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When Bing died, CBS did not make the same mistake as when Elvis died.
Greg recommends Bing and Fred.
Was death Michael Jackson's best career option?
Ben, Michael Jackson's first solo performance to top the charts, was from a 1972 Bing Crosby Productions' movie of the same name.
For sale: Bing's 1963 California driver's license.
Was Walking Tall Bing Crosby Productions best flicker?
The most ridiculous song ever written?
Sonny joins the Crosby family in accusing Universal Music Group of a failure to Cher.
When the Allies landed in France, one of Bing's records sat atop the music charts.
One old orange juice schlelper coming up.
Michael Parkinson, how lucky can you get.
Stop Googling around and Bing me up, Scotty.
Dolores Hope becomes a centurian.
How Ed Sullivan brought culture to America.
Bing's granddaughter boldly goes where no Crosby has gone before.
For those who can't wait for the official release later this year, Seasons on CD.
On the road with Bing, Bob and Dorothy.
For those who fancy coloring books ...
The butterfly who flapped his wings and set the stage for popular music.
You had to look quick to Seabiscuit.
The King of Croon was smartly cast.
Chris Buckley on the death of his parents.
Mort Lachman, head joke writer for Bob Hope for 27 years, is dead at 89.
There's still time to get your copy of the spring 2009 BING.
Through the Years, volume 3 -- 1951-52, is now available on CD.
Bing with a Swing features 24 songs, including Bing's 1957 album with Bob Scobey.
Could it be That's What Life is All About?
Have the big bucks taken the fun out of golf tournaments?
Hear Der Bingle from the John Mullin collection
at the Pavek Museum in Minneapolis:
New York mayor accused of Bing Crosby epidemiology.
Bing -- the 69-cent DRM-free Christmas crooner.
Not only did brother Bob get a free shot, he got it in color.
You'll be surprised to learn the first Crosby album to enter the official UK charts.
Bing made a bum out of Horatio Alger.
Marian Anderson was Bing's guest of the 22 February 1945 Kraft Music Hall.
The end is near for the major record labels.
Jack B Nimble is now on CD and with the reissue of Bing and Satchmo.
Lawrence Welk remembers Bing (1978).
Bing had to be released from jail to film his scenes in King of Jazz.
Growing up meant saying goodbye to Bing, Helen and Laura.
Michael Feinstein's favorite album is "Fancing Meeting You Here."
Over the hill but still breathing.
Art Linkletter, 96, still says the darndest things.
The Swooner and the Crooner lay some eggs.
More likely Bing would say to both of them, Aloha on the steel guitar.
The AT&T golf tournament is in for some changes, but not in its name.
Singer Jimmy Boyd, a frequent guest on Bing's radio and TV shows and co-star in "High Time," is dead of cancer at 70.
The demon-haunted world of John Denver.
Regis won't sleep in Bing's bed unless Mrs. C invites him.
Is Barry Manilow more annoying than Bing?
The golden age of radio were the dark days of economic depression and world war.
Bette and Bing -- good for your heart.
What's in your 1940s collection?
Bill Paley discovered Bing Crosby and Edward R. Murrow.
I write the songs that make the youngsters cringe.
You ain't seen nothin' yet until you've seen the dark side of Al Jolson.
Hip, unlike diamonds, is not forever.
Which Bing recording should be on President Obama's Ipod? Probably not Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral.
Trying not to forget the Crosby Clambake.
There are downturns and recessions, but one Great Depression.
Is an "uncut" version of Friday the 13th an oxymoron or does Harry still get an eyefull?
The biggest selling b&w DVD of 2008?
The musical war and the Crosby Clambake remembered.
Centenarian remembers meeting Bing in 1956.
You've either got or you haven't got old style.
Author favors the bobby soxers over the boo-boos.
No White Christmas for Bing in the desert.
What's your favorite comedy film?
Merle Haggard is on the road again after cancer surgery.
Bing helps punish noisy drivers. Baa baa baa and boo-boo.
