He would just hang around the set, and then hed go over to Bing and say, Look, when Bob comes in for this scene, why dont you do this? Then hed go to Bob and say, Look, when Bing comes in here, why dont you do this? Then the director would yell Action! They would start. Ten of the top 50 songs of 1931 included Crosby with others or as a solo act. Crosby had to do two live radio shows on the same day, three hours apart, for the East and West Coasts. 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 was quite lazy. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Sept. [123], In September, Crosby, his family and singer Rosemary Clooney began a concert tour of Britain that included two weeks at the London Palladium. Bing wins Best Actor for Going My Way at the Academy Awards. [3]:8. No. Its a wonderful time. We want to get some quail and some very special southern dishes. When they got a chance to present an independent act, they were spotted by a member of the Paul Whiteman organization. Crosby had one confirmed extramarital affair between 1945 and the late 1940s, while married to his first wife Dixie. Things were always happening that were desperate, but it wasnt anything that Bing had done. How was the experience working with director Otto Preminger? 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". In addition to publishing two sets of memoirs ("Bing and Other Things" and "My Life with Bing"), she annually hosts the Crosby Gold Tournament in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. . 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. She was born in Houston, Texas in 1933 and appeared on stage from age 3. Throughout his career, Crosby often credited Bailey for getting him his first important job in the entertainment business. During World War II, Crosby made live appearances before American troops who had been fighting in the European Theater. They exchanged jokes always. Crosby had a keen interest in sports. Kathryn Grant and Bing Crosby were married for 19 years before Bing Crosby died, leaving behind his partner and 3 children. 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 . The Hollywood veteran and widow of Bing Crosby will perform some of those classic tunes when she . Kathryn Crosby: He was the best father. The trust, tied to high-performing oil stocks, folded in December 1989 following the 1980s oil glut. There were so many experiences he gave his first boys. Kathryn Crosby: Absolutely. Dec. Bing signs new contract with Paramount for nine films in three years for around $175,000 per film. that Crosby's second wife, Kathryn Grant Crosby, may have am interest in the property and gave the first wife's estate 20 days to name her in an amended petition. He did make up for it at the end of the week by catching a number of sea trout. I could do summer stock, and I loved it. BBC commences transmissions of a major 14-part series chronicling Bings life. 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. For the most part, she felt unchallenged as an actress and retired rather uneventfully after marrying Bing Crosby in 1957. [citation needed]. I cant keep you out. So I was baptized and graduated from school, and then went to marry Bing in the same week. 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. He first took up golf at age 12 as a caddy. It was a very good movie, and I loved living in Alabama during that time. The Crosby family lived at 10500 Camarillo Street in North Hollywood for more than five years. Through audio recordings, he produced his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became the industry standard. Its rumored Bings White Christmas is played over the American Forces radios as a signal that evacuation should begin. 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. Crosby, however, seldom bothers to contemplate his future. [11] In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. I was a lot younger than he was. It was quite a lovely experience. What did you think? The song appeared in his films Holiday Inn (1942), anda decade laterin White Christmas (1954). [109] "Lindsay Crosby supported his brother (Gary) at the time of its publication but had a tempered view of its revelations. 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. June Bings autobiography, Call Me Lucky, is published. The advantage was editing. Harry wouldve loved to have that experience, but he made his own experiences. The Fireside Theater (1950) sponsored by Procter & Gamble, was his first television production. 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. Her current husband Maurice William . [84] In 1943, Binglin's horse Don Bingo won the Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. During the 1940s, Crosby consistently had difficulties trying to stay away from home while also trying to be there as much as possible for his children.[95]. Before 1958, gold records were awarded by record companies. Why dont we write some movies for them? Dolores thought that was pretty funny, and everybody thought it would be a good idea. He had four sons with his first wife Dixie Lee, who died at the age of 40 of cancer, and two sons and a daughter with his second wife, Kathryn. The Fireside Theater (1950) was his first television production. We could also take out the songs that didn't sound good. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you and Bing raise your children in the Catholic faith? The priest said, You should wait a while. I said, You cant keep me out. He said, Youre right. He would appear in 79 pictures. I can't even turn on the radio around Christmas time without crying anymore. Crosby graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955 and two years later became the second wife of the legendary bass-baritone crooner Bing Crosby, being about thirty years his junior. The filmEast Side of Heaven is released. [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]. He didnt always say it, but he always showed it. Bing Crosby and family attend a Benefit Party for Fordham Prep at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center circa 1976 in New York City. 