Bing Crosby

Si Barry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (Mayo 31 1903 - Oktubre 14, 1977) sarong Amerikanong popular na parakanta asin aktor.  An saiyang karera naghunat nin kabangang siglo puon 1926 sagkod na sya nagadan.

Saro sa sinasabing multimedyang artista, poon 1934 sundô 1954, si Bing Crosby haros mayong karibal pag-abot sa bentahan nin mga rekord, sa rating nin paradangog sa radyo asin sa takilya nin mga sinehan. Binistong gayo na saro sa pinakapopular na pasaling musikal sa lantad nin historya, si Crosby binibisto man na iyo an nagin inspirasyon kan mga kalalakihan na mga parakanta kan panahon na idto, siring ki Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, asin Dean Martin.

An Yank magazine (Magasin kan mga Amerikanong soldados) pinagbisto si Crosby na iyo an nakapakusog na gayo kan buot kan mga Amerikanong suldados kan ika-2ng Gerang Pangkinaban, asin kan kalatawan kan mga taon nya, mga taon na 1948, an mga poll dineklara syang iyo na "an pinaka-admiradong tawo na buhay" asin nakaungos pa siya ki Jackie Robinson asin ki Santo Papa Pius XII.

Saiyang mga tokda'
Si Crosby may 15ng kanta na sya an katuwang sa pagtukda. An saiyang tukda na "At Your Command" nagin numero 1 nin tulong semana  sa U.S. pop singles chart kan 1931, puon kan semana nin Agosto 1, 1931. An "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" iyo an pinakalataw na saiyang komposisyon, na pinagrekord  ni Duke Ellington, Linda Ronstadt, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, asin ni Mildred Bailey. An mga kanta na may kakompos sya iyo an mga minasunod: 

"That's Grandma" (1927), katuwang si Harry Barris asin James Cavanaugh
"From Monday On" (1928), katuwang si Harry Barris asin pigrekord kan Paul Whiteman Orchestra tampok si Bix Beiderbecke sa cornet
"What Price Lyrics?" (1928), katuwang si Harry Barris asin Matty Malneck
"At Your Command" (1931), katuwang si Harry Barris asin Harry Tobias
"Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (1931), katuwang si Roy Turk asin Fred Ahlert
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (1932), katuwang si Victor Young asin Ned Washington
"My Woman" (1932), katuwang si Irving Wallman asin Max Wartell
"Love Me Tonight" (1932), katuwang si Victor Young asin Ned Washington
"Waltzing in a Dream" (1932), katuwang si Victor Young asin Ned Washington 
"I Would If I Could But I Can't" (1933), katuwang si Mitchell Parish asin Alan Grey
"Where the Turf Meets the Surf" (1941)
"Tenderfoot" (1953)
"Domenica" (1961)
"That's What Life is All About" (1975)
"Sail Away to Norway" (1977)

Dugang na hihilngan
 Macfarlane, Malcolm. Bing Crosby - Day By Day. Scarecrow Press, 2001. (Find it at Amazon: .)
 Osterholm, J. Roger. Bing Crosby: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1994. (Find it at Amazon: .)
 Prigozy, R. & Raubicheck, W., ed. Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture. The Boydell Press, 2007. (Find it at Amazon: .)

Mga panluwas na takod
 Bing Crosby's Official Site
 Bing Crosby on Facebook
 Bing Crosby Internet Museum 
 The Bing Crosby Discography
 Bing Crosby Collection at Gonzaga University
 Most Popular Entertainer of the Twentieth Century
 Most popular Singers of the 20th century
 Conference Bing Crosby (November 2002)
 Bing Crosby Article - by Dr. Frank Hoffmann 
 The International Club Crosby Fan Club 
 BING magazine (a publication of the ICC)
 "Bing still matters" (2007) by Ted Nesi, The Sun Chronicle
Bob Hope: The Road to Bed in TimesOnline
Bing Crosby Official 10" (78Rpm) Discography

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