You must be old or a history buff to remember Bing started the first pro-am golf tournament in 1937.
Whatever became of Bing's golf tournament?
What Bing and FDR had in common.
Bob Hope's golf tournament celebrates 50 years.
Taking a poke at the W.C. Fields.
Bing's final flick turned out to be a thoughtful and dramatic swan song.
For $40 you can view Mary Crosby's Love Letters to Desi Arnaz Jr.
Crooner Tony Martin makes Tony Bennett seem like a youngster.
Epicurious eating at the Bing Crosby Restaurant and Piano Lounge.
Road film assistant director Alvin Ganzer is dead at 97.
For whom the bells tolled in 2008.
He gave us "Love in Bloom" and "Thanks for the Memories."
The tables are empty down at Mory's.
VHS is now history, and the DVD is soon to follow.
The NY Times loves Holiday Inn, with or without the color.
Regis Philbin donates his time to honor his boyhood hero, Santa Cros, on satellite radio.
Reg recalls meeting and singing to the Old Groaner.
A tastefully colorized version of Holiday Inn is now available on DVD.
If Fred had said no, would Danny Kaye have played opposite Bing in Holiday Inn?
Fifteen greatest holiday flicks includes one of Bing's but it's not Holiday Inn.
Mrs. Bing Collins is dead at 82. She owned a Hollywood Inn.
Bing sets a new standard for local mall dining.
Reviews of the colorized version of Holiday Inn. Odienator would have preferred less color.
Three Bing flicks for a buck Dec. 5 at the BC Theater in Spokane.
Bing flapped his wings and sent a hurricane through popular culture.
Bing, Helen and Laura -- December playmates of the month.
One last letter from Godfather Bing.
Former boxing great Bob Hope goes postal. Can he take a lickin'?
Bing was first to tape his prime-time radio show, first at the box office five consecutive years, first to start a charity pro-am golf tournament and began the commercial craze for popular Christmas music.
Apparently Bing's swing was bearable.
This soldier vividly remembers war-ravaged Italy and Bing singing White Christmas over Armed Forces Radio.
Sometimes even Cowards can get it right.
Fortunately, Bing did not marry Inger Stevens.
Jo Stafford, from Long Ago and Far Away.
Bing made the jump to television 3 January 1954. (30 minutes)
Bing vanishes from the Redmond Nostalgia old-time radio website..
You could take a blind Bing for a roll in your bedroom (window).
The real pros, like Fred and Bing, felt nothing.
The Golden Years of Bing Crosby.
What's your favorite last words?
Old-time radio is finding a new life.
A new road flicker reduces polysyllabic Bing to the F--- word.
Bing tries to force Sinatra into early retirement.
Sometimes fiction is more interesting than the truth.
Nevada turns 144 with a Hollywood salute that includes Mrs. Crosby as Grand Marshal of the Carson City parade.
Harry Barris, Bing's first composer.
The Bing Crosby chronology continues through 1951. Americans may purchase the disc for $12.95 postage paid from the ICC.
Rose Marie recalls her only true love, Bing's trumpeter Bobby Guy.
Jake Hanna, Bing's last drummer, is still performing.
"S-s-say, Bi-Bi-Bing," says Joe Friscoe, peeling off a few hundred dollar bills, Gi-gi-give us a chorus of Whi-Whi-White Ch ristmas, willya?
Bing's barber says "he was the nicest guy in the world." Fabian, however, says Bing wasn't very friendly.
You are never going to see Bing Crosby in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Dave Stockton picks Bing as the most talented celebrity golfer.
Dallas fans ask Who is Bing Crosby?
This Bing could charm the nuts off a squirrel.
Wall Street revives an old Bing Crosby tune.
Justin Timberlake in the footsteps of Bing.
Michael Parkinson on Bing: A true definition of a superstar.
It was the weather, not Bing's voice, that sent the sailors to sick bay.
Will Bing end up in the rock 'n' roll hall of fame?
