He made a fortune from the Minute Maid Orange Juice Corporation, in which he was a principal stockholder.[73]. All results for bing crosby. Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, and also Crosby were masters at this, and the networks weren't about to give it up easily. We should note for our audience that Bing Crosby's four sons in his. He gave one of the first Ampex Model 300 recorders to his friend, guitarist Les Paul, which led to Paul's invention of multitrack recording. [3]:8. [39], Success with Whiteman was followed by disaster when they reached New York. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. 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. Thus the laugh-track was born. Last Name. He later described Jolson's delivery as "electric". Bing Crosby with his four sons Gary, Lindsay, Dennis and Phillip (Image: GETTY) Mary Crosby has disputed her half-brother Gary's claims (Image: GETTY) "And Gary said to me that the publishers. His great popularity throughout the continent led other African singers to emulate him, including Masuka, Dolly Rathebe, and Mriam Makeba, known locally as "The Bing Crosby of Africa. In 1963, he and his wife Kathryn moved with their 3 young children from Los Angeles to a $175,000 10-bedroom Tudor estate in Hillsborough because they did not want to raise their children in Hollywood, according to son Nathaniel. bing! The man was listening to Bing Crosby sing, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". children: Mary Crosby Gary Crosby Harry Crosby Dennis Crosby Phillip Crosby Lindsay Crosby Nathaniel Crosby Born Country: United States Quotes By Bing Crosby Actors Height: 5'7" (170 cm ), 5'7" Males political ideology: Republican Died on: October 14, 1977 place of death: La Moraleja, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain U.S. State: Washington She was born on September 14, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, USA.. 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. Denise Crosby, Dennis Crosby's daughter, is also an actress and is known for her role as Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for the recurring role of the Romulan Sela after her withdrawal from the series as a regular cast member. 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. An Afternoon with Jack Mullin. [62] The single "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies according to Guinness World Records. After it began broadcasting, the station was sold within a year to Northern Pacific Radio and Television Corporation. Both Dennis and Lindsay died due to suicide. For fifteen years (1934, 1937, 1940, 19431954), Crosby was among the top ten acts in box-office sales, and for five of those years (19441948) he topped the world. Singing with the Arnheim Orchestra, Crosby's solos began to steal the show while the Rhythm Boys' act gradually became redundant. Crosby had one confirmed extramarital affair between 1945 and the late 1940s, while married to his first wife Dixie. The Binglin Stable partnership came to an end in 1953 as a result of a liquidation of assets by Crosby, who needed to raise enough funds to pay the hefty federal and state inheritance taxes on his deceased wife's estate. He learned how to pronounce German from written scripts and read propaganda broadcasts intended for German forces. [24][25] Through another line, also on his father's side, Crosby is descended from Mayflower passenger William Brewster (c.1567 1644). I think there was some father-son stuff that everyone has. [42] He sang four Academy Award winning songs "Sweet Leilani" (1937), "White Christmas" (1942), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951) and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Going My Way (1944). 1. 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. After graduating from high school at age 15, she . Bing Crosby's great grandfather was Nathaniel Crosby IV Bing Crosby's great grandmother was Mary Crosby Bing Crosby's great great grandfather was Nathaniel Crosby III Bing Crosby's great great grandmother was Ruby Crosby Bing Crosby's 3x great grandfather was Chillingsworth Foster III Bing Crosby's 3x great grandmother was Sarah Freeman Bing Mullin continued to work for Crosby to develop a videotape recorder (VTR). He never held a steady job, and his own attempts at an entertainment career, including appearances in such low-budget films as "The Glory Stompers," and "Free Grass," were dismal failures. 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. The Fireside Theater (1950) was his first television production. On October 18, 1977, following a private funeral Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Westwood,[128] Crosby was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Mullin had not yet succeeded with videotape, so Crosby filmed the series of 26-minute shows at the Hal Roach Studios, and the "telefilms" were syndicated to individual television stations. [60] Sources differ regarding the number of copies he sold: 300 million[61] or even 500 million. 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Amateur championships, was a five-time club champion at Lakeside Golf Club in Hollywood, and once made a hole-in-one on the 16th hole at Cypress Point. 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. And what a voice. In 1999, the parties settled for approximately $1.5 million. Gender. 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. [66] Crosby charted 23 Billboard hits from 47 recorded songs with the Andrews Sisters, whose Decca record sales were second only to Crosby's throughout the 1940s. Advertisement Trachtenberg satisfied his curiosity after he showed the boys' photos to USC specialists. The Fanchon and Marco Time Agency hired them for thirteen weeks for the revue The Syncopation Idea starting at the Boulevard Theater in Los Angeles and then on the Loew's circuit. Gary said to me before I read it, "It's not the same book I wrote."