This can be observed particularly in his straight jazz work during the late 1920s/early 1930s, his recordings with Buddy Cole and His Trio from the mid 1950s, as well as in his numerous collaborations with such jazz musicians as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Venuti, or Eddie Lang. June 27 Bing and Dixie welcome their first son, Gary Evan Crosby. He matured as a performer and was in demand as a solo singer.[40]. Crosby died in 1977 following a British tour but May 3 would have been his 110th birthday, an anniversary celebrated by the release of 11 albums, including some material which has never previously been heard. Bing postponed his wedding to Kathryn that was set for Sept. 10, 1955, apparently because of Grace. Thats fine. So I continued, but then he was very uncomfortable when I was away acting. The Crosby family moves from Tacoma to Spokane, Washington. Dec. Bells of St. Marys is released, a film in which Bing reprises his role as Father OMalley alongside Ingrid Bergman and becomes top box office attraction for 1946. The reporters stopped us outside and asked Bing, Are you going to marry Miss Grant? He said, Why yes. He led his radio show for Woodbury Soap for two seasons while his live appearances dwindled. The eponymous song from the film is featured in American Masters Bing Crosby Rediscovered. She graduated from high school at 15, [1] after which she entered the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, though she . They joined the Gus Arnheim Orchestra, performing nightly in the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel. [122] His first performance after the accident was his last American concert, on August 16, 1977, the day Elvis Presley died, at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, California. That ended when he met actress Kathryn Grant (nee Olive Kathryn Grandstaff) a onetime beauty contest winner from Texas. Oct. Bing meets Bob Hope for the first time and gets his first starring role as a radio singer in the musical comedy The Big Broadcast. His song Please reaches #1. The film Little Boy Lost, shot just before Dixies death, is released. 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. The About Kathryn Grant is a 88 year old American Actress. July The film High Society is released, starring Bing, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Louis Armstrong. Bing and Kathryn were married October 24, 1957 til his death on October 14, 1977 they had 3 children. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 19641965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. June Submissions to the SEC indicate that Bing has the second highest income in the US behind MGM studio chief, Louis B. Mayer. [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]. Aug. Bing entertains the American troops abroad. Feb. Bing and Bob Hope appear on the cover of Life Magazine. Bing met Grace Kelly on the set of their movie The Country Girl in 1954, more than a year after his first wife's death and after he had already started dating his future wife, Kathryn Grant. I wont see you.. That was so sad. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You remarried in 2000? They had finished the eighteen holes of golf, and Bing won ten dollars with his pro. 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. [109] "Lindsay Crosby supported his brother (Gary) at the time of its publication but had a tempered view of its revelations. What was his personality like behind closed doors? How did Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant meet? Bing Crosby with first wife Dixie Lee and three of their four sons: Phillip, Dennis and Lindsay. Before 1958, gold records were awarded by record companies. His first son Gary was born in 1933 with twin boys following in 1934. The film White Christmas is released. June The film Stagecoach is released, marking Bings last starring role in a film. We did that, and then later on, Bing was hurt in a terrible accident at the Ambassador on his 50th anniversary show. The priest said, You should wait a while. I said, You cant keep me out. He said, Youre right. The Crosby family became the focus of his Christmas. Bing is introduced to Al Rinker and joins him in the local Spokane band, the Musicaladers. He returned to broadcasting for the last 13 weeks of the 19451946 season. Pictured here is the lovely Mary Frances Crosby; the only daughter of Bing Crosby, from his second . Without him, Jack Kapp wouldn't have had a chance in hell of making Decca work and the Great Depression would have wiped out phonograph records for good."[43]. But NBC and CBS refused to broadcast prerecorded radio programs. [52] Paul Whiteman's hiring of Crosby, with phrasing that echoed jazz, particularly his bandmate Bix Beiderbecke's trumpet, helped bring the genre to a wider audience. and helped morale of the American public. [14] He was also known for his collaborations with his friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to films from 1940 to 1962. [99][100][101][102][103], Crosby and his family lived in the San Francisco area for many years. But it made no difference at all because I was kind of precocious. Then I got word from the ambassador. records Where the Blue of the Night for first time, which becomes his theme song. 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. He is also arrested for drink driving and is later sentenced to 60 days in jail, but he is released under escort for filming. 