Will the new BC restaurant serve turkey and eggs?
Mildred Bailey introduced Bing to the music of Louis Armstrong.
FOB Godfrey Bostock is dead at 93. He said of Bing: "He was unassuming, charming and a great gentleman in every sense of the word."
A new spin on the movie White Christmas.
Bing's guitar finds a home at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Whatever became of his ukelele?
Kenny Loggins named one of his kids after Bing.
Jeni LeGon career spanned films with Bing and Snoop Dog.
Even Sinatra fans could answer this one.
The internet gives new life to Old Time Radio.
The annual Elvis deathebration.
Bing still greets the turf and the surf at old Del Mar.
Obama attack ad to link McCain with Bing.
Stars and Stripes abandons its long-time headquarters in Germany.
Tragedy marred Bing's trip to England in 1944.
Could Hope and Crosby survive as a team today?
Chasing Sound: The Les Paul Story on DVD in September.
The University of the Third Age will recall Bing's influence on people like Ron Field.
Abba dances beside Bing, Frank and Elvis in the hearts of Americans.
The mystery of modern singing.
Arnold Palmer still enjoys listening to Bing.
NPR remembers Jo Stafford and her husband, Paul Weston, from a 1988 interview.
Jo Stafford's final recording was made in 1970.
Why did Bing refer to Mitzi Gaynor as "Brookie"?
MGM's counterpart to Paramount's Hope and Crosby.
Oxford conference recalls Fred Astaire.
Just how factual are the "Top Five"?
Bing fell for the trap set by the Mysterious Montague.
Tony Bennett, now 81, still sings the praises of Bing.
Here's one Sinatra who truly appreciates Bing.
Viewers don't notice when reels of a Bing - Jane Wyman film are played out of order.
Bing was only 74 minutes old when he died.
All You Need is Love is now on DVD.
Most likely Peggy Lee sang more duets with Bing than any other singer except Rosemary Clooney.
The Louis Prima stamp petition.
In what movie did Louis Prima appear with Bing?
Paul Whiteman, not the Dorsey Brothers, gave Bing his break in show business.
The ups and downs of George's aunt.
Bing's MCA-Universal masters, reportedly destroyed in the Universal fire, are in fact safe according to Universal.
Bing's dentist, now 84, says "Bing Crosby was one of the finest men to ever live."
Young Regis Philbin memorized all of Bing's songs.
Date night with Bing and Grace.
Mrs. Crosby returns to North Carolina for the Crosby scholars golf tournament.
Talking jazz with Gary Giddins.
She now regrets that she missed Bing's concert shortly before his death.
Barbara Walters got a personal Bing memento for her mom after Bing's death.
Bing gave this autograph seeker the aloha treatment.
The Swooner gets a stamping ovation. Will Rudy Vallee be next?
Horseracing has lost its cool.
Eddy Arnold, 1918-2008, the Tennessee Plowboy who replaced the country fiddle with the orchestral violin.
The late Eddy Arnold understood the debt country music owed to Bing. He now gets his chance to sing with Bing. (Real Audio)
New DVD of Robin and the Seven Hoods features commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr.
For this soldier there was only one thing better than Bing.
Bing gave Baba Wawa her favorite kiss-off: “Aloha, on the steel guitar.”
Bing's auto mechanic accuses him of car abuse and drunkeness.
Is the Road to Bali the funniest of them all?
Reviewer's advice is to skip the play and watch the movie, where Bing transcends himself.
Vancouver time capsule documents Bing's generosity and reminds us that he was once the King. View raw footage of opening of the time capsule or CBC report.
The Crosby generation embraces rock 'n' roll.
Nancy Sinatra reflects on her father 10 years post-mortem.
Jon Provost, from Country Girl to Lassie.
Milwaukee exhibit honors Crosby guitarist Les Paul.
Songs and letters from World War II.
In search of the Bing-Bowie moment.
The Chronological Bing Crosby series continues into the 1950s courtesy of Sepia Records.
