Bing Crosby - Biography - IMDb Bing Crosby Biography Showing all 121 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (88) | Personal Quotes (20) Overview (5) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (1) Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, the fourth of seven children of Catherine Helen "Kate" (Harrigan) and Harry Lowe Crosby, a brewery bookkeeper. He was of English and Irish descent. Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. Bing and the band's piano player, Al Rinker , left Spokane for Los Angeles in 1925. In the early 1930s Bing's brother Everett sent a record of Bing singing "I Surrender, Dear" to the president of CBS. His live performances from New York were carried over the national radio network for 20 consecutive weeks in 1932.

His radio success led Paramount Pictures to include him in The Big Broadcast (1932), a film featuring radio favorites. His songs about not needing a bundle of money to make life happy was the right message for the decade of the Great Depression. His relaxed, low-key style carried over into the series of "Road" comedies he made with pal Bob Hope . He won the best actor Oscar for playing an easygoing priest in Going My Way (1944). He showed that he was indeed an actor as well as a performer when he played an alcoholic actor down on his luck opposite Grace Kelly in The Country Girl (1954). Playing golf was what he liked to do best. He died at age 74 playing golf at a course outside Madrid, Spain, after completing a tour of England that had included a sold-out engagement at the London Palladium.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dale O'Connor < daleoc@worldnet.att.net> Spouse (2) ( 29 September 1930 - 1 November 1952) (her death) (4 children) Trade Mark (5) Often played what he referred to as "happy go-lucky fellas" in his movies Signature Song: "White Christmas" Often worked with Bob Hope "Crooned" most of the songs he sang. Baritone voice Trivia (88) His eldest son Gary Crosby was vocal in criticizing Bing's violent ways as a father. He wrote a sensationalist tell-all biography titled "Going My Own Way" in 1983 which was touted as a "Daddy Dearest" about Bing. Though Lindsay Crosby and Dennis Crosby fluctuated between agreeing and disagreeing with Gary's criticisms of their father, Phillip Crosby defended Bing after the book was published. Two of the sons suffered bouts of depression, much as their mother Dixie Lee had, throughout their lives and committed suicide(Lindsay and Dennis, in 1989 and 1991, respectively). Gary died of lung cancer in 1995.

Phillip died of a heart attack in 2004, having defended his father to the end. Bing's children from his second marriage, including daughter and actress Mary Crosby , praised him as a kind and loving father in later life. Older brother of bandleader Bob Crosby . His large ears were pinned back during his early films, until partway through She Loves Me Not (1934). From the 1940s to the 1960s he owned 15% of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. His cameo in Angels in the Outfield (1951) was as part-owner of the team. Three things about Bing were frequent sources of jokes in Hollywood: his inability to sire a daughter, prior to the birth of Mary Crosby ; his investment in racehorses that rarely won; and his rather bad, almost colorblind, taste in casual clothes. These jokes often made their way into radio and TV shows, movies and, most often, into the comedy routines of Bob Hope . Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the Grotto section, L119, #1.

Left a clause in his will stating that his sons could not collect their inheritance money until they were 65. They had already been amply taken care of by a trust fund set up by their mother, Dixie Lee , which is truth was totally funded by Bing. All four sons continued to collect monies from that fund until their deaths. Was nicknamed "Bing" after a character named "Bingo" in a comic strip titled "Bingville Bugle." Was the first choice of "Columbo" creators Richard Levinson and William Link to portray the famed detective. Opened the Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, California in 1937 and collected tickets at the turnstile on opening day. Before the start of every day of racing his song "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" is played. This song was written for Del Mar and never sold commercially. Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998. He was the 20th century's first multi-media entertainer: a star on radio, in movies and in chart-topping recordings. He had 38 No. 1 singles, which surpassed even Elvis Presley and The Beatles .

When he married his first wife actress/singer Dixie Lee in 1930, her fame at the time was greater than his. One headline actually read: "Well Known Fox Movie Star Marries Bing Croveny." Dixie eventually retired to raise four sons. One of his early inspirations was Louis Armstrong , who returned the admiration. Louis once described Bing's mellow voice as "like gold being poured out of a cup." Sang on radio at least once a week from 1931 to 1962. As a young adult he enjoyed carousing and drinking and actually received another nickname: "Binge" Crosby. He once spent two months in jail (weekends only) for DUI after a minor car accident, and surprised and shocked interviewers by advocating that pot be decriminalized. The balding actor hated having to wear a toupee during filming and specifically looked for scripts that had outdoor scenes where he could wear a hat or bed scenes in which he could wear a nightcap. "White Christmas" became the bestselling single for more than 50 years until overtaken in 1997 by "Candle in the Wind", Elton John 's tribute to the late Princess Diana .

