosby was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Released album “Swinging on a Star”.
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Released album “I Wish You a Merry Christmas”.
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Released album “Holiday in Europe”.
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1961· 2 entries
Released album “101 Gang Songs”.
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Released album “El Señor Bing”.
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1960· 6 entries
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1960).
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NAFI purchased KCOP from Crosby's group
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Crosby was honored as "First Citizen of Record Industry" based on having sold 200 million discs
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Attacks lightly and easily on a low E flat
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Released album “Bing & Satchmo”.
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Starred in High Time, a collegiate comedy with Fabian Forte and Tuesday Weld that predicted the emerging gap between Crosby and the new younger generation of musicians and actors who had begun their careers after Worl
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1958· 7 entries
Released album “Bing Crosby Sings”.
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And it is doubtful how much he was really involved in that meeting
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Released album “Fancy Meeting You Here”.
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And actresses Inger Stevens and Grace Kelly
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Released album “Rendezvous”.
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Released album “Crosby Classics”.
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Released album “Around The World With Bing!”.
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1957· 2 entries
Released album “Bing With a Beat”.
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Released album “New Tricks...”.
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1956· 6 entries
Released album “Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings”.
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Released album “Home On The Range”.
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Crosby sold his tape recorder operation to 3M, which launched the Mincom recorder division in Camarillo with Jack Mullin as chief engineer
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Released album “Blue Hawaii”.
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Released album “A Christmas Sing With Bing - Around The World”.
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Released album “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”.
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1955· 1 entry
Released album “Young Bing Crosby”.
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1954· 3 entries
Released album “Bing: A Musical Autobiography”.
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Released album “Selections from Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”.
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Caulfield admitted to a relationship with a "top film star" who was a married man with children, who, in the end, chose his wife and children over her
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1953· 2 entries
As a result of a liquidation of assets by Crosby, who needed to raise enough funds to pay the hefty federal and state inheritance taxes on his deceased wife's estate
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Released album “Le Bing - Song Hits of Paris”.
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1952· 2 entries
Released album “Road To Bali (Selections From The Paramount Picture)”.
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Released album “Bing and Connee”.
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1951· 1 entry
“In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”
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1950· 2 entries
Released album “Down Memory Lane, Volume 1”.
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Crosby became the third person to win the William D
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1949· 5 entries
Released album “Sings Songs by George Gershwin”.
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Released album “St. Valentine's Day”.
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Released album “Sings Songs by Jerome Kern”.
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Released album “Christmas Greetings”.
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Released album “Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs”.
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1948· 2 entries
Music Digest estimated that Crosby's recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music in North America
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American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII
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1947· 2 entries
On golf courses in Pebble Beach, where it has been played ever since
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Using the same musicians and backup singers; the original 1942 master had become damaged due to its frequent use in pressing additional singles
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1946· 3 entries
Crosby starred in three of the year's five highest-grossing films: The Bells of St
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Released album “St. Patrick’s Day”.
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Released album “Blue Skies”.
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1945· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Going My Way (1945).
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“Le campane di Santa Maria (1945)”
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Released album “Merry Christmas”.
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When he clashed with NBC over his insistence that he be allowed to pre-record his radio shows
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1944· 2 entries
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
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And was nominated for the 1945 sequel, The Bells of St
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1943· 2 entries
Binglin's horse Don Bingo won the Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York
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After a federal antitrust suit and was willing to join Mutual in breaking the tradition
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1942· 2 entries
And rose to number 1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks
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Released album “Original Soundtrack Recording Of The Classic 1942 Film "Holiday Inn"”.
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1941· 3 entries
Released album “A Souvenir Program”.
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Released album “Crosbyana (12 Favorite Songs From Bing Crosby’s Paramount Picture)”.
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“Where the Turf Meets the Surf”
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1940· 2 entries
Released album “Ballad for Americans”.
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Released album “Star Dust”.
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1938· 1 entry
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race won by Charles S
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1937· 2 entries
After Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of She Loves Me Not, Joan Blondell asked Crosby how he got his nickname
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Crosby hosted the first 'Crosby Clambake', a pro-am tournament at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, the event's location prior to World War II
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1936· 1 entry
Crosby exercised an option in his Paramount contract to regularly star in an out-of-house film
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1933· 1 entry
“I Would If I Could But I Can't”
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1932· 3 entries
“I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You”
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“Where Are You, Girl of My Dreams?”
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“You're Just a Beautiful Melody of Love”
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1931· 5 entries
15 Minutes with Bing Crosby, his nationwide solo radio debut, began broadcasting
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Roughly 60 million of his records had been sold, with "White Christmas" alone selling two million copies in the United States and 250,000 in Great Britain
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“Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)”
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A break with the Rhythm Boys became almost inevitable
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He got his drinking under control in 1931.
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1930· 1 entry
The Rhythm Boys appeared in the film King of Jazz with Whiteman, but Crosby's growing dissatisfaction with Whiteman led to the Rhythm Boys leaving his organization
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1928· 1 entry
Had his first number one hit, a jazz-influenced rendition of "Ol' Man River"
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1926· 1 entry
Debuted with Whiteman on December 6 at the Tivoli Theatre in Chicago
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1925· 1 entry
Bing appeared at the Clemmer Theater as part of The Clemmer Trio (Frank McBride, Lloyd Grinnell and Harry Crosby) and they were shown as being presented with special stage effects
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1923· 1 entry
Crosby was invited to join a new band composed of high-school students a few years younger than himself
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1917· 1 entry
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 Crosby spellbound with ad-libbing and parodies of Hawaiian songs
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1913· 1 entry
His father (Harry Lillis Crosby Sr
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1903· 2 entries
In Tacoma, Washington, in a house his father built at 1112 North J Street
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Born 1903-05-03.
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