Who's the greatest Bing fan of them all? The answer will surprise you.
How much longer can an aging Arne Fogel keep the sagging music industry afloat?
Bing's choreographer is dead at 98.
On the road with Bing and ... Elvis?
Bing and Bob appeared in one of Charlton Heston's Oscar-winning movies.
No great songs have emerged from the Iraq war.
What did Bing see when he was smoking pot? View the Adobe Flash Video from YouTube.
The Feds honored Elvis with a stamp, but Bing fans will get a check.
The trains may run with the horses at Del Mar..
Composer of Do You Hear What I Hear? is dead at 84.
I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas?
Would Bing have been a better singer if he had been born blind?
Celebrating the father of the album cover.
Tuscon teen yearns for the pop culture of Bing and Bob.
Brian Johnson sets Mark Steyn on the path of truth and bazookas.
The memorabilia of Fred Waring, who did numerous concerts in tribute to Bing, is housed at Penn State University.
Open your storage box and pack your HD DVD player atop your Betamax and 8-track player.
Liza Minnelli, last of the Rat Pack.
Who's Bing's oldest living leading lady?
From the Odd Couple files: Jack Klugman, 85, marries one of Phil Crosby's four former wives.
Tony Martin, now 95, recalls the days of Bing at the Cocoanut Grove.
Memories of the Crosby Clambake.
Did Bing have Russ Columbo rubbed out?
Thirty-one days of Oscar includes one from Bing that won no Oscar.
The 1940s -- a time of much whistling and high expectorations.
Only 5 performers have been nominated twice for Oscars for playing the same role. Bing was the first.
That's Entertainment, even on Blu-Ray DVD.
The tape company Bing made famous is on life support.
On the road to the golf course.
The demise of the celebrity golf tournament. Bill Huffman to the contrary, the Crosby name continued to be on his tournament 9 years after his death until Mrs. Crosby withdrew rights to continued use of the Crosby name.
In 1945 the Motion Picture Academy and the general public did what is rare in motion picture history -- they agreed on the best picture of 1944
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The late "mayor" of Hollywood managed to get Hope and Crosby together in 1952 for their first joint TV appearance.
The emergence of loud fidelity.
He didn't win an Oscar, but Bob almost won a necktie from Bing for running off with Dorothy in My Favorite Brunette.
Johnny Depp is nibbing on the heels of Bing.
Perhaps it was the Orange Bowl and the Road to Rio.
Their first date was Pennies from Heaven, and Steve Martin wasn't even born.
Veteran recalls Christmas with General Patton and Bing.
Carole Richards, Evelyn Knight and Robert Goulet was among the deaths in 1977.
Bob should've ditched Phyllis for Bing.
Karen DeCoster thanks God for Gary Giddins.
The Crosby family is showing more interest in marketing Bing.
Tea, crumpets and Slim Whitman.
Silver Bells, it's holiday time in the city. Is mom to blame?
A White Christmas with Kathryn Crosby and Arne Fogel.
The significance of White Christmas.
Bing's New York hangout sold for $18 million.
Sinatra bucked the tide of rock 'n' roll to become Chairman of the Board in the 1950s.
For holiday sex turn off Bing. Or is it Bing to the rescue?
When Going My Way began playing on Channel 18 Greg VanBeek knew it was time to open the presents.
The late singer Carole Richards also played the field.
Hobie and Cathy: Movin' on up.
Paul C. Pitzer, author, teacher and Crosby collector.
Even bad publicity can be good for business.
Holiday specials are not so special anymore.
What did Bing do at Christmas besides terrorize his kids?
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, the seven essential holiday shows.
He's not dreaming of a Blue Christmas.
His friends call him Bing, not Daddy Dearest.
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David Bowie performed twice on the 1977 Bing Crosby Christmas special. Here's the one you never hear.
Where's the rest of Jean Shepherd?
Malibu fire damages Mary Crosby's home.
Hollywood in the classical era.
Elko Nevada museum takes some heat from Bing's niece.