Star of NBC Radio's "Kraft Music Hall" (1935-1946). Star of ABC Radio's "Philco Radio Time" (1946-1949). Star of CBS Radio's "The Bing Crosby Show" (1954-1956). In March of 1950, he had his appendix removed. Star of CBS Radio's "The Bing Crosby Chesterfield Show" (1949-1952). When Chesterfield left, General Electric took over as sponsor for 1953 and 1954. Refused the role of Columbo due to the fact that he felt that it would interfere with his golf game. He and his second wife and younger children did TV commercials for Minute Maid orange juice, because he owned considerable stock in the company. On October 13, 1977, the day before Crosby's death, independent producer Lew Grade announced that he was reuniting Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour onscreen for the film "Road to the Fountain of Youth," ending several years of speculation at to whether the trio would reunite professionally or not.

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 122-124. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 Phil Crosby, Jr., Bing's grandson, formed a jazz quartet in the Los Angeles area and is bringing a semi-resurgence of interest in Bing and his music. Through the electronics lab he funded, he was heavily involved in the initial development of both audio and video tape recording in the late '40s and early '50s, primarily for use on his own TV and radio projects. One of the very first commercial uses of audio tape in the USA, in fact, was the recording and editing of his radio program on the ABC network around 1946-1948. His early videotape format, however, was quickly obscured by Ampex's industry-standard Quadruplex format. Pictured on a 29 cent U.S. commemorative postage stamp in the "Legends of American Music" series, issued September 1st 1994. Became seriously ill around Christmas 1973, with chest pains and respiratory problems.

Both Bing and wife Kathryn Grant thought he had lung cancer. In January 1974 he felt so ill he consented to be hospitalized, and a large tumor was found in his left lung. The tumor and three-fifths of the lung were removed, and over the next months he slowly recovered. Since the tumor was benign, it was believed his illness was caused by a fungal infection from a recent safari in Africa. At the time of his death in 1977, he was the biggest selling recording artist of all time. He is only one of six performers to be nominated for an Oscar twice for playing the same role in two separate films. He was nominated as Father O'Malley in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945).

The other five are Peter O'Toole as Henry II in Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986), Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015). His father was of English descent, with many family lines tracing back to New England of the 1600s. His mother's family, which was from New Brunswick, Canada, was of Irish descent. Until the late 1970s he had been listed in the Guinness Book Of World Records as having sold more recordings than any other entertainer. Is one of only five actors/actresses to have a #1 single and an Oscar for best actor/actress.

The others are Barbra Streisand , Frank Sinatra , Cher and Jamie Foxx . He received 23 gold records and was awarded platinum discs for his two biggest selling singles, "White Christmas" in 1960 and "Silent Night" in 1970. According to the Guinness Book of Records, his "White Christmas" has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. According to ticket sales Crosby is, at 1,077,900,000 tickets sold, the third most popular actor of all time after Clark Gable and John Wayne . He is also, according to Quigley Publishing Company's International Motion Picture Almanac, tied for second on the "All Time Number One Stars List" with three other actors - Clint Eastwood , Tom Hanks and Burt Reynolds . Crosby was the #1 box office attraction for five years, beaten only by Tom Cruise who was #1 for seven years. In 1960 he received a platinum record as First Citizen of the Record Industry for having sold 200 million discs, a number that doubled by 1980.

Between 1915 and 1980 he was the only motion-picture star to rank as the #1 box-office attraction five times (1944-1948). Between 1934 and 1954 he scored in the top ten 15 times. On the day of his death he played a full 18 holes of golf, where he scored a respectable 85 and won the match. Walking off the 18th green of the La Moraleja Golf Club, in a suburb of Madrid, Spain, he suffered a massive heart attack. His last words were reported as, "That was a great game of golf, fellas." However, according to the Summer 2001 issue of Club Crosby's BINGANG magazine, he then said, "Let's go have a Coca-Cola." According to his biographer Gary Giddens, Crosby's last words were, "Let's go get a Coke.".

He appeared on approximately 4,000 radio broadcasts, nearly 3,400 of them his own programs, and single-handedly changed radio from a live-performance to a canned or recorded medium by presenting, in 1946, the first transcribed network show on ABC, thereby making that also-ran network a major force. In a great many of his films, he played lighthearted comedy and musical roles as a singer or songwriter. His usual casual approach belied the fact that Crosby was a fine dramatic actor, as witnessed by his portrayals in Little Boy Lost (1953), The Country Girl (1954), Man on Fire (1957), and his last major film Stagecoach (1966). He also starred in the television movie Dr. Cook's Garden (1971) and won much critical acclaim for his performance. His last TV appearance was in Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas (1977) which was taped in London and broadcast, after his death, in the USA on 30 November 1977, and in the United Kingdom on 24 December 1977.