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. 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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. In a memorandum dated January 16, 1959, it is said: Their first recording, in October 1926, was "I've Got the Girl" with Don Clark's Orchestra, but the Columbia-issued record was inadvertently recorded at a slow speed, which increased the singers' pitch when played at 78rpm. He was playing golf in Spain and won the match. June Dixie has exploratory surgery, doctors discover terminal ovarian cancer. I don't think it had anything to do with Daddy Dearest. Jan. Mar. For one thing, he enjoys hearing himself sing, and if ever a day should dawn when the public wearies of him, he will complacently go right on singingto himself. Spring/Early Summer The Rhythm Boys disband. [78] In 1948, the second season of Philco shows was recorded with the Ampex Model 200A and Scotch 111 tape from 3M. "Marketing Iron Pigs, Patriotism, and Peace: Bing Crosby and World War IIA Discourse. They didnt like delivering babies on airplanes back then. 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. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Gary accused his father of horrible physical abuse in a memoirreleased after Bing's death, and there appeared to be a lot of turmoil in his firstmarriage and with their four sons. [87][88] The restored broadcast was shown on MLB Network in December 2010. 2. Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) One More Chance (short film) is released. Collins was used in place of their longtime partner Dorothy Lamour, whom Crosby felt was getting too old for the role, though Hope refused to do the film without her, and she instead made a lengthy and elaborate cameo appearance. Kathryn Crosby: Have you seen the special yet? bing! This house went up for sale by its current owners in 2021 for $13.75 million. It was something that one of his boys had done, and it was really frightening. [83] Charles' son, Lindsay C. Howard, became one of Crosby's closest friends; Crosby named his son Lindsay after him, and would purchase his 40-room Hillsborough, California estate from Lindsay in 1965. After the war, the event resumed play in 1947 on golf courses in Pebble Beach, where it has been played ever since. When Gary was sober he knew what a wonderful man his father was.What was never in doubt was Crosbys unrivalled showbusiness success. Statistician Joel Whitburn at Billboard determined that Crosby was America's most successful recording act of the 1930s and again in the 1940s. She died of cancer in 1952 at age 40, predeceasing her husband, who died in 1977. Aug. Harry Lillis Crosby III, Bings first child with Kathryn, is born. In 1906, his family moved to Spokane in Eastern Washington state, where he was raised. and helped morale of the American public. Its not heavy. He took one more step and then fell dead. "Entertaining Catholics: Bing Crosby, Religion and Cultural Pluralism in 1940s America. Nov. In an interview for the same article, Gary clarified that Bing "was like a lot of fathers of that time. Nathaniel Crosby, Crosby's younger son from his second marriage, is a former high-level golfer who won the U.S. [39], Success with Whiteman was followed by disaster when they reached New York. bing! I needed something to lift my spirits. 1. Oct. Ive Got a Pocketful of Dreams reaches Number 1on the charts and remains for four weeks. [125] About 20 yards (18m) from the clubhouse entrance, Crosby collapsed and died instantly from a massive heart attack. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)", with his trademark whistling, became his theme song and signature tune. We heart you!!! Her best known role, however, was as the princess-in-distress in the special effects-laden epic fantasy The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), which has since reached semi-cult status. Its a hot day, and theyre going to be driving seven hours to get up to Arrington. We went to the Sands Hotel and had a little breakfast with just us and Father Ryan and forty reporters. Amateur champion in golf). "[109][110] Unlike Gary, Lindsay stated that he preferred to remember "all the good things I did with my dad and forget the times that were rough". In that way, we could take out jokes, gags, or situations that didn't play well and finish with only the prime meat of the show; the solid stuff that played big. In October 1925, Crosby and Rinker decided to seek fame in California. But since Dolores car broke down in front, we were able to go in and look around. Shortly before Gary's book was actually published, Lindsay said, "I'm glad [Gary] did it. 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. The Crosby family moves from Tacoma to Spokane, Washington. [59] In 1960 Crosby was honored as "First Citizen of Record Industry" based on having sold 200 million discs. They were just so funny. The Bing Crosby on Broadway stage show opens at the Uris Theatre in New York City. [64] His most popular film, White Christmas, grossed $30 million in 1954 ($303 million in current value). Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 37 (6): 490496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512; June 1989. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In the documentary, it does say that Bob and Bing seldom or never socialized together. "The Salt Lake City Office has developed information indicating that Moe Dalitz received an invitation to join a deer hunting party at Bing Crosby's Elko, Nevada, ranch, together with the crooner, his Las Vegas dentist and several business associates." I met good friends there. 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. The three children from Bing Crosby's marriage to Kathryn are all alive - Harry, 54, Mary, 53, and Nathaniel, 51. 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. Kathryn Crosby: It is a wonderful time for me. 