Claremont's answer to Tiny Tim.
All I want for Christmas is a USB record player.
Does Bing's music contribute to the high suicide rate during Christmas?
Hey Jude, what's the news from the Contemporary Codger Music scene?
Seven things you probably already knew about White Christmas.
Lord, would you please anoint Bing and Rosie with laryngitis?
Bing finished his final round before her time.
Is Bing next in line to be taken out of Christmas?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Like snow itself, White Christmas is all fluff.
Ladies and gentlemen, Bing Crosby.
Reconfiguring a classic. Meanwhile, Colorado filmfest will feature a new 35mm print of the original.
Justin Timberlake will host the Not Exactly the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am.
James Bacon remembers Bing. (page 4)
Michael Feinstein, the collector.
The golf clambake started by Bing has raised $66 million for charity since its move to Pebble Beach.
Paul Anka, who wrote the theme to Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and Sinatra's "My Way," will be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Elvis is still king of the dead.
Global warming has changed Santa's schedule.
How to benefit from your celebrity relative.
Did Bing have the over-sprayed hair, incongruous plaids or hideous shoes?
For the late Robert Goulet, singing "White Christmas" with Bing on his 1971 Christmas special was like "Wow!" to the third power.
Evelyn Knight, who recorded "How It Lies" and "Everywhere You Go" in 1949 with Bing, is dead at 89.
Hank Billings' senior moment when he forget John Scott Trotter.
Mississippi starring W.C. Fields and Bing will be released on DVD in December -- but only in European format.
Just enough time for 9 or maybe a round of cricket?
Fans respond to the Bing Crosby marathon.
I'm dreaming of an Alfalfa Christmas.
Bing Crosby's influence still felt at Rancho Santa Fe.
The AP is a bit out of touch when it comes to best-selling single recording.
When it comes to Christmas music, Bing is still King. Just ask this World War II veteran.
Where the blue of the night ....
The New York Times travels to Spokane.
From bricklayer's daughter to Princess of Monaco.
Andrew needs to listen to some early Crosby recordings.
An evening with Bing Crosby Oct. 19 in Sacramento.
Nick Clooney on the Bing Marathon.
Bing Crosby Enterprises is now open for business on the internet.
Bing's last American concert was the day Elvis died.
Brit recalls meeting Bing during the recording of his last TV Christmas special.
Bing was more dominant while alive, but 30 years later Frank and Elvis have more popular appeal.
Fifty years ago Bing's Edsel Show became the first special TV broadcast to be videotaped for later broadcast.
The day Satchmo put down his horn and shocked America. But when the sponsor tried to block his appearance on Bing's TV special Bing's response was "no Satchmo, no Bing."
The Scout Report from the University of Wisconsin was the first to announce to the Internet community of the birth of the BC Internet Museum in June 1996.
Bing and Bowie's Christmas duet voted 4th worst duet in history by BBC listeners.
Bing receives vile parent award.
Clint Eastwood's interest in golf waned after the demise of the Bing Crosby Pro-Am.
The Country Girl goes Broadway.
Joan Collins was like the British Open, and she resented Bing's lack of interest in playing her open spaces.
Which Bing songs are on Mick Jagger's IPod?
Bing and Elvis together again after 30 years.
The Chicago crowd that wouldn't let Bing stop singing.
How Bing made the trains run on time without the help of Mussolini.
A hundred antique radios all tuned to the same station.
Bing's wartime recording of White Christmas, a song of peace, is still ranked as the biggest selling single by Guinness.
How the world's biggest voice was replaced by its friendliest voice.
Maybe your should turn down the TV audio and play the CD version of The War by Ken Burns.
Smiling Jack Smith was part of the trio that replaced The Rhythm Boys at the Cocoanut Grove.
One of Bing and Bob's favorite strip clubs turns 60.
A duet that will live in infamy.
Should the health department ban golf?
The mystery of the Bing Crosby Signature Collection.
Sandra Robinson, humanitarian and Bing fan.
