He attended Gonzaga for three years but did not earn a degree. 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. But since Dolores car broke down in front, we were able to go in and look around. Hed had four kidney stones. The film Road to Morocco is also released. Bing Crosby, byname of Harry Lillis Crosby, (born May 3, 1903, Tacoma, Washington, U.S.died October 14, 1977, near Madrid, Spain), American singer, actor, and songwriter who achieved great popularity in radio, recordings, and motion pictures. I loved it. Here is a breakdown of each of Crosby's children and his marriage to their mothers. We had a wonderful time together. Together they had two sons and a daughter. [6], For the woman crowned Miss Alabama 2003, see, Jim Sparks, "Crews to Start Work on Bridge,", Last edited on 11 February 2023, at 03:31, "1963 Press Photo Kathryn Crosby wife Bing Crosby nurse cap Queen Angels School", "From the Archives: Bing Crosby Dies at 73 on Golf Course", "Bing Crosby's widow recovering from accident", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathryn_Crosby&oldid=1138703225, This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 03:31. His Amazing Music Records, Clip | The Road Films: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Quiz: Bing with the Best. [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. From 1931 to 1954, the star dominated record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. [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". Why dont we write some movies for them? Dolores thought that was pretty funny, and everybody thought it would be a good idea. Schofield, Mary Anne. I asked my doctor what could be done, and he said, Well, you can stay and worry, and itll take six weeks, or you can go away and worry, and itll take six weeks, but in six weeks, hell be able to walk again. We went through that. Dec. Bing signs new contract with Paramount for nine films in three years for around $175,000 per film. This ad-lib way of working is commonplace in the recording studios today, but it was all new to us. Nov. Bing returns to Kraft Music Hall. Mar. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): And then came Bing , Kathryn Crosby: I had lots of experiences all this time, and I met Bing Crosby. But NBC and CBS refused to broadcast prerecorded radio programs. Dec. I dont know what Garys problems were, but hed had them from the time he was a little boy. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. Prigozy, Ruth, and Walter Raubicheck, eds. 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. In the early 1970s, he made two late appearances on the Flip Wilson Show, singing duets with the comedian. Bing said, I didnt know you wanted to be a nurse. I said, Yes. He said, Okay. [3]:6[9] In 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music in America.[9]. 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. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Birmingham, Alabama. His social life was frantic. We heart TV shows. He did make up for it at the end of the week by catching a number of sea trout. He appeared in more than 100 films. University Press of Kentucky. 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. They had three children, including actress Mary Crosby of Dallas (1978) fame. He loved to play. Its a rolling cast that you do. [124] Accompanied by the Gordon Rose Orchestra, Crosby's last recorded performance was of the song "Once in a While". Clip | Bing Crosby and David Bowie Christmas Duet, Clip | Performance: Bing Crosby and Sons Sing Together, Clip | Performance: Bing Crosby with Maurice Chevalier and Carol Lawrence, Clip | Bing Crosbys Innovations in Technology, Clip | Bing Roasts Film Director Raoul Walsh, Clip | Performance: The Second Time Around and Other Love Songs, Clip | The Crosby Family Today: Web Exclusive, Bing by the Numbers. Currently listed for just under $3.5 million, the mid-century modern home was built for Crosby and his second wife, Kathryn Grant, shortly after their marriage in 1957. 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. 1968 A few years later, Bob came to Hollywood, and they were very good friends at that time. 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. I met good friends there. There have been disputes between Crosby's two families beginning in the late 1990s. They went to Ohio for the national convention of baseball owners. But it made no difference at all because I was kind of precocious. Last year, I did a cabaret in New York out on the island to benefit a school, and I sang several songs. "[45] "Nine out of ten singers and bandleaders listen to Crosby's broadcasts each Thursday night and follow his lead. 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. Shortly before Gary's book was actually published, Lindsay said, "I'm glad [Gary] did it. Mar. Crosby had one confirmed extramarital affair between 1945 and the late 1940s, while married to his first wife Dixie. 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. Harry Lillis " Bing " Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Crosby and Armstrong remained warm acquaintances for decades, occasionally singing together in later years, e.g. He loved them all.People who watched him in movies knew exactly what he was like because that was what he put on the screen. 