This show has also been made available on commercial video. It is memorable for Crosby and David Bowie singing a duet. He sang on 4,000 radio shows from 1931 to 1962 and was the top-rated radio star for eighteen of those years. A longtime supporter of the Republican Party, Crosby campaigned for Wendell Willkie in the 1940 Presidential election, because he strongly believed President Franklin D. Roosevelt should only serve two terms of office. When Roosevelt was easily re-elected, Crosby vowed never to become publicly involved in partisan politics again. Mary Carlisle , who worked with him in films, noticed he was self-conscious about his height, and he wore lifts. Crosby once told Alan Ladd how pleased he was that Ladd was shorter than him at 5'5". Bing maintained he was 5'9", but an office secretary named Nancy Briggs recalled a visit to his home when he wore slippers and she realized he was her height - 5'7". He is estimated to have sold between 600 million and 900 million records worldwide. Most of these sales were singles.

In 1962 Crosby was the first recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Was the first person to sing "White Christmas". Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978. Delayed his marriage to Kathryn Grant until 1957 due to his long affair with Grace Kelly . Four songs Crosby sang in movies - "Sweet Leilani" (1937), "White Christmas" (1942), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), and "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951) - won Oscars. The Met Theater in downtown Spokane, Washington, where he was raised and performed (with the Musicaladers) as a young man in 1925, was renamed the Bing Crosby Theater on December 8, 2006. The Met was built in 1915. Bing was also a giving donor to the city's Gonzaga University. He is the most electronically recorded voice in history. In 1948 a poll declared Crosby the most admired man in the world, ahead of President Harry S. Truman , General Dwight D.

Eisenhower , Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII . His estate was valued at $150 million, making him one of the wealthiest entertainers in Hollywood, along with his friends Bob Hope and Fred MacMurray . Is portrayed by Alex Fallis in Dash and Lilly (1999). In the autumn of 1974, having recovered from major lung surgery, Crosby performed a series of concerts at the London Palladium. This was the first time he had sung before a live audience since World War II. He repeated this engagement in 1975, 1976 and 1977. He also began recording new albums at a faster rate than he had since the early 1950s. At the time of his death he was considering buying an eighteen hole golf course in Kent, England. In 1969, it was reported that he was worth an estimated $75 million. Stagecoach (1966) was his last major film. Though it did not get good reviews, his performance as the drunken doctor was praised. Crosby felt the movies had changed a lot since his heyday, although he let it be known that he was still open to offers.

Nearly filed for divorce from his first wife in 1948 because he wanted to marry Joan Caulfield . Inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007. In March 1977, after videotaping a concert for CBS to commemorate his 50th anniversary in show business, Crosby backed off the stage into an orchestra pit, rupturing a disc in his back that required a month of hospitalization. Has a street named after him in Iowa City, Iowa. After Judy Garland was fired from MGM about 1950, he was one of the first to offer her work on his radio show to help her out of her financial woes. The two had marvelous chemistry as a comedy duo, and many of these audio recordings still survive today. He was awarded 3 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1611 Vine Street, for Radio at 6769 Hollywood Boulevard, and for Recording at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. His favorite performer was Al Jolson . Caricatured in the Warner Bros.

cartoons "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song", "Hollywood Steps Out", and "What's Up, Doc?" (all as himself), and in "Curtain Razor", "Swooner Crooner" and "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" and "Bingo Crosbyana" (all as a bird). Due to the unflattering depiction of him in the last one, he sued Warner Bros. Crosby named his first son, Gary Crosby , after friend and fellow Paramount contractee, Gary Cooper . As early as 1932, Crosby made the list of Top Ten box office stars, which included Mae West , Will Rogers , Wallace Beery , etc. In 1968, Crosby considered doing another "Road" picture, "The Road to Christmas", with Bob Hope and Hayley Mills .

According to "Films in Review's" 1968 career article on the star, Paul Whiteman wanted Crosby to sing "Song of the Dawn" in King of Jazz (1930), but just before filming was to take place, the singer crashed his car on Hollywood Boulevard near the Roosevelt Hotel while driving a "starlet" home, and although no one was hurt, he was sentenced to 60 days for DWI. In his absence, Whiteman had John Boles sing the solo. Paper-Research: Bio of Harry Lillis Crosby Bith Date: May 2, 1903 Death Date: October 14, 1977 Place of Birth: Tacoma, Washington, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: entertainer, singer, actor Harry Lillis Crosby (1903-1977) was one of the best-loved show business personalities of his time. He set a crooning style which was imitated for years, recorded over 1,600 songs, had his own radio show for over 20 years, starred in over 60 films, and made many guest appearances and specials for television.

Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington, on May 2, 1903 (although there is some dispute about the year, which is also variously stated as 1901 and 1904). He was one of seven children, all of whom were given music lessons by their musically inclined parents (one brother, Bob Crosby, later earned fame and fortune as a band-leader in the 1930s and 1940s). While he was still a boy the family moved to Spokane, Washington, where he grew up, graduating from a Jesuit high school in 1920 and for a while attending the Jesuit Gonzaga University. He was christened Harry Lillis Crosby at birth, but was dubbed Bing while in grade school. According to his autobiography, he was an avid fan of a comic strip called "The Bingville Bugle" which appeared in one of the Spokane Sunday newspapers. Friends noticed that, like a number of characters in this strip, the young Crosby had large ears and took to calling him "Bingo" which in time was shortened to Bing.

