He attended Gonzaga for three years but did not earn a degree. as a young man in 1925, was renamed the Bing Crosby Theater on December 8, 2006. "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]. She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and co-starred with Jack Lemmon in the comedy Operation Mad Ball (1957), with Tony Curtis in the drama Mister Cory (1957) and as a trapeze artist in The Big Circus (1959). Then a year and a half later, the golden circle of talented young performers was let go, and I went right to Columbia Pictures. 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. I asked him if he liked baseball. Once we were supposed to go to England to see his horse run in the Royal Sweeps derby and come by this house where Im living in now to see it. I went to Europe and went to the Christmas Day Mass at Sacre-Coeur, and it was so beautiful. He became the archetypal crooner of a period when the advent of radio broadcasting and talking pictures and the refinement of sound-recording . We just sat and drank tea. In 1950, Crosby became the third person to win the William D. Richardson award, which is given to a non-professional golfer "who has consistently made an outstanding contribution to golf". 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). I went to university at 16 and Hollywood at 18.By the time they wed in 1957 Kathryn too was making a name for herself in Hollywood, starring opposite Tony Curtis in the Blake Edwards-directed romance Mister Cory and with Jack Lemmon in comedy Operation Mad Ball. Oct. 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. Crosby has been associated with the Christmas season since Irving Berlin's musical film Holiday Inn, in which he starred and famously sang "White Christmas". They had three children: Harry Crosby, Mary Crosby, and Nathaniel Crosby. [3]:9297[37] Crosby and Al Rinker obtained work at the Clemmer Theatre in Spokane (now known as the Bing Crosby Theater). We lived with them when Bing was doing Road to Hong Kong. I like horses. I didnt know he had built Del Mar racetrack (laughs). I hope you liked it. On the way back he invited me to the Academy Awards. I couldn't believe it when I read the book because it just didn't sound like Gary. Bob was the emcee for a vaudeville show, and Bing was singing, and they started playing with each other on the stage. Dec. New Yorks Bank of the United States collapses. 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. [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. Kathryn Crosby (born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, November 25, 1933) is an American retired actress and singer who performed in films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. Bing Crosby's widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering from a car crash which killed her second husband. Hed had four kidney stones. [72], According to Shoshana Klebanoff, Crosby became one of the richest men in the history of show business. You can unsubscribe at any time. Yet now, at 48, Bing's ambitious and determined widow finds herself at the center of a controversy that is reopening some old wounds in the oft-troubled Crosby family. In the summer of 1966, he spent a week as the guest of Lord Egremont, staying in Cockermouth and fishing on the River Derwent. [53] He had already been introduced to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith before his first appearance on record. Birthday: November 25, (89 years) HomeTown: Houston , Texas, United States. At first Bing objected to casting Grace in the role of his wife in the movie because he felt she was too glamorous for the part. June 27 Bing and Dixie welcome their first son, Gary Evan Crosby. After the war, the event resumed play in 1947 on golf courses in Pebble Beach, where it has been played ever since. [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". When we married, I asked Bing if I could continue my acting, and if I could continue my nursing. Since Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair. Its not heavy. He took one more step and then fell dead. Kathryn Crosby: He loved me, and I knew it. Crosby wrote or co-wrote lyrics to 22 songs. The song Only Forever reaches Number 1 and remains for there 10 weeks. In all the files there is only one single reference to a person associated with the Mafia. And what a voice. Apr. Its a rolling cast that you do. Her current husband Maurice William . Bing was married a second time to actress Kathryn Grant. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. 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. As I passed a Hindu sitting on the corner of a street, I heard something surprisingly familiar. There have been disputes between Crosby's two families beginning in the late 1990s. During the Golden Age of Radio, performers had to create their shows live, sometimes even redoing the program a second time for the West Coast time zone. 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. After pointing out pieces she treasures -- from heirloom furnishings purchased from the William Randolph Hearst collection to the Oscar won by her late husband, Bing, in 1944 -- Kathryn. In the 1949 Disney animated film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Crosby provided the narration and song vocals for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow segment. 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. [41] The weekly broadcast made him a hit. He returned to broadcasting for the last 13 weeks of the 19451946 season. That was very good. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on the Road to Singapore (1940) film lot, between scenes. "Marketing Iron Pigs, Patriotism, and Peace: Bing Crosby and World War IIA Discourse. Bing's name and his artistry saved the recording industry. [3][4], For 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. But it just didnt work because I was very young so I found something more appropriate.Crosby was nominated for best actor as an alcoholic singer in The Country Girl. He loved safaris and loved being in the bush seeing the wild animals. I was reared a Baptist, and in high school, my aunt and uncle were Methodists, so I went to the Methodist Church, but then there were no Baptists on the west coast. He took a step back, and the floor had been lowered, so he fell fifty feet onto a concrete floor. After it began broadcasting, the station was sold within a year to Northern Pacific Radio and Television Corporation. Nathaniel, Mary and Harry with their parents Kathryn and Bing Crosby. Jan. Bing records I Surrender, Dear, his first solo hit. "[109] 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. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What was Bings relationship with the children you had together (Harry, Mary and Nathaniel)? Bing Crosby, wife Kathryn Crosby and family photographed with a piece of artwork circa 1977 in New York City. 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. [112], Dennis Crosby reportedly "said his older brother (Gary) was the most severely treated of the four boys. I got to be a friend of the Immaculate Heart nuns after that, and it made it possible for me to bear life without him. Kathryn Crosby: Absolutely. The people who loved him will still love him and their children will love him. San Fernando Valley reaches Number 1. I think our kids were wish fulfillment because Bing taught Harry to play golf and to hunt, and he taught Nathaniel to play golf. He loved strong women. He didnt win but costar Grace Kelly took best actress.It was four years before he and Kathryn married. [124] Accompanied by the Gordon Rose Orchestra, Crosby's last recorded performance was of the song "Once in a While". One More Chance (short film) is released. Now 82 and still living in California, Crosby keeps busy these days with ballet (hip replacement surgery won't keep her down) and staying active with her . 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. In 1977, after Crosby died, the song was re-released and reached No. 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. [39], Success with Whiteman was followed by disaster when they reached New York. But his chart success remains impressive: 396 chart singles, including roughly 41 number 1 hits. The 77-year-old was hurt and her husband, Maurice William Sullivan, 85, killed in the November . [71], Throughout Europe and Russia, Crosby was also known as "Der Bingle", a pseudonym coined in 1944 by Bob Musel, an American journalist based in London, after Crosby had recorded three 15-minute programs with Jack Russin for broadcast to Germany from ABSIE. Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) is based on Lee's life. It topped the charts again in 1945 and a third time in January 1947. Bing was also a giving donor to the city's Gonzaga University . Sept. FilmHere Comes the Groom is released, in which Bing is directed by Frank Capra and co-stars with Jane Wyman. About Kathryn Grant is a 88 year old American Actress. They had a lively style that was popular with college students. Today he is a kind of national institution. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you have to deal with all of the questions about the thirty-year age difference? All the other artists signed to Decca after Bing did. 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