'I never expected affection from my father so it didn't bother me,' he once told an interviewer.'" Through her aunt, Kathryn arranged to marry Bing in Las Vegas. [29] The university granted him an honorary doctorate in 1937. In his autobiography Don't Shoot, It's Only Me! "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]. Met Bing Crosby on the set of White Christmas. Jan. We heart local Los Angeles attractions and events. Now the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the tournament is a staple of the PGA Tour, having featured Hollywood stars and other celebrities. He loved to play. "[45] "Nine out of ten singers and bandleaders listen to Crosby's broadcasts each Thursday night and follow his lead. They had 3 children, Harry (64), Mary Frances (63) and Nathaniel (60). Runner-up to Miss Texas 1952. "Bing was born on May 3, 1903. Harry Lillis " Bing " Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Excerpts can be seen in American Masters Bing Crosby Rediscovered. It was much more complicated then. He was also married twice and fathered seven children. He learned how to pronounce German from written scripts and read propaganda broadcasts intended for German forces. All the jokes, all the remarks to each other. Whiteman considered letting them go. The quartet's Top-10 Billboard hits from 1943 to 1945 include "The Vict'ry Polka", "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)", and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby?)" Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in West Columbia, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1955. [62] The single "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies according to Guinness World Records. Sept. Mary Frances Crosby, Bings first daughter and second child with Kathryn, is born. 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. Last year, I did a cabaret in New York out on the island to benefit a school, and I sang several songs. The success of his first film brought him a contract with Paramount, and he began a pattern of making three films a year. Crosby asked Harry Cohn, but Cohn had no desire to pay for the flight or to meet Armstrong's "crude, mob-linked but devoted manager, Joe Glaser". Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I understand you recently had a birthday on November 25, so happy belated! [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. 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. 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. Bing Crosby was married to Dixie Lee for 22 years, and Kathryn Grant for 20 years. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you ever have to worry about Bing and his female co-stars becoming more than friends? July The Rhythm Boys first appear at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles; Bing is the standout favorite. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. She was born in Houston, Texas in 1933 and appeared on stage from age 3. [74] Crosby's radio career took a significant turn in 1945, when he clashed with NBC over his insistence that he be allowed to pre-record his radio shows. Then I got word from the ambassador. (2012). "[45][46], The biggest hit song of Crosby's career was his recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", which he introduced on a Christmas Day radio broadcast in 1941. The series of 26-minute shows was filmed at Hal Roach Studios rather than performed live on the air. In 1929, the Rhythm Boys appeared in the film King of Jazz with Whiteman, but Crosby's growing dissatisfaction with Whiteman led to the Rhythm Boys leaving his organization. Come on home. So Lindsay left Brown University, which was too bad. He felt that way about her. After a threat of divorce in March 1931, he applied himself to his career. Crosby admired Louis Armstrong for his musical ability, and the trumpet maestro was a formative influence on Crosby's singing style. His contract with Paramount runs until 1954. I asked him if he liked baseball. In 1923, Crosby was invited to join a new band composed of high-school students a few years younger than himself. The family created an official website[131] on October 14, 2007, the 30th anniversary of Crosby's death. They begin touring with the orchestra of Paul Whiteman, then one of the most famous bandleaders in America. It will become the best-selling single of all time. Crosby wrote or co-wrote lyrics to 22 songs. [127] At the clubhouse and later in the ambulance, house physician Dr. Laiseca tried to revive him, but was unsuccessful. Dolores and I became very good friends at that time, and I traveled all over Europe with her while Bing and Bob were working. The song Only Forever reaches Number 1 and remains for there 10 weeks. 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". Billboard magazine used different methodologies during his career. [66] Crosby charted 23 Billboard hits from 47 recorded songs with the Andrews Sisters, whose Decca record sales were second only to Crosby's throughout the 1940s. We shot the movie in Ishpeming, Michigan. However, the document also clearly indicates that at their meetings a third person, on most instances Caulfield's mother, was present. Now tell me another story, Grandpa!Crosby: "No, so help me, it's the truth, ask Mister De Mille. Its not too steep. Thats fine. So I continued, but then he was very uncomfortable when I was away acting. Dec. Film Exhibitors name Bing the top box office star of the year, the first of five consecutive years. 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. According to Betty Caulfield, Spellman told Crosby: "Bing, you are Father O'Malley and under no circumstances can Father O'Malley get a divorce." 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]. They sat across the table from each other but a little separated and dinner was proceeding properly then I moved around so they were sitting next to each other and everything just started going off like a fire-cracker, she says. Then we got married, which was very good. Here is a breakdown of each of Crosby's children and his marriage to their mothers. After The Syncopation Idea closed, they worked in the Will Morrissey Music Hall Revue. He was the most comfortable man you could ever know, someone youd like to go fishing with. Bing meets actress Dixie Lee, his future wife, and conducts screen tests for the Hollywood studio MGM. 