Publicity material issued during the 1930s, however, asserted that his name came from the fact that when he played cowboys and Indians as a child he shouted "bing" instead of "bang." Crosby began singing professionally in the early 1920s. Throughout the decade he was active with a number of singing groups. The most notable of these groups was the Rhythm Boys, a trio which achieved a great deal of popularity through its association with the then immensely successful Paul Whiteman Orchestra. The trio became an important part of Whiteman's act, touring with the orchestra across America. But in time the trio decided to strike out on its own in Hollywood. Soon the group broke up, and in the early 1930s Crosby achieved recognition on his own. A Natural for Movies and Radio Crosby's beautiful voice and engaging style were perfect for the movies, which had just converted to sound, and to radio broadcasting, which was just coming into its own as a national medium.

As the knowledgeable Garson Kanin has pointed out with regard to Crosby at this time: "nothing is so powerful as a crooner who has met his time." Crosby's mellifluous voice, his laid-back persona, and his casual delivery set a crooning style for singers that was widely imitated for years. But he had no real competition until the 1940s and the advent of Frank Sinatra. Crosby's radio career began in 1930 while he was performing in night clubs in Los Angeles as a band singer. By the following year he had his own 15-minute radio show, and he would have some kind of radio show for over two decades, until the mid-1950s. His theme song, "When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day," became one of radio broadcasting's classic theme songs. Crosby is probably best remembered as a radio personality for his stint as the star of NBC's hour long Kraft Music Hall with which he was associated from 1935 to 1946.

When after World War II Crosby wanted to make use of newly developed technology to pre-record the show he met strong resistance from NBC and from the sponsor, Kraft. He moved to another network and easily found another sponsor. Crosby was a star in various mediums. His movies drew well at the box office; his records sold in the millions. But as journalist John Dunning convincingly argued, "radio first spread his name far and wide ..., and kept Crosby synonymous with top show business for three decades." Less good fortune marked Crosby's forays into television. He made many guest appearances before undertaking a weekly show in the mid-1960s. It lasted only a single season and was not a critical success. In 1966 Crosby did his first Christmas special; the last one was aired two months after his death. These specials attracted millions of Crosby's fans and were generally considered successful. Yet, overall, television was not a medium that was kind to Crosby. A Success in the Movies The movies were another matter. Crosby was a top star for over 30 years, and for a period of time in the 1940s he was among the top ten box office draws in the United States.

He made over 60 films, most of them for Paramount, which released 45 of the films. His association with the studio lasted for a quarter of a century. His movie career began in the Paul Whiteman film King of Jazz in 1930 as one of the Rhythm Boys. His first important role in a Paramount film was in The Big Broadcast (1932), in which he played a happy-go-lucky crooner singing at a failing radio station. This film, which gave him his big break and which was successful at the box office, set the pattern for most of the other movies he made during the 1930s. These movies were light-weight comedies with Crosby as an easy-going singer with an affable style. It made no difference if the setting was on shipboard (Anything Goes, 1936), at a girl's school (Going Hollywood, 1933), by a showboat (Mississippi, 1935), or in contemporary Los Angeles (Sing You Sinners, 1938).

While he continued to make some similar films during the 1940s, it was the "Road" films that moved his star even higher. In 1940 he embarked with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour on the Road to Singapore. Over the years there followed Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1945), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and Road to Hong Kong (1962). All of these films were good-natured spoofs which played on the personalities of their leads and were filmed with amiable gags, outrageous quips, and a variety of send-ups. Another important extension of his talents also took place during the 1940s when he played a relaxed amiable singing Irish priest in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Both these films were smash hits, and Crosby was critically acclaimed. For his first portrayal of Father O'Malley he was awarded an Oscar.

These films were followed by more conventional musicals such as Blue Skies (1946), Mr. Music (1950), and Just For You (1952), which were no more or less than their titles indicate. As the audience for such film fare began to diminish in the 1950s Crosby changed pace and undertook with considerable success a number of dramatic roles, including the part of the has-been alcoholic Broadway actor in the film version of Clifford Odets' bittersweet play The Country Girl. For his moving portrayal Crosby won an Oscar nomination and a New York Film Critics Award. His film career declined in the 1960s. His last major role, really a character part, was as a drunken doctor in the embarrassing remake (1966) of the classic 1939 Western Stagecoach. His last on-screen appearance was as one of the narrators in the nostalgic compilation film That's Entertainment (1974), which dealt with MGM's musical past. Millions of Records One of Crosby's films--Holiday Inn (1942)--provided him with his greatest success as a recording artist.

