[78] In 1948, the second season of Philco shows was recorded with the Ampex Model 200A and Scotch 111 tape from 3M. In a memorandum dated January 16, 1959, it is said: We realized he had to get some very serious examinations in Hillsborough, and we met Dr. Poon there, and he showed us an instrument, which had the blood going back and forth in the heart. Otto and I became very good friends after that. When Mack Sennett signed Crosby to a solo recording contract in 1931, a break with the Rhythm Boys became almost inevitable. [55][56], Crosby elaborated on an idea of Al Jolson's: phrasing, or the art of making a song's lyric ring true. Dec. 7 The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Kathryn Crosby: Yes. Dec. Bing receives a Peabody Award for services to television. [5], On November 4, 2010, Crosby was seriously injured in an automobile accident in the Sierra Nevada that killed her 85-year-old second husband, Maurice William Sullivan, whom she had married in 2000. Im sure youre okay. Bing said, But I cant walk. It had swollen so much, he couldnt walk. When the two met, they became friends. Today he is a kind of national institution. Formerly known as Kathryn Grant and formerly known as Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, the brunette beauty who goes by the name Kathryn Crosby in public is perky, vivacious, and absolutely stunning. In 2006, Crosby's niece through his sister Mary Rose, Carolyn Schneider, published the laudatory book Me and Uncle Bing. Bing Crosby Enterprises gave the world's first demonstration of videotape recording in Los Angeles on November 11, 1951. It gave us a chance to first try a recording of the songs in the afternoon without an audience, then another one in front of a studio audience. Jan. Bing Crosby Enterprises and ABC invest in Ampex machines, revolutionizing the radio industry. After it began broadcasting, the station was sold within a year to Northern Pacific Radio and Television Corporation. 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. Sept. We heart living like a star. May Bing records White Christmas and joins Hollywood Victory Caravan, a traveling show to raise money for war bonds. [99][100][101][102][103], Crosby and his family lived in the San Francisco area for many years. Their duet was released in 1982 as a single 45-rpm record and reached No. Bing is part owner and co-director and greets fans at the gate on opening day. [3]:9297[37] Crosby and Al Rinker obtained work at the Clemmer Theatre in Spokane (now known as the Bing Crosby Theater). MADRID, Spain, Oct. 14Bing Crosby, whose crooning voice and relaxed humor entertained millions around the world for half a century, died of a heart attack today after a round of golf outside. He returned to broadcasting for the last 13 weeks of the 19451946 season. Whatever you want. She, too, was in love with an older married man who was quite as famous as Gary [Cooper]. The weather is so good, and were starting to decorate just about now. bing! A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. Dec. Jan. Mar. The document reveals that during that time Crosby was indeed taking Joan Caulfield out to dinner, visited theaters and opera houses with her and that Caulfield and a person in her company entered the Waldorf Hotel where Crosby was staying. Bing Crosby Productions, affiliated with Desilu Studios and later CBS Television Studios, produced a number of television series, including Crosby's own unsuccessful ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show in the 19641965 season (with co-stars Beverly Garland and Frank McHugh). 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. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife, being more than thirty years his junior. [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). He was very happy with my ignorance and then we discovered the world togetherKathryn had actually auditioned for a role in White Christmas. They joined the Gus Arnheim Orchestra, performing nightly in the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel. 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. 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". Dispute arose between the two families and was settled in 1999. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 19641965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. The comments made by FBI investigators in the memos discredited the claims made in the letters. Bob was the emcee for a vaudeville show, and Bing was singing, and they started playing with each other on the stage. Oct. Its Been a Long, Long Time with Les Paul reaches Number 1. Bing's daughter, Mary Crosby, played Kristin Shepard in the TV series Dallas from 1979-1981. "Now You Has Jazz" in the film High Society (1956). A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. Sterling, C. H., & Kittross, J. M. (1990). Statistician Joel Whitburn at Billboard determined that Crosby was America's most successful recording act of the 1930s and again in the 1940s. He would appear in 79 pictures. The eponymous song from the film is featured in American Masters Bing Crosby Rediscovered. He loved strong women. The additional voice meant they could be heard more easily in large New York theaters. Its rumored Bings White Christmas is played over the American Forces radios as a signal that evacuation should begin. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 37 (6): 490496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512; June 1989. [107], While acknowledging that corporal punishments took place, there were reports of all of Gary's immediate siblings distancing themselves from the abuse claims, either in public or in private. Mar. [67], In 1962, Crosby was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They honed their skills with Morrissey. Dec. Moonlight Becomes You reaches Number 1. [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. Bing said, Yeah. Kathryn, 77, is recovering from multiple injuries in a single vehicle disaster on US 50 east of Placerville, California , Highway Patrol confirmed. A friend nicknames Harry Bingo, later changed to Bing, for his love of an illustrated parody newspaper called The Bingville Bugle.. The advantage was editing. Well print that. 