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. I was a lot younger than he was. Again I didnt know that hed built Del Mar racetrack in California.There was so much of his life that I didnt know about. The song appeared in his films Holiday Inn (1942), anda decade laterin White Christmas (1954). It was very frightening to know which one they were going to operate on because you have to have one functioning kidney when youre operating on the other. I loved it. As minor parts of The Syncopation Idea Crosby and Rinker started to develop as entertainers. "Marketing Iron Pigs, Patriotism, and Peace: Bing Crosby and World War IIA Discourse. [124] Accompanied by the Gordon Rose Orchestra, Crosby's last recorded performance was of the song "Once in a While". In 2007, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame and in 2008 the Western Music Hall of Fame. Their duet was released in 1982 as a single 45-rpm record and reached No. Oct. Its Been a Long, Long Time with Les Paul reaches Number 1. I think it all got a little out of hand. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In the documentary, it does say that Bob and Bing seldom or never socialized together. He added, "We were brought up that way. 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. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. [85] The Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack is named in his honor. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. The June 18, 1945, issue of Life magazine stated, "America's number one star, Bing Crosby, has won more fans, made more money than any entertainer in history. Oct. The U.S enters World War II the next day on December 8, 1941. [7] Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. I loved that. I dont know what Garys problems were, but hed had them from the time he was a little boy. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, The Early Years 19031940. In October 1925, Crosby and Rinker decided to seek fame in California. Last year, I did a cabaret in New York out on the island to benefit a school, and I sang several songs. I became aware of someone behind me and he touched his chair to the back of my knee so I flopped down unceremoniously, she says, recalling an unlikely start to a relationship that was to last almost a quarter of a century and touch her for the rest of her days.What made it even more unlikely was that under the warmth of the California sun and after their meeting Crosby, king of stage and screen, ambled back on set to continue filming White Christmas, one of Hollywoods best-loved movies of all time. [29] The university granted him an honorary doctorate in 1937. They did a very fine surgery on him and repaired all his valves. Sept. Bing films his final Christmas show, which features Bings family and David Bowie. If we didn't, we got punished. . Mary Frances Crosby (14 September 1959 Los Angeles, California, USA) In 1923, Crosby was invited to join a new band composed of high-school students a few years younger than himself. Actress Patricia Neal (who herself at the time was having an affair with the married Gary Cooper) wrote in her 1988 autobiography As I Am about a trip on a cruise ship to England with actress Joan Caulfield in 1948: She [Joan Caulfield] was a lovely girl and we had some good talks. There was something magical for listeners in the fact that what they were hearing was being performed and heard live everywhere, at that precise instant. 1966 Crosby had to do two live radio shows on the same day, three hours apart, for the East and West Coasts. [84] In 1943, Binglin's horse Don Bingo won the Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Bing was very tolerant, though, of my large, expansive idiocy. Hammar, Peter. On June 16, 1963, Crosby received her nurse's cap, signifying her becoming a registered nurse after studying at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles. They begin touring with the orchestra of Paul Whiteman, then one of the most famous bandleaders in America. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Yes, I enjoyed it very much. [24][25] Through another line, also on his father's side, Crosby is descended from Mayflower passenger William Brewster (c.1567 1644). During World War II, Crosby made live appearances before American troops who had been fighting in the European Theater. He had investments in real estate, mines, oil wells, cattle ranches, race horses, music publishing, baseball teams, and television. Kathryn Crosby: He was shy, but not with me. [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". "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)", with his trademark whistling, became his theme song and signature tune. I hope you liked it. ABC offered Crosby $30,000 per week to produce a recorded show every Wednesday that would be sponsored by Philco. Then a year and a half later, the golden circle of talented young performers was let go, and I went right to Columbia Pictures. His appearances, records, and radio work substantially increased his impact. Crosby was also an avid golfer. Apr. Now the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the tournament is a staple of the PGA Tour, having featured Hollywood stars and other celebrities. Why Did People In Old Hollywood Talk Funny. Gary Crosby died of lung cancer in 1995 at age 62, and Phillip Crosby died of a heart attack in 2004 at age 69.