The Irving Berlin song "White Christmas," sung by Crosby in this film as the lament of a New Englander spending Christmas in snowless Southern California, struck a responsive chord during World War II when millions of soldiers were away from home during the holidays. Crosby's recording of that song has remained a best seller since then. It is estimated to be among the best selling singles ever recorded, having sold over 100 million copies. It has contributed to the fact that Crosby is among the greatest selling recording artists of all time. During his 51-year recording career Crosby recorded more than 1,600 songs and is estimated to have sold over 400 million records. Bing Crosby was married twice. The first time, in 1930, was to the actress-singer Dixie Lee, who died of cancer in 1952. They had four sons--Gary (born 1934), Dennis and Phillip (born 1935), and Lindsay (born 1938). In 1957 Crosby married actress-starlet Kathryn Grant who was some 30 years younger than him. They had two boys (H. L.

Crosby, Jr., born 1958, and Nathaniel, born 1961) and a girl (Mary, born 1959). Crosby died as the result of a massive heart attack on October 14th, 1977, while playing golf on a course in Spain. He is buried in Los Angeles. During his years in show business Crosby earned a fortune, which he augmented by wise investments and careful management. At his death Crosby was estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars, and his holdings were said to include everything from real estate and oil and gas wells to stock in the Coca-Cola company. He was one of the wealthiest show business personalities of his day and also one of the best loved. His popularity never really waned. He was, to use cinema historian John Kobal's words, "an American institution ... relaxed to the point of disinterest, or so it seemed, but beneath that outward charm lay a tough showbusiness professional...." Further Reading Bing Crosby's autobiography is Call Me Lucky (1953). His second wife, Kathryn Crosby, has written an interesting memoir, Bing and Other Things (1967).

The authorized biography is by Charles Thompson (1976). Other friendly biographies are by Bob Thomas (1978) and Barry Ulanov (1948). Gary Giddins wrote a biography of Crosby using previously rare, unpublished documents never before used by biographers. His biography, Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams; The Early Years, 1903-1940, was published in 2001. Crosby's son Gary also published a biography of his father, Going My Own Way (1983), and Kathryn Crosby released another memoir, My Life with Bing (1983). A quick once over of the films is by Robert Bookbinder (1977). Donald Shepherd and Robert L. Slatzer, Bing Crosby: The Hollow Man is an unfriendly biography (1981). Need a custom written paper? Let our professional writers save your time. Our writers are from respected universities What is Paper-Research? Paper-Research offers pre-written essays, term papers, book reports, and research papers on a great variety of topics that will diversify your writing and help improve your grade.

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Bing Crosby Country is Tacoma. Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Jr. was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation. A multimedia star, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. His early career coincided with technical recording innovations; this allowed him to develop a laid-back, intimate singing style that influenced many of the popular male singers who followed him, including Perry Como,Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours alloc... Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr.

(1903 - 1977) - Genealogy Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. 1112 North J Street, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States Death: in Alcobendas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain Cause of death: Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States Immediate Family: Added 2013-04-24 13:20:31 -0700 by Geoffrey David Trowbridge Collection: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: ... reacted with shock and grief Friday to the death of singer Bing Crosby The entertainer instigator of the famed Bing's Clambake at Pebble... Date: Added 2013-04-24 13:20:40 -0700 by Geoffrey David Trowbridge Collection: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...on Crosby's career The Washington Post Bing Crosby who died of a heart attack in Madrid day was a show business phenomenon For years ...

Date: Added 2013-04-24 13:21:26 -0700 by Geoffrey David Trowbridge Collection: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...Then waiting wives Bing Crosby rites burial held at dawn By Bob Thomas Associated Press Bing Crosby's relatives and close friends gat... Date: Added 2013-04-24 13:21:08 -0700 by Geoffrey David Trowbridge Collection: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...Classified BING CROSBY is on his way home today with private funeral ceremonies scheduled for Tuesday in Los Angeles Page FOR DRUNKS ...

Date: Added 2014-12-05 13:15:23 -0800 by gerald duane paddock Collection: May 3 1903 - Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA Death: Oct 14 1977 - Madrid, Spain Parents: Harry Lillis Crosby, Catherine Helen Crosby Wife: Gary Evan Crosby, Lindsay Harry Crosby, Dennis Michael Crosby, Phillip Lang Crosby Siblings: ...Nathaniel Crosby, Laurence Earl Crosby, George Robert Crosby, Mary Rose Crosby, Catherine Cordelia Mullin, Edward John Crosby, Edward Crosby Added 2013-04-24 13:20:23 -0700 by Geoffrey David Trowbridge Collection: Added 2013-04-24 13:21:20 -0700 by Geoffrey David Trowbridge Collection: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...EIGHT Crooner died and Crosby's body on to U.S. Spain The body of Bing who died and after winning a round of is coming American offic...

