We left Mary Frances at home, but I was expecting Nathaniel at the time. 2014 Smashing Interviews Magazine. July 13 Twins Dennis Michael Crosby and Phillip Lang Crosby are born. 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. He and Bing had a long discussion about ten pound test and all of that. The following year, Crosby and Hope reunited for one more Road movie, The Road to Hong Kong, which teamed them up with the much younger Joan Collins and Peter Sellers. Sept. Bing films his final Christmas show, which features Bings family and David Bowie. Sforza, John: "Swing It! Christmas is very much a part of my life. 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. Mar. I came back to Austin and finished up my degree and took my Inquiry classes for six weeks. [124] Accompanied by the Gordon Rose Orchestra, Crosby's last recorded performance was of the song "Once in a While". Crosby invested $50,000 in Ampex with the intent to produce more machines. At last Kathryn's ordeal was over. SAYS Kathryn: He loved his sons. The priest said, You should wait a while. I said, You cant keep me out. He said, Youre right. Feb. Bing meets future wife, Kathryn Grant, for the first time. In October 1925, Crosby and Rinker decided to seek fame in California. Crosby and Armstrong remained warm acquaintances for decades, occasionally singing together in later years, e.g. Feb. Bing plays himself in Reaching for the Moon, a film starring Douglas Fairbanks. The film Little Boy Lost, shot just before Dixies death, is released. They exchanged jokes always. I asked him if he liked baseball. June Bings autobiography, Call Me Lucky, is published. I said, What? Bing had decided to do a show to help a foundation sponsoring music scholarships for young people. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)", with his trademark whistling, became his theme song and signature tune. Oct. Crosby and Lindsay Howard formed Binglin Stable to race and breed thoroughbred horses at a ranch in Moorpark in Ventura County, California. The Hollywood veteran and widow of Bing Crosby will perform some of those classic tunes when she . We rented a place called Cranbourne Court, and our two families lived together. The Recording Industry Association of America did not institute its gold record certification program until 1958 when Crosby's record sales were low. 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. As Crosby wrote in his autobiography: By using tape, I could do a thirty-five or forty-minute show, then edit it down to the twenty-six or twenty-seven minutes the program ran. "[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". It was much more complicated then. [109] "Lindsay Crosby supported his brother (Gary) at the time of its publication but had a tempered view of its revelations. The nation's appetite for Crosby's voice and personality appears insatiable. [42] Shortly before his death in 1977, he had planned another Road film in which he, Hope, and Lamour search for the Fountain of Youth. ABC was formed from the sale of the NBC Blue Network in 1943 after a federal antitrust suit and was willing to join Mutual in breaking the tradition. Hammar, Peter. That ended when he met actress Kathryn Grant (nee Olive Kathryn Grandstaff) a onetime beauty contest winner from Texas. Through her aunt, Kathryn arranged to marry Bing in Las Vegas. 87 years (November 25, 1933) Kathryn Crosby/Age Crosby largely retired from acting after her marriage, but did have featured roles as Princess Parisa in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), and in the courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder (1959). I hope it clears up a lot of the old lies and rumors. Aug. Bing entertains the American troops abroad. [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. 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. His first commercial sponsor on radio was Cremo Cigars and his fame spread nationwide. Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. is born to Harry Lowe Crosby, Sr. (a bookkeeper) and Catherine Helen Crosby. 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. God I miss that voice. Were going up to Arrington. He then persuaded ABC to allow him to tape his shows. The weather is so good, and were starting to decorate just about now. [19] The house sits on the campus of his alma mater, Gonzaga University, as a museum housing over 200 artifacts from his life and career, including his Oscar. June Bings first four sons form the quartet The Crosby Boys.. All the other artists signed to Decca after Bing did. Let's go have a Coca-Cola." 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]. Sept. Mary Frances Crosby, Bings first daughter and second child with Kathryn, is born. They were just so funny. 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. Are the holidays difficult for you? Apr. Crosby, 74, died from a heart attack, four days after his final concert. 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. [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]. 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. Records which he made ten years ago are selling better than ever before. 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. He didnt always say it, but he always showed it. 'I never expected affection from my father so it didn't bother me,' he once told an interviewer.'" As minor parts of The Syncopation Idea Crosby and Rinker started to develop as entertainers. Armstrong appreciated Crosby's progressive attitudes on race, and often expressed gratitude for the role in later years.[44]. A copy of the recording from the radio program is owned by the estate of Bing Crosby and was loaned to CBS Sunday Morning for their December 25, 2011, program. Met Bing Crosby on the set of White Christmas. 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. 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. We were in the same boat in more ways than one, but I could not tell her so. 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.' They had four sons: Gary, twins Dennis and Phillip, and Lindsay. It was a week away and he said, Do you think you can find a long dress? So I ran back to Columbia Pictures, where I was working and they offered me the dress Rita Hayworth wore in Gilda, the most gorgeous, long, satin dress you ever saw, complete with full-length opera gloves. Bing said, I dont feel well. We went to the hospital, and they admitted him because he had kidney stones in both kidneys. Widow Kathryn Crosby dabbled in local theater productions intermittently and appeared in television tributes to her late husband. ABC offered Crosby $30,000 per week to produce a recorded show every Wednesday that would be sponsored by Philco. [72], According to Shoshana Klebanoff, Crosby became one of the richest men in the history of show business. [42] Before the end of the year, he signed[clarification needed] with both Brunswick Records and CBS Radio. Born Wilma Wyatt, actress and singer Dixie Crosby married Bing Crosby in 1930. bing!, and I would let him have it again, and then as his friends came to his rescue, shooting as they came, I would shout bing! We heart local Los Angeles attractions and events. They were married Oct. 24, 1957 in Las Vegas. IHeartHollywood.com is an online magazine about all thing "Hollywood." Oct. Ive Got a Pocketful of Dreams reaches Number 1on the charts and remains for four weeks. Gary Crosby's adopted son, Steven Crosby, said in a 2003 interview: In the early years, I think, like any family you are going to butt heads with your mom, your dad and your brothers and sisters. Mar. There was a good piano player there, so they would do some songs and dances and remarks from the New York vaudeville show. 