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. Crosby also ensured behind the scenes that Armstrong received equal billing with his white co-stars. Seventh Voyage of Sinbad star and the widow of crooner BING CROSBY, KATHRYN GRANT CROSBY, survives deadly car crash in Sierra Nevadas. She was his very dearest friend, and they sang so perfectly together. He made a fortune from the Minute Maid Orange Juice Corporation, in which he was a principal stockholder.[73]. Then we got married, which was very good. Sometimes, if Crosby was having fun with a song and not really working at it, we had to make it up out of two or three parts. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. I went to Palm Springs to swim in the pool at his house. [81] In the early 1950s, Crosby helped establish the CBS television affiliate in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. After the war, the event resumed play in 1947 on golf courses in Pebble Beach, where it has been played ever since. 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]. June Bings first four sons form the quartet The Crosby Boys.. They had three children: Harry Crosby, Mary Crosby, and Nathaniel Crosby. [64] His most popular film, White Christmas, grossed $30 million in 1954 ($303 million in current value). 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. The Hindu nodded and smiled back. Kathryn Crosby: Rear Window was shot when I was first at Paramount Pictures. Producer Jack Kapp establishes the U.S. branch of Decca Records, Bing follows and, under Kapps advisement, becomes the all-purpose singer. 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. Bing asked, Why? Bob Said, Fish dont applaud. Bob and Bing spent an hour a day on the phone. 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. [82] In 1960, NAFI purchased KCOP from Crosby's group. Aug. Signs contract with Philco Radio Corporation. How many times has Bing Crosby been married? Bing attends the Academy Awards where he is nominated for Best Actor for his role in The Country Girl, but loses to Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. We had a wonderful time together. They did a very fine surgery on him and repaired all his valves. "Well, Bob Hope worked all the time. [129], Crosby is a member of the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in the radio division.[130]. This ad-lib way of working is commonplace in the recording studios today, but it was all new to us. Oct. In 1996, Dixie's trust sued HLC and Kathryn for declaratory relief as to the trust's entitlement to interest, dividends, royalties, and other income derived from the community property of Crosby and Dixie. "[32][33], As it happens, that story was pure whimsy for dramatic effect; the Associated Press had reported as early as February 1932as would later be confirmed by both Bing himself and his biographer Charles Thompsonthat it was in fact a neighborValentine Hobart, circa 1910who had named him "Bingo from Bingville" after a comic feature in the local paper called The Bingville Bugle which the young Harry liked. These were his last words. Bing meets actress Dixie Lee, his future wife, and conducts screen tests for the Hollywood studio MGM. [111] However, after the book was published, Lindsay addressed the abuse claims and what the media had made out of them: He was a good father. Daughter: Mary Frances September 14, 1959
Kathryn Crosby (born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff; November 25, 1933)[1] is a retired American actress and singer who performed in films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. I cant keep you out. So I was baptized and graduated from school, and then went to marry Bing in the same week. After a threat of divorce in March 1931, he applied himself to his career. 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. We kept waiting, and I kept working. [58], Crosby's was among the most popular and successful musical acts of the 20th century. He got off to college for about six weeks, and Gary said to him, Your girlfriends waiting for you, and your cars in the garage. But since Dolores car broke down in front, we were able to go in and look around. Aug. Bings signs a massive deal for weekly 15-minute segments on CBS radio. He didnt win but costar Grace Kelly took best actress.It was four years before he and Kathryn married. I liked that. [27], Crosby graduated from Gonzaga High School in 1920 and enrolled at Gonzaga University. Jan. 5 Bings fourth son, Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby, is born. He then persuaded ABC to allow him to tape his shows. His parents were Harry Lowe Crosby[22] (18701950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (ne Harrigan; 18731964). Mar. People were there from Paramount, and one big executive producer said, Theyre very good together. He had a reputation for being such an ogre. Kathryn Crosby: Nobody knows about that really because Bing never talked to me about that, and all he ever said about Dixie was that she was a wonderful mother and that she was an angel. "[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. Dec. We just sat and drank tea. June Dixie has exploratory surgery, doctors discover terminal ovarian cancer. AND then she all but disappeared from the silver screen. Lets go on to the next scene. They had a wonderful time. Mary Frances Crosby (14 September 1959 Los Angeles, California, USA)