Date: Sep 29 1930 - Los Angeles, California, United States Wife: Australian Newspapers Text: ... informed sources said, United Press International reported. Crosby NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP). — The body of Bing Crosby, who died suddenly... Publication: Oct 19 1977 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Page: Cause of death: Myocardial infarction - Oct 14 1977 - La Moraleja Parents: Harry Lincoln Crosby, Catherine Harrigan Siblings: Bob Crosby, Larry Crosby, Everett Crosby, Mary Rose Crosby, Ted Crosby, Catherine Crosby Wife: Lindsay Crosby, Dennis Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, Harry Crosby, Mary Crosby, Gary Crosby, Phillip Crosby Residence: Australian Newspapers Text: "...for any other election except the 1972 campaign. Bing Crosby dies after golf Bins Crosby collapsed and died of a heart attack on a Sp... Publication: Oct 17 1977 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Page: Australian Newspapers Text: ... northern Italy, returned to their homes yesterday.

OBITUARY Bing Crosby in 1935, 1946 and 1958. Birig Crosby and Mr Cesar de ... Zulucta... Publication: Oct 17 1977 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Page: brother About Bing Crosby Bing Crosby was one of the biggest music and movie stars of the mid-20th century. His career stretched more than half a century from 1926 until his death in 1977. Crosby's unique bass-baritone voice made him the best-selling recording artist until well into the rock era, with over half a billion records in circulation. Born Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma, Washington, on May 2, 1903 (although there is some dispute about the year, which is also variously stated as 1901 and 1904), he was one of seven children, all of whom were given music lessons by their musically inclined parents (one brother, Bob Crosby, later earned fame and fortune as a band-leader in the 1930s and 1940s).

While he was still a boy the family moved to Spokane, Washington, where he grew up, graduating from a Jesuit high school in 1920 and for a while attending the Jesuit Gonzaga University. He was christened Harry Lillis Crosby at birth, but was dubbed Bing while in grade school. According to his autobiography, he was an avid fan of a comic strip called "The Bingville Bugle" which appeared in one of the Spokane Sunday newspapers. Friends noticed that, like a number of characters in this strip, the young Crosby had large ears and took to calling him "Bingo" which in time was shortened to Bing. Publicity material issued during the 1930s, however, asserted that his name came from the fact that when he played cowboys and Indians as a child he shouted "bing" instead of "bang." Crosby began singing professionally in the early 1920s. Throughout the decade he was active with a number of singing groups. The most notable of these groups was the Rhythm Boys, a trio which achieved a great deal of popularity through its association with the then immensely successful Paul Whiteman Orchestra.

The trio became an important part of Whiteman's act, touring with the orchestra across America. But in time the trio decided to strike out on its own in Hollywood. Soon the group broke up, and in the early 1930s Crosby achieved recognition on his own. His beautiful voice and engaging style were perfect for the movies, which had just converted to sound, and to radio broadcasting, which was just coming into its own as a national medium. As the knowledgeable Garson Kanin has pointed out with regard to Crosby at this time: "nothing is so powerful as a crooner who has met his time." Crosby's mellifluous voice, his laid-back persona, and his casual delivery set a crooning style for singers that was widely imitated for years. But he had no real competition until the 1940s and the advent of Frank Sinatra. Crosby's radio career began in 1930 while he was performing in night clubs in Los Angeles as a band singer. By the following year he had his own 15-minute radio show, and he would have some kind of radio show for over two decades, until the mid-1950s.

His theme song, "When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day," became one of radio broadcasting's classic theme songs. Crosby is probably best remembered as a radio personality for his stint as the star of NBC's hour long Kraft Music Hall with which he was associated from 1935 to 1946. When after World War II Crosby wanted to make use of newly developed technology to pre-record the show he met strong resistance from NBC and from the sponsor, Kraft. He moved to another network and easily found another sponsor. Crosby was a star in various mediums. His movies drew well at the box office; his records sold in the millions. But as journalist John Dunning convincingly argued, "radio first spread his name far and wide …, and kept Crosby synonymous with top show business for three decades." Less good fortune marked Crosby's forays into television. He made many guest appearances before undertaking a weekly show in the mid-1960s. It lasted only a single season and was not a critical success. In 1966 Crosby did his first Christmas special; the last one was aired two months after his death. These specials attracted millions of Crosby's fans and were generally considered successful.

Yet, overall, television was not a medium that was kind to Crosby. The movies were another matter. Crosby was a top star for over 30 years, and for a period of time in the 1940s he was among the top ten box office draws in the United States. He made over 60 films, most of them for Paramount, which released 45 of the films. His association with the studio lasted for a quarter of a century. His movie career began in the Paul Whiteman film King of Jazzin 1930 as one of the Rhythm Boys. His first important role in a Paramount film was in The Big Broadcast (1932), in which he played a happy-go-lucky crooner singing at a failing radio station. This film, which gave him his big break and which was successful at the box office, set the pattern for most of the other movies he made during the 1930s. These movies were light-weight comedies with Crosby as an easy-going singer with an affable style.

