Sept. After two postponements, Bing makes his solo radio debut. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In the documentary, it does say that Bob and Bing seldom or never socialized together. He gave one of the first Ampex Model 300 recorders to his friend, guitarist Les Paul, which led to Paul's invention of multitrack recording. Mar. But since Dolores car broke down in front, we were able to go in and look around. Jan. Bing records I Surrender, Dear, his first solo hit. Bing was very tolerant, though, of my large, expansive idiocy. I was a lot younger than he was. "[132], Calypso musician Roaring Lion wrote a tribute song in 1939 titled "Bing Crosby", in which he wrote: "Bing has a way of singing with his very heart and soul / Which captivates the world / His millions of listeners never fail to rejoice / At his golden voice."[3], Bing Crosby Stadium in Front Royal, Virginia, was named after Crosby in honor of his fundraising and cash contributions for its construction from 1948 to 1950. 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. Gary said to me before I read it, "It's not the same book I wrote."[112]. They got enormous laughs, which just went on and on. Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multimedia star of the first half of the 20th century, and now the public and his fans can learn much more about the icon in a new documentary, American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered, which premieres nationwide Tuesday, December 2 at 8:00 pm on PBS. How old is Catherine Crosby? [29] The university granted him an honorary doctorate in 1937. They had four sons: Gary, twins Dennis and Phillip, and Lindsay. His parents were Harry Lowe Crosby[22] (18701950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (ne Harrigan; 18731964). Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Many people associate Bing Crosby with the yuletide season primarily because of his TV specials, the 1954 film, White Christmas, and the hit single of the same name. Since Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair. "[70] His popularity in India led many Hindu singers to imitate and emulate him, notably Kishore Kumar, considered the "Bing Crosby of India". They honed their skills with Morrissey. But they said I was too young and pretty something they said to everyone!She was only 20, 30 years younger than Crosby and the same age as the eldest of his four sons Gary, by singer and actress Dixie Lee, who had died from cancer in 1952 after 22 years of marriage. Share This Smashing Interviews Article Socially: Kathryn Crosby Interview: On Life with Bing Crosby and PBS' "American Masters" Documentary Featuring the Entertainment Icon's Career, Jesse Ventura Interview: "I Got Donald Trump to Admit George Bush Was an Even Worse President Than Obama", Victoria Rowell Interview: "Young and the Restless" Stars Reunite in UPtv's "Marry Us for Christmas", C. 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Jack Mullin: The man and his Machines. as a young man in 1925, was renamed the Bing Crosby Theater on December 8, 2006. Son: Nathaniel Patrick October 29, 1961. But the networks and sponsors were adamantly opposed. If we didn't, we got punished. Bing signs a deal with director Mack Sennett to appear in a series of short comedic films, and signs his first solo contract, with Brunswick Records. In 1936, Crosby exercised an option in his Paramount contract to regularly star in an out-of-house film. He didnt win but costar Grace Kelly took best actress.It was four years before he and Kathryn married. Bing had a long surgery where they had to remove a large tumor the size of a grapefruit which was interesting because it was Nocardia which is half bacteria and half fungus that he probably got in Africa. Gary got drunk there and had to be sent home, which was so bad. In 1906, his family moved to Spokane in Eastern Washington state, where he was raised. bing! In the summer of 1966, he spent a week as the guest of Lord Egremont, staying in Cockermouth and fishing on the River Derwent. We were in the same boat in more ways than one, but I could not tell her so. When we got together in Las Vegas, Aunt Mary was with me, and Bing was with his driver, Leo Lynn, and we went to the courthouse and got our license. [50] It was on this special that he recorded a duet of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Peace on Earth" with rock musician David Bowie. In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. 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. 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. Mar. I cant keep you out. So I was baptized and graduated from school, and then went to marry Bing in the same week. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. [116][117], Crosby's will established a blind trust in which none of the sons received an inheritance until they reached the age of 65, intended by Crosby to keep them out of trouble. 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. He has been inducted into the halls of fame for both radio and popular music. [citation needed]. I liked that. The Bing Crosby on Broadway stage show opens at the Uris Theatre in New York City. [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. Sept. [63] The International Motion Picture Almanac lists him in a tie for second-most years at number one on the All Time Number One Stars List with Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, and Burt Reynolds. June 6 D-Day: The Allies invade Normandy, France. "I used to tell Sinatra over and over," said Tommy Dorsey, "there's only one singer you ought to listen to and his name is Crosby. Spring/Early Summer The Rhythm Boys disband. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers the first of his evening fireside chats to the public over radio. [3], Crosby told Barbara Walters in a 1977 televised interview that he thought marijuana should be legalized because he figured it would make it much easier for the authorities to have a proper legal control over the market. July The film High Society is released, starring Bing, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Louis Armstrong. On October 18, 1977, following a private funeral Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Westwood,[128] Crosby was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Crosby and Armstrong remained warm acquaintances for decades, occasionally singing together in later years, e.g. **** The company produced two ABC medical dramas, Ben Casey (19611966) and Breaking Point (19631964), the popular Hogan's Heroes (19651971) military comedy on CBS, as well as the lesser-known show Slattery's People (19641965). "Now You Has Jazz" in the film High Society (1956). 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. A Crosby-led group purchased station KCOP-TV, in Los Angeles, California, in 1954. 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. Crosby was a fan of thoroughbred horse racing and bought his first racehorse in 1935. Crosby was born on May 3, 1903,[16][17] in Tacoma, Washington, in a house his father built at 1112 North J Street. ", Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby By Edith L. Blumhofer, Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer pg. Crosby credited Kapp for choosing hit songs, working with many other musicians, and most important, diversifying his repertoire into several styles and genres. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in West Columbia, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1955. In time, Bingo got shortened to Bing.[34][35][36]. Kathryn Crosby: Actually my sister, who is four years older, and I are changing our birthdays this year to May because in May, the Crosby golf tournament takes place. A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. During World War II, Crosby made live appearances before American troops who had been fighting in the European Theater. I can't pinpoint it. [86] From 1946 until his death, he owned a 25% share of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The filmRoad to Singapore is released, the first in a series of Road pictures with Bob Hope which became the highest grossing franchise until the James Bond films. What did you think? Crosby graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955 and two years later became the second wife of the legendary bass-baritone crooner Bing Crosby, being about thirty years his junior. Oct. A holiday perennial, the song was repeatedly re-released by Decca, charting another sixteen times. His first wife was actress and nightclub singer Dixie Lee, to whom he was married from 1930 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1952. [98], 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". [125] On October 14, at the La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid, Crosby played 18 holes of golf. 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