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 . 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.' Its rumored Bings White Christmas is played over the American Forces radios as a signal that evacuation should begin. Bing and Al Rinker are now a vocal duo. I think it all got a little out of hand. . The Andrews Sisters Story". I don't think it had anything to do with Daddy Dearest. Lets go on to the next scene. They had a wonderful time. I hope you liked it. The nation's appetite for Crosby's voice and personality appears insatiable. They did a very fine surgery on him and repaired all his valves. Otto and I became very good friends after that. Harry Crosby and Nathaniel Crosby, and of actress Mary Crosby. Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Apr. Developed by John T. Mullin and Wayne R. Johnson since 1950, the device aired what were described as "blurred and indistinct" images, using a modified Ampex 200 tape recorder and standard quarter-inch (6.3mm) audio tape moving at 360 inches (9.1m) per second.[80]. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Yes, I enjoyed it very much. Later that afternoon, he met with Chris Harding to take photographs for the Seasons album jacket.[124]. [125] Crosby, who had a 13 handicap, won with his partner by one stroke. We heart Hollywood History. Bob and Bing spent an hour a day on the phone. It was much more complicated then. Then the children did it with me, and we had a good time. He then persuaded ABC to allow him to tape his shows. The group performed on Spokane radio station KHQ, but disbanded after two years. "[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. Nathaniel Patrick Crosby (29 October 1961 Los Angeles County, California, USA) She made her stage debut when she was only three years old and was born in . (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. Their longest marriage was 22 years to Dixie Lee. A holiday perennial, the song was repeatedly re-released by Decca, charting another sixteen times. 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. 1966 Oct. "[109] Nevertheless, Phillip did not deny that Crosby believed in corporal punishment. All that matters to him is the words, and that's the only thing that ought to for you, too. At last Kathryn's ordeal was over. From the mid-1950s, Bing was more comfortable in a bass range while maintaining a baritone quality, with the best octave being G to G, or even F to F. In a recording he made of 'Dardanella' with Louis Armstrong in 1960, he attacks lightly and easily on a low E flat. I not only got my diploma from the University of Texas, I got to work with excellent people like Elsa Lanchester and Cecil Kellaway and got to be directed by Paul Henreid on whom I had a crush from the time I was a little girl. Records only two records with Al Jolson, including Alexanders Ragtime Band.. May The film Road to Hong Kong is released. Bob Hope memorably devoted one of his monthly NBC specials to his long intermittent partnership with Crosby titled "On the Road With Bing". [125] About 20 yards (18m) from the clubhouse entrance, Crosby collapsed and died instantly from a massive heart attack. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife, being more than thirty years his junior. It was from my gynecologist, and it said, She will be able to work for five months. I asked Otto Preminger, Is this a problem? Otto said, No. He would appear in 79 pictures. He competed in both the British and U.S. ", Gilbert, Roger. Crosby was a fan of thoroughbred horse racing and bought his first racehorse in 1935. Bing and Dixie reconciled and he continued trying to help her overcome her alcohol issues. Crosby left the network and remained off the air for seven months, creating a legal battle with his sponsor Kraft that was settled out of court. 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. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Bing won over fans with his laid-back, cool persona and smooth vocals. bing! Now the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the tournament is a staple of the PGA Tour, having featured Hollywood stars and other celebrities. Crosby wrote or co-wrote lyrics to 22 songs. We just sat and drank tea. He didnt always say it, but he always showed it. 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. I didnt know that he owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, a big baseball team. Crosby played the lead in a series of musical comedy short films for Mack Sennett, signed with Paramount, and starred in his first full-length film 1932's The Big Broadcast (1932), the first of 55 films in which he received top billing. They tour with Paul Whiteman and get their first hit with Mississippi Mud.. July The Rhythm Boys first appear at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles; Bing is the standout favorite. The game was one of the most famous in baseball history, capped off by Bill Mazeroski's walk-off home run that won the game for Pittsburgh. While the seven movies in the series provided adventure, laughs, romance and music they also showcased the comic chemistry between Crosby and Bob Hope to perfection. When they appeared solo, Crosby and Hope frequently made note of the other in a comically insulting fashion. 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. 