It made no difference if the setting was on shipboard (Anything Goes, 1936), at a girl's school (Going Hollywood, 1933), by a showboat (Mississippi, 1935), or in contemporary Los Angeles (Sing You Sinners, 1938). While he continued to make some similar films during the 1940s, it was the "Road" films that moved his star even higher. In 1940 he embarked with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour on the Road to Singapore. Over the years there followed Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1945), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and Road to Hong Kong (1962). All of these films were good-natured spoofs which played on the personalities of their leads and were filmed with amiable gags, outrageous quips, and a variety of send-ups.

Another important extension of his talents also took place during the 1940s when he played a relaxed amiable singing Irish priest in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). Both these films were smash hits, and Crosby was critically acclaimed. For his first portrayal of Father O'Malley he was awarded an Oscar. These films were followed by more conventional musicals such as Blue Skies (1946), Mr. Music (1950), and Just For You (1952), which were no more or less than their titles indicate. As the audience for such film fare began to diminish in the 1950s Crosby changed pace and undertook with considerable success a number of dramatic roles, including the part of the has-been alcoholic Broadway actor in the film version of Clifford Odets' bittersweet play The Country Girl. For his moving portrayal Crosby won an Oscar nomination and a New York Film Critics Award. His film career declined in the 1960s.

His last major role, really a character part, was as a drunken doctor in the embarrassing remake (1966) of the classic 1939 Western Stagecoach. His last on-screen appearance was as one of the narrators in the nostalgic compilation film That's Entertainment (1974), which dealt with MGM's musical past. One of Crosby's films - Holiday Inn (1942) - provided him with his greatest success as a recording artist. The Irving Berlin song "White Christmas," sung by Crosby in this film as the lament of a New Englander spending Christmas in snowless Southern California, struck a responsive chord during World War II when millions of soldiers were away from home during the holidays. Crosby's recording of that song has remained a best seller since then. It is estimated to be among the best selling singles ever recorded, having sold over 100 million copies. It has contributed to the fact that Crosby is among the greatest selling recording artists of all time. During his 51-year recording career Crosby recorded more than 1,600 songs and is estimated to have sold over 400 million records. Bing Crosby was married twice.

The first time, in 1930, was to the actress-singer Dixie Lee, who died of cancer in 1952. They had four sons - Gary (born 1934), Dennis and Phillip (born 1935), and Lindsay (born 1938). In 1957 Crosby married actress-starlet Kathryn Grant who was some 30 years younger than him. They had two boys (H. L. Crosby, Jr., born 1958, and Nathaniel, born 1961) and a girl (Mary, born 1959). Crosby died as the result of a massive heart attack on October 14th, 1977, while playing golf on a course in Spain. He is buried in Los Angeles. During his years in show business Crosby earned a fortune, which he augmented by wise investments and careful management. At his death Crosby was estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars, and his holdings were said to include everything from real estate and oil and gas wells to stock in the Coca-Cola company.

He was one of the wealthiest show business personalities of his day and also one of the best loved. His popularity never really waned. American singer, actor, and songwriter who achieved great popularity in radio, recordings, and motion pictures. He became the archetypal crooner of a period when the advent of radio broadcasting and talking pictures and the refinement of sound-recording techniques made the climate ideal for the rise of such a figure. His casual stage manner and mellow, relaxed singing style influenced two generations of pop singers and made him the most successful entertainer of his day. Crosby began to sing and to play the drums while studying law at Spokane, Wash. After a period spent singing with the Paul Whiteman orchestra in 1927, he appeared in the early sound film King of Jazz (1931). Crosby became a star after getting his own program on the CBS radio station in New York City in 1932. He began appearing in more films, and by the late 1930s his records were selling millions of copies. His songwriting activities included part-authorship of “A Ghost of a Chance” and “Where the Blue of the Night” (his radio theme song).

His recording of “White Christmas” became one of the most popular songs of the century, exceeded in record sales only by his “Silent Night.” In the 1940s he was the star of a popular radio variety show. Crosby won an Academy Award for best actor for his portrayal of Father O'Malley in the film Going My Way (1944).Crosby's career took a new turn to comedy in the series of seven “Road” films in which he appeared with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, beginning with Road to Singapore (1940). His other films include The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), White Christmas (1954), and The Country Girl (1954). His autobiography, Call Me Lucky, appeared in 1953. Crosby ran a successful television production company in the 1960s. An astute businessman, he amassed one of the largest fortunes in Hollywood from his earnings as an entertainer and from shrewd investments. By the mid-1970s, 400 million copies of his records had been sold.

