Bing Crosby
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Biography
A major star for half a century, Bing Crosby enjoyed unprecedented success as a singer and actor, selling half a billion records in his lifetime. His relaxed, crooning style dominated the swing era, creating a template for virtually every male singer who emerged in the post-war, pre-rock'n'roll era. The fourth of seven children, he adopted "Bing" from The Bingville Bugle, a column in his local paper and caught the singing bug after watching Al Jolson perform in Spokane. He played drums in a local band but it was in a duo with Al Rinker that he caught the eye of the famous bandleader Paul Whiteman, who hired him at $150 a week. As a member of Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, his popularity soared and by 1931 he'd become a major star, making his first movie The Big Broadcast in 1932. He also hosted his own radio show and took singing to a different level, recording his biggest hit White Christmas for the 1942 movie Holiday Inn. He also established a long partnership with Bob Hope in the Road To... movies.
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Albums
Top Tracks
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- Swinging On A Star
- Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)
- Swanee by Bing Crosby
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans by Bing Crosby
- True Love
- Pennies from Heaven
- Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) featuring The Andrews Sisters
- Blue Room
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Mountain Greenery
- Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)
- Something's Gotta Give
- Don't Fence Me In
- Mack the Knife by Bob Scobey's Frisco Band
- Alexander's Ragtime Band by Al Jolson
- Deed I Do
- The Song Is You
- Exactly Like You by Bob Scobey's Frisco Band
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive by Bing Crosby
- Sam's Song by Gary Crosby
- You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
- Trade Winds
- Moonlight Becomes You
- South America, Take It Away by The Andrews Sisters