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. It was the largest single bank failure in the countrys history. Crosby became the star attraction of the Rhythm Boys. BBC commences transmissions of a major 14-part series chronicling Bings life. Kathryn Crosby: He was shy, but not with me. The priest said, You should wait a while. I said, You cant keep me out. He said, Youre right. Im sure youre okay. Bing said, But I cant walk. It had swollen so much, he couldnt walk. They honed their skills with Morrissey. Kathryn Crosby: I thought it was excellent. Bing opens with Just One More Chance and the show becomes a massive hit. [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. She, too, was in love with an older married man who was quite as famous as Gary [Cooper]. [28] As a freshman, he played on the university's baseball team. Kathryn Crosby: They loved them! Gallagher and Mr. Shean remarks, and then theyd tell the jokes. His trip was filmed for The American Sportsman on ABC, although all did not go well at first as the salmon were not running. He also signs a contract with Decca Records for five years at $60,000 per annum plus a percentage. . Seemingly content with family life, she, along with her children, dutifully appeared opposite her husband singing and lightly joking in his many popular Christmas-special presentations and even hosted a couple of syndicated TV series, but that was about it.After Bing's death in 1977, however, she slowly involved herself in acting again, appearing every now and then on stage in such productions as "Same Time, Next Year", "Charley's Aunt" and a Broadway revival of the musical "State Fair" in 1996. Bing Crosby's widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering from a car crash which killed her second husband. 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. They didnt like delivering babies on airplanes back then. I was so innocent, just out from Texas. I think I wouldve been the worst mother in the world if my kids were not good kids or they werent going to grow up. [125] On October 14, at the La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid, Crosby played 18 holes of golf. In the 1930s, his friend and former college classmate, Gonzaga head coach, Mike Pecarovich, appointed Crosby as an assistant football coach. Hes the fourth of seven children. Aug. Signs contract with Philco Radio Corporation. No. He later described Jolson's delivery as "electric". Well print that. There was a good piano player there, so they would do some songs and dances and remarks from the New York vaudeville show. ABC offered Crosby $30,000 per week to produce a recorded show every Wednesday that would be sponsored by Philco. SAYS Kathryn: He loved his sons. Nov. Dont Fence Me In w/ The Andrews Sisters reaches Number 1. The three children from Bing Crosby's marriage to Kathryn are all alive - Harry, 54, Mary, 53, and Nathaniel, 51. [106] This house served as a setting for some of the family's Minute Maid orange juice television commercials. The Fireside Theater (1950) was his first television production. [18] In 1913, his father built a house at 508 E. Sharp Avenue. [112], Dennis Crosby reportedly "said his older brother (Gary) was the most severely treated of the four boys. [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. Bing said, Theres a priest who doesnt have a church, and if we do this one show, I think itll help him get that church. The priest had been doing Mass in a topless bar, so we did a show in Las Vegas. Ultimately, Crosby chose to end the relationship and to stay with his wife. [94], Particularly during the late 1930s and through the 1940s Bing Crosby's domestic life was dominated by his wife's excessive drinking. morale, ahead of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and Bob Hope. 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. In 2007, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame and in 2008 the Western Music Hall of Fame. [50] It was on this special that he recorded a duet of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Peace on Earth" with rock musician David Bowie. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1978. Crosby had a keen interest in sports. "Entertaining Catholics: Bing Crosby, Religion and Cultural Pluralism in 1940s America. Jan. 5 Bings fourth son, Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby, is born. [99][100][101][102][103], Crosby and his family lived in the San Francisco area for many years. I hadnt spoken to him for a year, and he wrote to me and asked me to go to dinner. Hammar, Peter. "Well, Bob Hope worked all the time. His partner was World Cup champion Manuel Piero; their opponents were club president Csar de Zulueta and Valentn Barrios. In On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, John Dunning wrote about German engineers having developed a tape recorder with a near-professional broadcast quality standard: [Crosby saw] an enormous advantage in prerecording his radio shows. "[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. Aug. Bing entertains the American troops abroad. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Reel #: 1372 TC In: 010816 TC Out: 010903This clip is available for licensing without time code and logo - To inquire about licensing email us at Myfootage@g. Kathryn Crosby: It was a terrible surprise, but he had, of course, been sick. Crosby threatened to leave the film and refused to discuss the matter. In the wake of a solid decade of headlining mainly smash hit musical comedy films in the 1930s, Crosby starred with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in six of the seven Road to musical comedies between 1940 and 1962 (Lamour was replaced with Joan Collins in The Road to Hong Kong and limited to a lengthy cameo), cementing Crosby and Hope as an on-and-off duo, despite never declaring themselves a "team" in the sense that Laurel and Hardy or Martin and Lewis (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) were teams. Bing meets actress Dixie Lee, his future wife, and conducts screen tests for the Hollywood studio MGM. Bing invited Bob to Del Mar to the racetrack. I certainly never witnessed anything between him and his father. A couple of weeks later he had a show that wasn't very funny, and he insisted that we put in the salvaged laughs. I can't even turn on the radio around Christmas time without crying anymore. [125] According to Barrios, Crosby was in good spirits throughout the day, and was photographed several times during the round. A year later, the same kind of thing happened. As I passed a Hindu sitting on the corner of a street, I heard something surprisingly familiar. Is that something you always wanted to do? Kathryn Crosby: He was the best father. I can't pinpoint it. [55][56], Crosby elaborated on an idea of Al Jolson's: phrasing, or the art of making a song's lyric ring true. Gary hated his brothers, Phillip and Dennis, the twins, and Lindsay who was a wonderful young man. "[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. NTSC VHS tape, 1989 AES. July The film High Society is released, starring Bing, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Louis Armstrong. In the summer of 1966, he spent a week as the guest of Lord Egremont, staying in Cockermouth and fishing on the River Derwent. "[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. Bing asked, 'Why?' 2. 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. 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. [87][88] The restored broadcast was shown on MLB Network in December 2010. Theres a priest friend of mine up there whos going to perform the service. The reporters ran off. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. The "telefilms" were syndicated to individual television stations. June 27 Bing and Dixie welcome their first son, Gary Evan Crosby. I hope it clears up a lot of the old lies and rumors. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers the first of his evening fireside chats to the public over radio. All the other artists signed to Decca after Bing did. Dec. Film Exhibitors name Bing the top box office star of the year, the first of five consecutive years. [78] In 1948, the second season of Philco shows was recorded with the Ampex Model 200A and Scotch 111 tape from 3M. 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). Kathryn Crosby: Dr. Sullivan was my trustee, and he had a heart that did a tango. They had a lively style that was popular with college students. The U.S enters World War II the next day on December 8, 1941. Bing said, Yeah. On Oct. 22 Kathryn received one more letter from Bing, begging her to marry him and including his phone number for her response. 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). 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby, his nationwide solo radio debut, began broadcasting on September 2, 1931. [3]:24[26], In 1917, Crosby took a summer job as property boy at Spokane's Auditorium, where he witnessed some of the acts of the day, including Al Jolson, who held him spellbound with ad-libbing and parodies of Hawaiian songs. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written consent of the publisher. 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. [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. June Submissions to the SEC indicate that Bing has the second highest income in the US behind MGM studio chief, Louis B. Mayer. However, Crosby had already sold his Elko ranch a year earlier, in 1958, and it is doubtful how much he was really involved in that meeting. I came back to see the man playing one of those old Vitrolas, like those of RCA with the horn speaker. For the most part, she felt unchallenged as an actress and retired rather uneventfully after marrying Bing Crosby in 1957. 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. They had 3 children, Harry (64), Mary Frances (63) and Nathaniel (61). [116][117], Crosby's will established a blind trust in which none of the sons received an inheritance until they reached the age of 65, intended by Crosby to keep them out of trouble. 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. Sept. Feb. First ever Crosby Pro-Am golf tournament is held, which later becomes the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Many people associate Bing Crosby with the yuletide season primarily because of his TV specials, the 1954 film, White Christmas, and the hit single of the same name. I said, What? Bing had decided to do a show to help a foundation sponsoring music scholarships for young people. 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. 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