He was a notable sportsman and died of a heart attack while on a golf course. Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby Earnings - Bing Crosby Net Worth Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby Earnings Read more... Bing Crosby Bing Crosby Net Worth is $50 Million. Bing Crosby is Singer | Actor | Golfer | Singer-songwriter | Film Producer | Entrepreneur. Bing Crosby Date of Birth is 1903-05-03. Bing Crosby Nickname is Bing Cosby, Bing Cropsby, Bong Crosby, Bin Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby, The old groane... Bing Crosby Net Worth is $50 Million. Bing Crosby Net Worth is $50 Million. Bing Crosby is Singer | Actor | Golfer | Singer-songwriter | Film Producer | Entrepreneur. Bing Crosby Date of Birth is 1903-05-03. Bing Crosby Nickname is Bing Cosby, Bing Cropsby, Bong Crosby, Bin Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby, The old groaner, Der Bingle, Harry, Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Bing Crosby & Family. Bing Crosby Height is 1.7 m.

Bing Crosby Ethnicity is Irish American, English American. Bing Crosby Country is Tacoma. Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Jr. was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation. A multimedia star, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. His early career coincided with technical recording innovations; this allowed him to develop a laid-back, intimate singing style that influenced many of the popular male singers who followed him, including Perry Como,Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours alloc...

Harry Lillis Crosby, III - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Hollywood, Los Angeles Co., California, USA Immediate Family: Actor, singer and investment banker Managed by: Aug 8 1958 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, USA Parents: Harry Lillis Crosby, Olive Kathryn Crosby (born Grandstaff) Siblings: ...y Evan Crosby, Phillip Lang Crosby, Dennis Michael Crosby, Lindsay Harry Crosby, Mary Frances Brodka (born Crosby), Nathaniel Patrick Crosby Partner: Bing Crosby, <Private> Crosby (born Grant) Siblings: Harry Lillis Crosby, <Private> Crosby (born Grant) Siblings: Aug 8 1958 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA Parents: Harry Lillis "bing" Crosby, Olive Kathryn "kathryn Grant" Crosby (born Grandstaff) Siblings: Gary Evan Crosby, Phillip Lang Crosby, Dennis Michael Crosby, Lindsay Harry Crosby, Mary Frances Crosby, Nathaniel Patrick Crosby Aug 8 1958 - Hollywood, Los Angeles Parents: Harry Lillis "bing" Crosby, Olive Kathryn Crosby (born Grand

staff) Siblings: ...y Crosby, Dennis Michael Crosby, Phillip Lang Crosby, Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby, Mary Frances Brodka (born Crosby), Nathaniel Patrick Crosby Partner: Gary Crosby, Mary Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, Lindsay Crosby, Dennis Crosby, Phillip Crosby Wife: Harry Lillis 'Bing' Crosby, Olive Kathyrn Crosby (born Grandstaff) Siblings: ...n Crosby, Dennis Michael Crosby, Lindsay Harry Crosby, Mary Francis Lottimer (born Crosby), Nathaniel Patrick Crosby, <Private> Crosby Aug 8 1958 - Hollywood, California, USA Parents: Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Kathryn (Grant) Crosby Siblings: Gary Evan Crosby, Dennis Michael Crosby, Phillip Lang Crosby, Lindsay Harry Crosby, Nathaniel Patrick Crosby, <Private> Brodka Harry Lillis Crosby, Olive Kathryn Crosby (born Grandstaff) Siblings: Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Kathryn Crosby (born Grant) Siblings: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Crosby (born Bergman) Siblings: ) Harry Lillis Crosby III (born August 8, 1958) is an American actor, singer, and investment banker.

Crosby was born in Hollywood, California, at Queen of Angels Hospital. He is the fifth son of actor and singer Bing Crosby, the eldest from Bing's second marriage to Kathryn Crosby (née Grandstaff). Harry is: the brother of Mary and Nathaniel Crosby; the half-brother of Gary, Dennis, Phillip and Lindsay Crosby; the uncle of Denise Crosby; the nephew of Bob Crosby and Larry Crosby. Crosby has worked in investment banking since the 1980s and served as a managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston in New York City. He now occasionally performs with singers at coffee houses and clubs. Film and television Crosby gained show business experience at an early age, by appearing with his father and family on various Christmas television shows, and at the London Palladium in 1976 and 1977.

He has appeared in several films: The Hollywood Palace (1966)...Himself - Singer (episode # 4.14) The Hollywood Palace (1967)...Himself - Singer (episode # 5.14) The Hollywood Palace (1968)...Himself - Singer (episode # 6.12) Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire: A Couple of Song and Dance Men (1975) (TV) Friday the 13th (1980)...Bill The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981) (TV)...Cpl. Ed Stevens Hollow Venus: Diary of a Go-Go Dancer (1989)...Cute Rocker A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998) (V)...Himself Harry Lillis Crosby, III's Timeline 1958

Question: Which singer had the first names Harry Lillis?
Answer: Bing Crosby