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. At issue is Kathryn's seemingly innocuous decision to auction off some of the possessions Bing had accumulated over the years in six homes. He had lots of girlfriends, and he had lots of boyfriends, and he was always a very good friend. Despite being a Catholic, Crosby was seriously considering divorce in order to marry Caulfield. In an interview for the same article, Gary clarified that Bing "was like a lot of fathers of that time. And what a voice. Dec. Bing receives a Peabody Award for services to television. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Birmingham, Alabama. Bing had certain health problems, but after we did the Christmas show at the London Palladium, we traveled to Manchester and Brighton, and then he went to Spain to shoot grouse with a good friend. The family created an official website[131] on October 14, 2007, the 30th anniversary of Crosby's death. On November 8, 1937, after Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of She Loves Me Not, Joan Blondell asked Crosby how he got his nickname: Crosby: "Well, I'll tell you, back in the knee-britches day, when I was a wee little tyke, a mere broth of a lad, as we say in Spokane, I used to totter around the streets, with a gun on each hip, my favorite after school pastime was a game known as "Cops and Robbers", I didn't care which side I was on, when a cop or robber came into view, I would haul out my trusty six-shooters, made of wood, and loudly exclaim bing! Mar. Bing opens with Just One More Chance and the show becomes a massive hit. Whatever you want. 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. Bing's name and his artistry saved the recording industry. I had more fun doing that. bing! . He became the archetypal crooner of a period when the advent of radio broadcasting and talking pictures and the refinement of sound-recording . The Mutual Network, on the other hand, pre-recorded some of its programs as early as 1938 for The Shadow with Orson Welles. [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. Impulsively in 1957, he married Kathryn while Inger later found out about it on the news. Apr. "I used to tell Sinatra over and over," said Tommy Dorsey, "there's only one singer you ought to listen to and his name is Crosby. He had a reputation for being such an ogre. He apparently viewed the complete film just once, and then stored it in his wine cellar, where it remained undisturbed until it was discovered in December 2009. Bing asked, 'Why?' We heart Beverly Hills. His efforts to cure her with the help of specialists failed. The scheduling could now be done at the star's convenience. We had a wonderful time together. The filmRoad to Singapore is released, the first in a series of Road pictures with Bob Hope which became the highest grossing franchise until the James Bond films. [3]:8. Why dont we write some movies for them? Dolores thought that was pretty funny, and everybody thought it would be a good idea. I think there was some father-son stuff that everyone has. Feb. Bing and Bob Hope appear on the cover of Life Magazine. His mother absolutely ran their family. 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. It was quite a lovely experience. What was his personality like behind closed doors? bing! The following day he made his final appearance in a recording studio and sang eight songs at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for a radio program, which also included an interview with Alan Dell. I don't think it had anything to do with Daddy Dearest. Both Bing and wife Kathryn Grant thought he had lung cancer. 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. The music and artwork were beautiful, and though I couldnt understand it, the Latin sounded so pretty. Mar. Giddins, Gary (2002). [27], Crosby graduated from Gonzaga High School in 1920 and enrolled at Gonzaga University. He later described Jolson's delivery as "electric". 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. On October 13, 1977, Crosby flew alone to Spain to play golf and hunt partridge. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): New Orleans is one of the best places in the world to experience fine dining! Joan's sister Betty Caulfield confirmed the romantic relationship between Joan and Bing Crosby. Harry said, I wouldve killed to get to go with Louis Armstrong to Australia, which was an experience that Bing gave to Gary. How was the experience working with director Otto Preminger? 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. [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. [29] The university granted him an honorary doctorate in 1937. Bing was also a giving donor to the city's Gonzaga University . Nov. Dont Fence Me In w/ The Andrews Sisters reaches Number 1. A pert, vivacious and absolutely stunning brunette, the former Kathryn Grant (nee Olive Kathryn Grandstaff) is now known publicly as Kathryn Crosby. We lived with them when Bing was doing Road to Hong Kong. | Steve Hoffman Music Forums", "The Chronological Bing Crosby on Television", "Jack Kapp Bing Crosby Internet Museum", "On the Record: How did Bing Crosby get his nickname? [39], Success with Whiteman was followed by disaster when they reached New York. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. "[109] Nevertheless, Phillip did not deny that Crosby believed in corporal punishment. The Fanchon and Marco Time Agency hired them for thirteen weeks for the revue The Syncopation Idea starting at the Boulevard Theater in Los Angeles and then on the Loew's circuit. The success of his first film brought him a contract with Paramount, and he began a pattern of making three films a year. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you and Bing raise your children in the Catholic faith? Statistician Joel Whitburn at Billboard determined that Crosby was America's most successful recording act of the 1930s and again in the 1940s. The trial court granted Dixie's trust's claim. Waikiki Wedding is released, the film features the song Sweet Leilani which reaches Number 1shortly after. The song appeared in his films Holiday Inn (1942), anda decade laterin White Christmas (1954). Dec. 7 The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife, being more than thirty years his junior. It was something that one of his boys had done, and it was really frightening. 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? 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