Bing was jailed on at least a couple occasions. Once overnight as a child for throwing stolen pies at cars, and again late in 1929, during the
filming of the movie "The King of Jazz," featuring the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Bing was
rear-ended while driving his date home from a night of partying on Nov. 2, 1929. His date landed against the
windshield, and Bing landed in jail for drunken driving. Bing was escorted from the
jail to the studio whenever he was scheduled to appear as one of the Rhythm Boys. However,
Bing lost a chance to sing a major solo in the movie because of his incarceration. The Rhythm
Boys also wore out their welcome with Whiteman (photo), who released them the following May.
How did the Rhythm Boys break up?
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