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. Crosby was a fan of thoroughbred horse racing and bought his first racehorse in 1935. Schofield, Mary Anne. We heart living like a star. His partner was World Cup champion Manuel Piero; their opponents were club president Csar de Zulueta and Valentn Barrios. A nearby bridge carrying U.S. Route 158 over the Yadkin River is named for Kathryn Crosby. Sept. Rediscover the Bing Crosby Era, Clip | Filmmaker Interview with Director Robert Trachtenberg, Clip | Bing Crosby, An All-Purpose Singer, Clip | Performance: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, Clip | Bings Charity and Take Care of List, Clip | Michael Feinstein and Tony Bennett on Bings Intimate Style, S28 Ep10: Bing Crosby Rediscovered - Full Film. Narrated by Stanley Tucci, the film features new interviews with all surviving members of Crosbys immediate family: wife Kathryn, daughter Mary and sons Harry and Nathaniel. Bing and Dixie reconciled and he continued trying to help her overcome her alcohol issues. We had two weeks on Broadway, and it was lovely. [106] This house served as a setting for some of the family's Minute Maid orange juice television commercials. His social life was frantic. I like baseball a lot. I didnt know he owned the Pirates. 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". I was so innocent, just out from Texas. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Sept. Bing films his final Christmas show, which features Bings family and David Bowie. [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. The 6.5mm ferric-oxide-coated tape could record 20 minutes per reel of high-quality sound. Apr. Bob was the emcee for a vaudeville show, and Bing was singing, and they started playing with each other on the stage. It was an amazing experience! Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In a new Bob Hope biography that came out in November, the author states, Bob told a friend he simply didnt like Bing, and at times, detested him.. Harry Crosby is an investment banker who occasionally makes singing appearances. [42] His recording of "White Christmas", has sold over 50 million copies around the world. [99][100][101][102][103], Crosby and his family lived in the San Francisco area for many years. Bing and Bob started off together in early vaudeville. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. Dec. He led his radio show for Woodbury Soap for two seasons while his live appearances dwindled. Oct. May Bing records White Christmas and joins Hollywood Victory Caravan, a traveling show to raise money for war bonds. "[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. Dec. The weather is so good, and were starting to decorate just about now. I became aware of someone behind me and he touched his chair to the back of my knee so I flopped down unceremoniously, she says, recalling an unlikely start to a relationship that was to last almost a quarter of a century and touch her for the rest of her days.What made it even more unlikely was that under the warmth of the California sun and after their meeting Crosby, king of stage and screen, ambled back on set to continue filming White Christmas, one of Hollywoods best-loved movies of all time. Gary hated his brothers, Phillip and Dennis, the twins, and Lindsay who was a wonderful young man. 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. There was a lovely man called Barney Dean, and he was called a gagman. Cohn gave in; Armstrong's musical scenes and comic dialogue extended his influence to the silver screen, creating more opportunities for him and other African Americans to appear in future films. [47] Crosby was dismissive of his role in the song's success, saying "a jackdaw with a cleft palate could have sung it successfully".[48]. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. Mar. Kathryn Crosby: He was shy, but not with me. Mar. It was halfway finished then. Feb. First ever Crosby Pro-Am golf tournament is held, which later becomes the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Kathryn's anguish was compounded when Gary wrote a book accusing his father of being abusive, both verbally and. Bing said that wed have to rehearse there to go to Broadway. . He had investments in real estate, mines, oil wells, cattle ranches, race horses, music publishing, baseball teams, and television. Gary Crosby died of lung cancer in 1995 at age 62, and Phillip Crosby died of a heart attack in 2004 at age 69.[120]. When the two met, they became friends. But it made no difference at all because I was kind of precocious. Oct. 14 Bing Crosby dies of heart attack after a good game of golf at a course outside Madrid, Spain. Dec 3, 2010 @ 16:20PM. Hope and Crosby initially sat apart. Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multimedia star of the first half of the 20th century, and now the public and his fans can learn much more about the icon in a new documentary, American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered, which premieres nationwide Tuesday, December 2 at 8:00 pm on PBS. [74] Mullin explained how one new broadcasting technique was invented on the Crosby show with these machines: One time Bob Burns, the hillbilly comic, was on the show, and he threw in a few of his folksy farm stories, which of course were not in Bill Morrow's script. "Bing Crosby: Through the years, volumes one-nine (195456). Seasons while his live appearances before American troops who had been fighting in documentary. I loved living in Alabama during that time and read propaganda broadcasts intended German. Los Angeles attractions and events 14, 2007, the event resumed play in on. 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