[112]. "[70] His popularity in India led many Hindu singers to imitate and emulate him, notably Kishore Kumar, considered the "Bing Crosby of India". Primary Wave, founded 15 years ago by former top music executive Lawrence Mestel, is known for owning Kurt Cobain's Nirvana catalog.. [65], He received 23 gold and platinum records, according to the book Million Selling Records. [93] They had three children: Harry Lillis III (who played Bill in Friday the 13th), Mary Frances (best known for portraying Kristin Shepard on TV's Dallas), and Nathaniel (the 1981 U.S. He would get an additional $40,000 from 400 independent stations for the rights to broadcast the 30-minute show, which was sent to them every Monday on three 16-inch (40-cm) lacquer discs that played ten minutes per side at .mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .num,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{border-top:1px solid}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}33+1/3 rpm. His Legendary Years How's the sound? Mary Crosby was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant. Bob Hope memorably devoted one of his monthly NBC specials to his long intermittent partnership with Crosby titled "On the Road With Bing". However, while Crosby can be called a jazz singer, he was not strictly only a jazz singer as he modeled the style and techniques to a broad scope of music that he performed, ranging from Jazz to Country to even such material as operetta arias. Amateur champion in golf). 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. Belmont, California: Wadsworth. His recording was so popular that he was obliged to re-record it in 1947 using the same musicians and backup singers; the original 1942 master had become damaged due to its frequent use in pressing additional singles. 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. [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". In a poll of U.S. troops at the close of World War II, Crosby topped the list as the person who had done the most for G.I. Crosby was also an avid golfer. Throughout his career, Crosby often credited Bailey for getting him his first important job in the entertainment business. 2 Baths. Their first recording, in October 1926, was "I've Got the Girl" with Don Clark's Orchestra, but the Columbia-issued record was inadvertently recorded at a slow speed, which increased the singers' pitch when played at 78rpm. After the war, the event resumed play in 1947 on golf courses in Pebble Beach, where it has been played ever since. I needed something to lift my spirits. They each earned $75 a week. [125] According to Barrios, Crosby was in good spirits throughout the day, and was photographed several times during the round. He led his radio show for Woodbury Soap for two seasons while his live appearances dwindled. [112], Dennis Crosby reportedly "said his older brother (Gary) was the most severely treated of the four boys. 1934 July 13 Twins Dennis Michael Crosby and Phillip Lang Crosby are born. Let's go have a Coca-Cola." He received critical acclaim for his performance as an alcoholic entertainer in The Country Girl and received his third Academy Award nomination.[49]. This house went up for sale by its current owners in 2021 for $13.75 million. Specialties: The historic Bing Crosby Theater is an entertainment venue situated in the heart of the downtown Spokane entertainment district . Her birth name is Mary Frances Crosby and she is currently 61 years old. When they got a chance to present an independent act, they were spotted by a member of the Paul Whiteman organization. [133], In 2006, the former Metropolitan Theater of Performing Arts ('The Met') in Spokane, Washington, was renamed to The Bing Crosby Theater.[134]. The "telefilms" were syndicated to individual television stations. Crosby's insistence eventually factored into the further development of magnetic tape sound recording and the radio industry's widespread adoption of it. Keyword. The singer was married to Jan Dance for 36 years and shared a son with her, Django Crosby, 27. p. 24. Today they wouldn't seem very off-color, but things were different on radio then. Crosby has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Crosby and Armstrong remained warm acquaintances for decades, occasionally singing together in later years, e.g. I don't think it had anything to do with Daddy Dearest. Farben magnetic tape that Mullin had found at a radio station at Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt while working for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Bing Crosby is primarily lauded these days for the way in which he reigned as king of the box-office and jukeboxes of his day, Radio was the primary factor in disseminating Bing Crosby's voice to the masses during his peak years of legendary popularity. 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. [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. Crosby gained valuable experience on tour for a year with Whiteman and performing and recording with Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Eddie Lang, and Hoagy Carmichael. He had investments in real estate, mines, oil wells, cattle ranches, race horses, music publishing, baseball teams, and television. Bing Crosby was born on May 2, 1903, in Tacoma, Washington to Harry Lowe Crosby and Catherine Helen Kate.He was the fourth child of seven by his parents. Some of the best moments in comedy came when a line was blown and the star had to rely on wit to rescue a bad situation. By 1936, he replaced his former boss, Paul Whiteman, as host of the weekly NBC radio program Kraft Music Hall, where he remained for the next ten years. Dennis died in 1991 at the age of 56. They traveled to Los Angeles, where Bailey introduced them to her show business contacts. bing! He also followed in his father's footsteps and became an actor. 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]. Bing's paternal grandfather was Nathaniel Crosby (the son of Nathaniel Crosby and Mary Lincoln). 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. Dennis Jr.'s daughter and Bing's grandmother, Kate, had a love for music. I can't pinpoint it. He could do four shows a week, if he chose, and then take a month off. As music critic Henry Pleasants noted in The Great American Popular Singers, something new had entered American music, a style that might be called "singing in American" with conversational ease.