[120]. The Fireside Theater (1950) sponsored by Procter & Gamble, was his first television production. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Dec. Bing performs with Bob Hope at the Capitol Theatre in New York City. I came back to see the man playing one of those old Vitrolas, like those of RCA with the horn speaker. They only worked to about 3:00 in the afternoon, and then theyd go play golf until twilight and come home for dinner. Gary's first wife of 19 years, Barbara Cosentino, of whom Gary wrote in his book, "I could confide in her about Mom and Dad and my childhood",[114] and with whom Gary stayed friendly after the divorce, stated: I do not know if what's in the book is true but he never said anything to me about whippings. The Country Girl is released, Bing stars alongside the lovely Grace Kelly. The nickname "Der Bingle" was common among Crosby's German listeners and came to be used by his English-speaking fans. He always believed he was born on May 2, 1904. [125] At about 6:30 pm, as Crosby and his party headed back to the clubhouse, Crosby said, "That was a great game of golf, fellas. Gary said to me before I read it, "It's not the same book I wrote."[112]. Crosby threatened to leave the film and refused to discuss the matter. It was something that one of his boys had done, and it was really frightening. Harry Crosby is an investment banker who occasionally makes singing appearances. I like horses. I didnt know he had built Del Mar racetrack (laughs). We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. After a long run in New York, he went back to Hollywood to film The Big Broadcast. They appeared as guests on each other's shows and on Armed Forces Radio Service during and after World War II. A Crosby-led group purchased station KCOP-TV, in Los Angeles, California, in 1954. Bing Crosby, wife Kathryn Crosby and family photographed with a piece of artwork circa 1977 in New York City. The Mutual Network, on the other hand, pre-recorded some of its programs as early as 1938 for The Shadow with Orson Welles. At his death in 1977 at age 73, he left his money in a blind trust, which none of the sons-whose youthful escapades were well documented by the news media-could touch until age 65. I had more fun doing that. He was 53; she was 23. He had a great tolerance for people. He first took up golf at age 12 as a caddy. Bob was there with his four children, and I was there with our son Harry. bing!, as my luckless victim fell clutching his side, I would shout bing! Mullin's 1976 memoir of these early days of experimental recording agrees with Crosby's account: In the evening, Crosby did the whole show before an audience. How many times has Bing Crosby been married? 1969 [3] 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. They made one film appearance together in Road to Rio singing "You Don't Have to Know the Language", and sang together on the radio throughout the 1940s and 1950s. We could also take out the songs that didn't sound good. Crosby hired Mullin to start recording his Philco Radio Time show on his German-made machine in August 1947 using the same 50 reels of I.G. Bing wins Best Actor for Going My Way at the Academy Awards. Not really, she says. [60] Sources differ regarding the number of copies he sold: 300 million[61] or even 500 million. As Crosby wrote in his autobiography: By using tape, I could do a thirty-five or forty-minute show, then edit it down to the twenty-six or twenty-seven minutes the program ran. [125] On October 14, at the La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid, Crosby played 18 holes of golf. The public wouldn't stand for 'canned' radio, the networks argued. He would appear in 79 pictures. Follow entertainer Bing Crosbys remarkable life, from growing up in Spokane, Washington, to his death after a good game of golf at a course in Madrid, Spain. After the end of the last race, theyd go up and have dinner together. "[69], Presenter Mike Douglas commented in a 1975 interview, "During my days in the Navy in World War II, I remember walking the streets of Calcutta, India, on the coast; it was a lonely night, so far from my home and from my new wife, Gen. Crosby invested $50,000 in Ampex with the intent to produce more machines. I would do it in the summertime. Bing Crosby Productions, affiliated with Desilu Studios and later CBS Television Studios, produced a number of television series, including Crosby's own unsuccessful ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show in the 19641965 season (with co-stars Beverly Garland and Frank McHugh). Oct. 14 Bing Crosby dies of heart attack after a good game of golf at a course outside Madrid, Spain. 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. Bob and Bing spent an hour a day on the phone. They have all reportedly described their father as loving and kind. July The Rhythm Boys first appear at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles; Bing is the standout favorite. The filmEast Side of Heaven is released. 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. "Sail Away from Norway" (1977) Crosby wrote lyrics to go with a traditional song. What did you think? Their longest marriage was 22 years to Dixie Lee. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you and Bing raise your children in the Catholic faith? They said, Are you tired? and he said No, and he fell and it was over.Crosby, 74, died from a heart attack, four days after his final concert.Kathryns anguish was compounded when Gary wrote a book accusing his father of being abusive, both verbally and physically, and claiming that he was regularly beaten with a metal-studded belt.The claims were dismissed by Garys brothers, two of whom later committed suicide while suffering from depression. I went to Palm Springs to swim in the pool at his house. [2], 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. Nov. Dont Fence Me In w/ The Andrews Sisters reaches Number 1. I came back to Austin and finished up my degree and took my Inquiry classes for six weeks. I just kept having children.They had three: Mary, who became an actress and found fame as Kristin Shepard, the woman responsible for shooting JR in Dallas; Nathaniel, who became a golfer and won the 1981 US Amateur Championship; and Harry, who appeared in the horror movie Friday The 13th but went on to become an investment banker. Crosby and Al continued at the Clemmer Theatre for several months often with three other men Wee Georgie Crittenden, Frank McBride and Lloyd Grinnell and they were billed The Clemmer Trio or The Clemmer Entertainers depending who performed.[38]. [81] In the early 1950s, Crosby helped establish the CBS television affiliate in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. They didnt like delivering babies on airplanes back then. Some of Bing Crosbys fans may not know that you are also an actor. Impulsively in 1957, he married Kathryn while Inger later found out about it on the news. Oct. Nathaniel Patrick Crosby, Bings last son and third child with Kathryn, is born. Jan. Bing takes over as host as host of Kraft Music Hall radio program. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife, being more than thirty years his junior. Formerly known as Kathryn Grant and formerly known as Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, the brunette beauty who goes by the name Kathryn Crosby in public is perky, vivacious, and absolutely stunning. [55][56], Crosby elaborated on an idea of Al Jolson's: phrasing, or the art of making a song's lyric ring true. We shot the movie in Ishpeming, Michigan. It was really a working place. Then we got married, which was very good. Kathryn Crosby: It is a wonderful time for me. I had a very little role in that, but I got to see Jimmy Stewart for the first time, and Grace Kelly had a wonderful role. The additional voice meant they could be heard more easily in large New York theaters. Relying on a retroactive amendment to the California Civil Code, Dixie's trust brought suit again, in 2010, alleging that Crosby's right of publicity was community property, and that Dixie's trust was entitled to a share of the revenue it produced. [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 Crosby's death in 1977, he left the residue of his estate to a marital trust for the benefit of his widow, Kathryn, and HLC Properties, Ltd., was formed for the purpose of managing his interests, including his right of publicity. "[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. Mar. We couldn't use the jokes, but Bill asked us to save the laughs. bing! He took Bob salmon fishing up in Canada once, and they had just pulled off to sea when Bob said, I have to go back in. Bing asked, Why? Bob Said, Fish dont applaud. Bob and Bing spent an hour a day on the phone. We heart influencers and interesting people. June Dixie has exploratory surgery, doctors discover terminal ovarian cancer. Feb. Bing meets future wife, Kathryn Grant, for the first time. And what a voice. Excerpts can be seen in American Masters Bing Crosby Rediscovered. 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. Thats a good attitude to enter a marriage with. The Hindu nodded and smiled back. To soldiers overseas and to foreigners he has become a kind of symbol of America, of the amiable, humorous citizen of a free land. After it began broadcasting, the station was sold within a year to Northern Pacific Radio and Television Corporation. Were going up to Arrington. His parents were Harry Lowe Crosby[22] (18701950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (ne Harrigan; 18731964). We heart you!!! People were there from Paramount, and one big executive producer said, Theyre very good together. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Bing won over fans with his laid-back, cool persona and smooth vocals. The Irving Berlin melodies linger on for Kathryn Crosby, especially those sung by her husband. "Beloved and Notorious: A Theory of American Stardom, with Special Reference to Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.". In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. [83] They also established the Binglin Stock Farm in Argentina, where they raced horses at Hipdromo de Palermo in Palermo, Buenos Aires. We traveled to Florence and Rome with a Jesuit priest, Father Brooks, and actually Dolores car had to break down in front of the Vatican because Father Brooks would not have been able to go in at that time since he was a Jesuit without permission from the Black Pope who was the head of his Order. [27], Crosby graduated from Gonzaga High School in 1920 and enrolled at Gonzaga University. Well print that. 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