Advertisement Trachtenberg satisfied his curiosity after he showed the boys' photos to USC specialists. [81] NAFI Corporation and Crosby purchased television station KPTV in Portland, Oregon, for $4 million on September 1, 1959. [65], He received 23 gold and platinum records, according to the book Million Selling Records. [115], Bing's younger brother, singer and jazz bandleader Bob Crosby, recalled at the time of Gary's revelations that Bing was a "disciplinarian", as their mother and father had been. 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby, his nationwide solo radio debut, began broadcasting on September 2, 1931. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. [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". 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[7] Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. After a long run in New York, he went back to Hollywood to film The Big Broadcast. They had four sons Gary, Dennis, Phillip, and Lindsay. The family created an official website[131] on October 14, 2007, the 30th anniversary of Crosby's death. He would appear in 79 pictures. 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. 2 Baths. 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. White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. 4. [10] At his screen apex in 1946, Crosby starred in three of the year's five highest-grossing films: The Bells of St. Mary's, Blue Skies and Road to Utopia. Add family member {{strings[data.relationship]}} First & Middle Name(s) Exact. "Blondell: "I'm surprised they didn't call you "Killer" Crosby! He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1978. Mary Frances Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California on September 14, 1959. Crosby was born on May 3, 1903,[16][17] in Tacoma, Washington, in a house his father built at 1112 North J Street. [125] According to Barrios, Crosby was in good spirits throughout the day, and was photographed several times during the round. 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. Schofield, Mary Anne. The Crosby Family home. [51] He was, by his own definition, a "phraser", a singer who placed equal emphasis on both the lyrics and the music. [47] Crosby was dismissive of his role in the song's success, saying "a jackdaw with a cleft palate could have sung it successfully".[48]. [107], While acknowledging that corporal punishments took place, there were reports of all of Gary's immediate siblings distancing themselves from the abuse claims, either in public or in private. His appearances, records, and radio work substantially increased his impact. Today they wouldn't seem very off-color, but things were different on radio then. Also quick to adopt tape recording was his friend Bob Hope. Image Credit: Nbc Tv/Kobal/Shutterstock. 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). 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 "telefilms" were syndicated to individual television stations. The series consists of Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and The Road to Hong Kong (1962). His records produced hits during the Depression when sales were down. Although he was passionate about the team, he was too nervous to watch the deciding Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, choosing to go to Paris with Kathryn and listen to its radio broadcast. Eventually, Crosby became accomplished at the sport, at his best reaching a two handicap. Bing Crosby's family sold an equal stake in the rights to his estate to Primary Wave Music in an effort for a younger audience to hear his music. [2] He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. On their wedding day -- 29 September 1930 -- Dixie was the more . Crosby was initially a member of a vocal trio called The Three Harmony Aces with Al Rinker accompanying on piano from the pit, to entertain between the films. In the over 280 pages of Crosby's FBI files all but one reference to organized crime or gambling dens are content of a few of the many threats that Bing Crosby received throughout his life. Young Bing Crosby at age 14 took summer jobs at the Spokane Auditorium as a property boy. Mary. The 6.5mm ferric-oxide-coated tape could record 20 minutes per reel of high-quality sound. He signed a contract with Jack Kapp's new record company, Decca, in late 1934. [133], In 2006, the former Metropolitan Theater of Performing Arts ('The Met') in Spokane, Washington, was renamed to The Bing Crosby Theater.[134]. [78], With Frank Sinatra, Crosby was one of the principal backers for the United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles.[79]. The following year, Crosby and Hope reunited for one more Road movie, The Road to Hong Kong, which teamed them up with the much younger Joan Collins and Peter Sellers. He learned how to pronounce German from written scripts and read propaganda broadcasts intended for German forces. And finally, Catherine . His acting credits include "Friday the 13th" and "Double Trouble." The public wouldn't stand for 'canned' radio, the networks argued. Exact. Throughout his career, Crosby often credited Bailey for getting him his first important job in the entertainment business. Family life and death. "The Salt Lake City Office has developed information indicating that Moe Dalitz received an invitation to join a deer hunting party at Bing Crosby's Elko, Nevada, ranch, together with the crooner, his Las Vegas dentist and several business associates." We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. Let's go have a Coca-Cola." ABC offered Crosby $30,000 per week to produce a recorded show every Wednesday that would be sponsored by Philco. Back Bay Books. Now tell me another story, Grandpa!Crosby: "No, so help me, it's the truth, ask Mister De Mille. Amateur in 1981 at age 19, becoming the youngest winner in the history of that event at the time. Last Name. They have all reportedly described their father as loving and kind. Their duet was released in 1982 as a single 45-rpm record and reached No. [125] Crosby, who had a 13 handicap, won with his partner by one stroke. [119], Lindsay Crosby died in 1989 at age 51, and Dennis Crosby died in 1991 at age 56, both by suicide from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. After graduating from high school at age 15, she . ", This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 19:40. Crosby, Stills, and Nash's debut album, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, was released in 1969 and gained critical praise. In October 1925, Crosby and Rinker decided to seek fame in California. Crosby started the tape recorder revolution in America. They performed together countless times on stage, radio, film, and television, and made numerous brief and not so brief appearances together in movies aside from the "Road" pictures, Variety Girl (1947) being an example of lengthy scenes and songs together along with billing. In 1937, 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. ABC was formed from the sale of the NBC Blue Network in 1943 after a federal antitrust suit and was willing to join Mutual in breaking the tradition. [51] In the framework of the novelty-singing style of the Rhythm Boys, he bent notes and added off-tune phrasing, an approach that was rooted in jazz. On Christmas Eve, 1944, somewhere in Europe, presumably during the Battle . The man was listening to Bing Crosby sing, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". "[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. (AP) When they were young, Patricia and Joan Miller sang and danced for Bing Crosby, troops and their friends. Edit Search New Search Jump to Filters. The Andrews Sisters Story". Whiteman needed something different to break up his musical selections, and Crosby and Rinker filled this requirement. He partnered with Ed Craney, who owned the CBS radio affiliate KXLY (AM) and built a television studio west of Crosby's alma mater, Gonzaga University. The success of his first film brought him a contract with Paramount, and he began a pattern of making three films a year. Bing Cosby was born on May 3, 1903, and his birth name is Harry Lillis Crosby. A "Battle of the Baritones" with singer Russ Columbo proved short-lived, replaced with the slogan "Bing Was King". His first marriage, to Pat Sheehan, gave him his first three children and only sons: Patrick Anthony, Gregory, and Dennis Jr. Crosby's vocal style helped take popular singing beyond the "belting" associated with Al Jolson and Billy Murray, who had been obligated to reach the back seats in New York theaters without the aid of a microphone. Denise Crosby (granddaughter) Dixie Lee (born Wilma Winifred Wyatt; November 4, 1909 - November 1, 1952) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. In 1999, the parties settled for approximately $1.5 million. He was already spending much time on the golf course while touring the country in a vaudeville act or with Paul Whiteman's orchestra in the mid to late 1920s. 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 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. The nickname "Der Bingle" was common among Crosby's German listeners and came to be used by his English-speaking fans. 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. After it began broadcasting, the station was sold within a year to Northern Pacific Radio and Television Corporation. [42] Shortly before his death in 1977, he had planned another Road film in which he, Hope, and Lamour search for the Fountain of Youth. All results for bing crosby. They honed their skills with Morrissey. bing! Mary Crosby asserts that Bing had deep regret for not being as present of a father for his first four children's life. Was Bing Crosby a better father the second time around with your family than with his first four sons, do you think? Sterling, C. H., & Kittross, J. M. (1990). Hear all surviving members of Crosby's immediate family his wife Kathryn, daughter. Crosby has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 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. [85] The Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack is named in his honor. He has achieved greater popularity, made more money, attracted