Bing Crosby is an American singer as well as actor. Born Harry Lillis Crosby on May 3, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington DC, he was the fourth child of Harry Lincoln Crosby and Catherine Helen. Crosby’s music career started when he joined a band (which was later on disbanded) whose members are high schoolers. In 1925, Crosby formed a duo with Al Rinker. The duo had its popularity rising when Harry Barris joined them, forming the group known as the Rhythm Boys. Among them, Crosby was the one whom the crowd deeply fancied. By September of 1931, Crosby went on to become a solo artist.
If there is someone who could combine past tense and present tense verbs, it’s Bing Crosby. With his baritone-voice, Crosby was, and still is, one of the most popular and best selling singer-artist in America. One proof for this would be the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award he received in 1962. Amazingly, Crosby was able to have 17,000 songs in collection, most of which were from Decca records. In the music record of 1930, 10 among the top 50 songs for that year was sang by Crosby, either by solo or with others. According to the book Million Selling Records, Crosby has already received 23 platinum and gold records. Not only that, a poll in 1948 dubbed Crosby as “the most admirable man alive”. Aside from singing, Crosby also starred in movies. In 1944, he was given the Academy Award for Best Actor for his movie Going my way. In the year that followed, he was nominated for the same award for the sequel of that movie. White Christmas, Bing Crosby’s most famous film, grossed 30 million dollars in 1954.
However, among all the things that Crosby was doing back then, the one he is most passionate about was radio. Being on radio gave him the chance to sing his songs in a way that it makes someone feel that the song were dedicated “especially for you”. He made his first radio appearance radio as a guest star in Kraft Music Hall on Dec. 5, 1935, where he eventually became one of the show’s regulars. Crosby bid goodbye to the world on October 14, 1977 at the age of 74. Click here to read more about Bing Crosby
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Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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12.20.1950 | chesterfield show christmas with bings family |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Adeste Fideles." A good Christmas show as Santa B... | |
01.09.1951 | 20th anniversary salute | ||
02.07.1951 | judy garland |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is "I Like You Just The Way You Are." Bing and guest J... | |
03.28.1951 | judy garland |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is "Sparrow In The Treetop." Guest Judy Garland is jus... | |
05.02.1951 | walter okieff |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Sparrow In The Tree Top." Guests Walter O'Keefe a... | |
05.23.1951 | louis armstrong |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans." | |
10.17.1951 | martha tilton and bob hope |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Bright Eyes." Guest Bob Hope plans to go into the... | |
10.24.1951 | anna marie alberghetti and paul douglas |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening." Guest An... | |
12.26.1951 | road to las vegas |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Down Yonder." Guests Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour ... | |
12.26.1951 | bob hope and dorothy lamour |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Down Yonder." Guests Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour ... | |
12.26.1951 | chesterfield show guest bob hope |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Down Yonder." Guests Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour ... | |
02.06.1952 | fred astaire |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Slow Poke." Bing and guest Fred Astaire at the tu... | |
02.12.1952 | bogart and bacall | ||
03.05.1952 | bob and cathy crosby |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Be My Life's Companion." | |
03.26.1952 | anna marie alberghett |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is, "Be My Life's Companion." The program originates f... | |
06.04.1952 | judy garland |
+ Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The first tune is "Be My Life's Companion." Bing and guest Judy Garla... | |
11.27.1952 | connie boswell |
+ Sponsored by: General Electric. The first tune is, "Just You, Just Me." Red Nichols takes a solo ... | |
02.15.1953 | life of the | ||
12.12.1953 | bing crosby show | ||
12.13.1953 | guest ella fitzgerald |
+ Sponsored by: General Electric. The first tune is, "Row, Row, Row." The system cue is added live. | |
12.20.1953 | christmas show |
+ Sponsored by: General Electric. The first tune is, "Adeste Fideles." Bing concludes with "White C... | |
01.01.1954 | joe frisco and peggy lee | ||
01.14.1954 | george burns | ||
01.28.1954 | esther williams | ||
02.02.1954 | donald oconnor |
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