[30] Gonzaga University houses a large collection of photographs, correspondence, and other material related to Crosby.[31]. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): A few years earlier, you appeared in Hitchcocks Rear Window (1954). His contract with Paramount runs until 1954. He matured as a performer and was in demand as a solo singer.[40]. [24][25] Through another line, also on his father's side, Crosby is descended from Mayflower passenger William Brewster (c.1567 1644). Apr. [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. They have all reportedly described their father as loving and kind. The Palm Springs area was a . Crosby influenced the development of the post World War II recording industry. Actually there are a couple of advantages.. Bing Crosby's widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering from a car crash which killed her second husband. Gary said to me before I read it, "It's not the same book I wrote."[112]. Actress Patricia Neal (who herself at the time was having an affair with the married Gary Cooper) wrote in her 1988 autobiography As I Am about a trip on a cruise ship to England with actress Joan Caulfield in 1948: She [Joan Caulfield] was a lovely girl and we had some good talks. Bing and I drive a block and a half to the Catholic Church, and we were married there. [118] They were instead receiving several thousand dollars per month from a trust left in 1952 by their mother, Dixie Lee. Born Wilma Wyatt, actress and singer Dixie Crosby married Bing Crosby in 1930. ", Gilbert, Roger. In 1960, he starred in High Time, a collegiate comedy with Fabian Forte and Tuesday Weld that predicted the emerging gap between him and the new younger generation of musicians and actors who had begun their careers after World War II. Nov. I hope it clears up a lot of the old lies and rumors. I always loved acting. 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. He had lots of girlfriends, and he had lots of boyfriends, and he was always a very good friend. Oct. In 1906, his family moved to Spokane in Eastern Washington state, where he was raised. I loved that. We couldn't use the jokes, but Bill asked us to save the laughs. We left Mary Frances at home, but I was expecting Nathaniel at the time. Sept. Mary Frances Crosby, Bings first daughter and second child with Kathryn, is born. Crosby was associated with ABC's The Hollywood Palace as the show's first and most frequent guest host and appeared annually on its Christmas edition with his wife Kathryn and his younger children, and continued after The Hollywood Palace was eventually canceled. They were working in television, so I got to do a lot of short films. This is lower than most opera basses care to venture, and they tend to sound as if they were in the cellar when they get there. There was never even any discussion, and Im very grateful for that. It gave us a chance to ad-lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad-libbing could be sliced from the final product. They had finished the eighteen holes of golf, and Bing won ten dollars with his pro. Then were going down to New Orleans where my granddaughter, Claire, who is studying to be a chef, is interning with chef John Folse at the Sonesta Hotel, and were going to have a birthday dinner there in May. Kathryn Crosby says Bing was too scared to marry her because of the age difference/ pic:WENN.COM, We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. I certainly never witnessed anything between him and his father. I hadnt spoken to him for a year, and he wrote to me and asked me to go to dinner. The film White Christmas is released. I needed something to lift my spirits. The filmParis Honeymoon is released. Bing signs a deal with director Mack Sennett to appear in a series of short comedic films, and signs his first solo contract, with Brunswick Records. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. Mar. Kapp helped Crosby have number one hits in Christmas music, Hawaiian music, and country music, and top-thirty hits in Irish music, French music, rhythm and blues, and ballads. 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). Apr. One of the reasons Bing and I didnt get married one of the times was that Bing was watching carefully over Lindsay hoping hed get off to college. You cant go there with a quiet trustee, so we were married, and fortunately, he overcame that. He later described Jolson's delivery as "electric". 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. This new sound led to the popular epithet crooner. A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. He loved safaris and loved being in the bush seeing the wild animals. Hope and Crosby initially sat apart. [87][88] The restored broadcast was shown on MLB Network in December 2010. June The film Robin and the 7 Hoods is released, with Bing starring alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Sept. The Bing Crosby Show sitcom premieres on CBS. I don't think he did anything wrong. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Bing won over fans with his laid-back, cool persona and smooth vocals. Born November 25, 1933, actress and singer Kathryn Crosby performed in 1950s films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. [65], He received 23 gold and platinum records, according to the book Million Selling Records. Hed had four kidney stones. I dont know what Garys problems were, but hed had them from the time he was a little boy. "Blondell: "I'm surprised they didn't call you "Killer" Crosby! [123], In September, Crosby, his family and singer Rosemary Clooney began a concert tour of Britain that included two weeks at the London Palladium. [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. 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). Crosby was one of the first singers to exploit the intimacy of the microphone rather than use the deep, loud vaudeville style associated with Al Jolson. By the time we had courted, I knew I liked him very much, and he liked me very much. The scheduling could now be done at the star's convenience. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Rosemary Clooney was one of his best friends? We heart local Los Angeles attractions and events. Kathryn Crosby: It was a terrible surprise, but he had, of course, been sick. 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. Songs co-written by Crosby include: Four performances by Bing Crosby have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance". Kathryn Crosby: Working with Otto Preminger was amazing. "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]. [104][105], In 1965, the Crosbys moved to a larger, 40-room French-chateau style house on nearby Jackling Drive, where Kathryn Crosby continued to reside after Bing's death. In 1928 he had his first number one hit, a jazz-influenced rendition of "Ol' Man River". Kathryn Crosby: Well, Bob Hope worked all the time. 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. [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. 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