vaster audiences than any other entertainer in history. Crosby was associated with ABC's The Hollywood Palace as the show's first and most frequent guest host and appeared annually on its Christmas edition with his wife Kathryn and his younger children, and continued after The Hollywood Palace was eventually canceled. "Bing Crosby: Through the years, volumes one-nine (195456). The Crosbys lived here with much laughter, and many dreams, and a gracious ease. The following day he made his final appearance in a recording studio and sang eight songs at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for a radio program, which also included an interview with Alan Dell. "[70] His popularity in India led many Hindu singers to imitate and emulate him, notably Kishore Kumar, considered the "Bing Crosby of India". He returned to broadcasting for the last 13 weeks of the 19451946 season. It was one of the magnetic tape recorders that BASF and AEG had built in Germany starting in 1935. Nine things you might not know about legendary crooner Bing Crosby. In film, on the radio or on record, he seemed cool and collected, a perfect picture of a laid-back family man. Exact. They each earned $75 a week. Father, with singer Dixie Lee, of sons Gary Crosby, Phillip Crosby & Dennis Crosby (twins) and Lindsay Crosby. I think there was some father-son stuff that everyone has. Working there, he witnessed the performances of some finest . [106] This house served as a setting for some of the family's Minute Maid orange juice television commercials. Crosby was married twice, first to actress/nightclub singer Dixie Lee from 1930 until her death from ovarian cancer, brought on by alcoholism, in 1952. Crosby was one of the first singers to exploit the intimacy of the microphone rather than use the deep, loud vaudeville style associated with Al Jolson. He always believed he was born on May 2, 1904. [125] About 20 yards (18m) from the clubhouse entrance, Crosby collapsed and died instantly from a massive heart attack. (The live production of radio shows was also reinforced by the musicians' union and ASCAP, which wanted to ensure continued work for their members.) [125] He was 74 years old. Armstrong appreciated Crosby's progressive attitudes on race, and often expressed gratitude for the role in later years.[44]. His parents were Harry Lincoln Crosby (aka Harry Lowe Crosby) and Catherine Harrigan. Statistician Joel Whitburn at Billboard determined that Crosby was America's most successful recording act of the 1930s and again in the 1940s. In Crosby's performances, the presence of jazz phrasing, jazz rhythm and jazz improvisation varied depending on the piece of music, but those were elements that Crosby frequently used. $369,000. Bing's paternal grandfather was Nathaniel Crosby (the son of Nathaniel Crosby and Mary Lincoln). And his star is still in the ascendant. In 1917 . We could also take out the songs that didn't sound good. Mary Crosby is an American actress who is well known for her character Kristin Shepard in the television series 'Dallas'. As I passed a Hindu sitting on the corner of a street, I heard something surprisingly familiar. "[109], The author of the most recent biography on Bing Crosby, Gary Giddins, claims that Gary Crosby's memoir is not reliable on many instances and cannot be trusted on the abuse stories. Ft. 1740 Larry Hinson Pl, El Paso, TX 79936. [55][56], Crosby elaborated on an idea of Al Jolson's: phrasing, or the art of making a song's lyric ring true. Crosby asked Harry Cohn, but Cohn had no desire to pay for the flight or to meet Armstrong's "crude, mob-linked but devoted manager, Joe Glaser". Crosby admired Louis Armstrong for his musical ability, and the trumpet maestro was a formative influence on Crosby's singing style. Exact. bing! Along with the psychological hardships she most likely gave her children and Bing Crosby himself, it also had physical consequences for the couple's two twin sons, Dennis and Phillip Crosby. But as . When the two met, they became friends. He added, "We were brought up that way. During World War II, Crosby made live appearances before American troops who had been fighting in the European Theater. His organization, the Crosby Research Foundation, held tape recording patents and developed equipment and recording techniques such as the laugh track that are still in use. A number of Argentine-bred horses were purchased and shipped to race in the United States. On October 13, 1977, Crosby flew alone to Spain to play golf and hunt partridge. [82] In 1960, NAFI purchased KCOP from Crosby's group. After the war, the event resumed play in 1947 on golf courses in Pebble Beach, where it has been played ever since. [78] In 1948, the second season of Philco shows was recorded with the Ampex Model 200A and Scotch 111 tape from 3M. In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. Dave Crosby Popularity Most Popular #18311 [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. Amateur champion in golf). Bing's grandfather Nathaniel was born in Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine, to parents from Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts; and was of English descent, from a family resident in New England since the 1600s. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreamsthe Early Years, 1903-1940. In 1957 Crosby married actress-starlet Kathryn Grant who was some 30 years younger than him. They had a lively style that was popular with college students. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for Going My Way in 1944 and was nominated for the 1945 sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's. [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. He has been inducted into the halls of fame for both radio and popular music. His first son Gary was born in 1933 with twin boys following in 1934. She confided to me that she desperately wanted to marry Bing Crosby. Signing an agreement with Columbia for a single motion picture, Crosby wanted Armstrong to appear in a screen adaptation of The Peacock Feather that eventually became Pennies from Heaven. But the networks and sponsors were adamantly opposed. The Mutual Network, on the other hand, pre-recorded some of its programs as early as 1938 for The Shadow with Orson Welles. 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.. [41] The weekly broadcast made him a hit. Bing Crosby net worth: Bing Crosby was an American singer and actor who had a net worth equal to $50 million inflation adjusted dollars. "[32][33], As it happens, that story was pure whimsy for dramatic effect; the Associated Press had reported as early as February 1932as would later be confirmed by both Bing himself and his biographer Charles Thompsonthat it was in fact a neighborValentine Hobart, circa 1910who had named him "Bingo from Bingville" after a comic feature in the local paper called The Bingville Bugle which the young Harry liked. 1. A copy of the recording from the radio program is owned by the estate of Bing Crosby and was loaned to CBS Sunday Morning for their December 25, 2011, program. Whiteman considered letting them go. [58], Crosby's was among the most popular and successful musical acts of the 20th century. The whole world knew and loved Bing Crosby. He had investments in real estate, mines, oil wells, cattle ranches, race horses, music publishing, baseball teams, and television. He was a frequent guest on the musical variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on various variety shows as well as numerous late-night talk shows and his own highly rated specials. Bing Crosby with Harry Crosby, Kathryn Grant Crosby, Mary Frances Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby The crooner was 58 when his youngest son was born and Nathaniel admits: "I was very aware of. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby . bing!, and I would let him have it again, and then as his friends came to his rescue, shooting as they came, I would shout bing! Bing's children from his second marriage, including daughter and actress Mary Crosby, praised him as a kind and loving father in later life. She, too, was in love with an older married man who was quite as famous as Gary [Cooper]. 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. It is said that his nickname Bing was derived from "Bingo from Bingville" which a neighborhood kid had taken to calling him. "Sail Away from Norway" (1977) Crosby wrote lyrics to go with a traditional song. [94], Particularly during the late 1930s and through the 1940s Bing Crosby's domestic life was dominated by his wife's excessive drinking. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to the United States by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in the California electronics company Ampex to build copies. ", Gilbert, Roger. 3 in the UK singles charts. Crosby invested $50,000 in Ampex with the intent to produce more machines. In 1928 he had his first number one hit, a jazz-influenced rendition of "Ol' Man River". [125][126] At the ninth hole, construction workers building a house nearby recognized him, and when asked for a song, Crosby sang "Strangers in the Night". "[57], Critic Henry Pleasants wrote in 1985: [While] the octave B flat to B flat in Bing's voice at that time [1930s] is, to my ears, one of the loveliest I have heard in forty-five years of listening to baritones, both classical and popular, it dropped conspicuously in later years. Crosby, however, seldom bothers to contemplate his future. (1928), with Harry Barris and, "Ev'rything's Agreed Upon" (1930), with Harry Barris, "Believe Me" (1931), with James Cavanaugh and, "You Taught Me How to Love" (1931), with H. C. LeBlang and Don Herman, "My Woman" (1932), with Irving Wallman and Max Wartell, "Cutesie Pie" (1932), with Red Standex and, "I Was So Alone, Suddenly You Were There (1932), with, "Love Me Tonight" (1932), with Victor Young and Ned Washington, US, no. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, The Early Years 19031940. "Out of Nowhere", "Just One More Chance", "At Your Command" and "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" were among the best selling songs of 1931.[42].

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