Johnny Mercer's last commercial recordings were duets with Bing.
Grace Kelly's lust for life with older men.
Princess Grace died 25 years ago.
Bing Crosby, White Christmas, end of story -- except the author forgot to read the book.
At last, the truth about Bing Crosby.
Les Paul didn't sing but he changed the sound of music.
Jane Wyman grew weary of Ronald Reagan's growing interest in politics..
"Bing taught us a lot" and will be included in the PBS documentary on Tony Bennett.
Jane Wyman's three marriages all ended in divorce.
Jane Wyman adored Bing and never dished the dirt on her first husband.
Jane Wyman was Bing's leading lady in two 1950s movies: "Here Comes the Groom" and "Just for You."
Bing did for Jane what he did for Grace.
Will future generations understand "Pennies from Heaven"? With inflation, the song if written today would be Dollars from Heaven.
Julie Newmar made her film debut in Bing's 1952 Paramount flick Just for You.
Elton John wants to shut down the Bing Crosby Internet Museum.
Bing, but not Sinatra, is one of 17 artists featured in Ken Burns' CD of World War II.
Bing's favorite microphone is in the Thousand Oaks Library.
The short lives of pop music stars.
Forthcoming Crosby DVD produced from a 1958 USO concert film.
A revisionist view of Uncle Joe, Sammy Snead and Elvis.
Navigator recalls World War II.
Alice Cooper's fantasy foursome.
Was Bing a mere idol or a hero?
Roy Gerber, talent agent for The Hollywood Palace, is dead at 82.
Bing and Bob -- friends to the end.
Happy 25th birthday, compact disc.
Chasing Sound on DVD with Les Paul.
Like Eddy Arnold before him, Ray Price paid a price for recording with an orchestra.
For Diane Woodworth, Elvis was a distant third.
Bing appeared on the Merv Griffin television show at least 5 times from 1968-76.
Will Friedwall rememebers Johnny Mercer.
The proceedings of the 2003 Hofstra conference on Bing are due in print in October. (Scroll to page 6.)
Nathaniel Crosby is still bitter over the removal of his dad's name from the Pebble Beach tournament.
Reflections on the singing barber.
This golfer wishes to imitate Bing not the King.
The latest Jonzos bring The Chronological Bing Crosby to the brink of the '50s.
The demise of the pop compact disc.
The Duke's 1970 Tribute to America includes Bing and Bob.
Bing and Ella were prominent no-shows.
The most wonderful time of the year.
Old rocking chair still hasn't got Les Paul.
There's the Bing Crosby rose, but how about the Bing cherry?
The world's friendliest voice.
Princess Grace's son opens exhibit featuring letters from Bing.
What James Spada couldn't unearth he made up.
Yip Harburg liked to say that he gave up his dreams of business to go into the business of dreams.
The disintegration of American popular culture.
The Bear Family discovers How the West Was Sung.
Scorsese's Mean Streets inspired by Hope and Crosby.
Alan Olsen handled financial matters for Bing's second family.
Michael Parkinson retires to write his autobiography.
A new treatment for depression.
The iPod's role in the death of popular music.
Paris Hilton staggers in the footsteps of Bing Crosby.
The many voices of Rich Little.
Who has the most stars of them all?
Reporter recalls Bob Hope's anguish at the death of Bing.
Is Where the Blue of the Night a standard?
The music industry could use another Jack Kapp.
More stars than there are in Heaven.
A language that speaks to all.
A biopic is in the works for Sammy Davis Jr.
Golf gave Bing his greatest satisfaction.
Bing Crosby: The Early Years by Gary Giddins.
They were buddies of Ava's dad.
Lost star will do tribute film to Bing and Bob.
Rich Little has more than a little humor and grace.
On the road with Bing, Bob and ... Jane?
Mrs. Crosby returns to the 6th grade.
The end of the disc-based single.
Mrs. Crosby is toasted by Rich Little and Nick Clooney.
With Bing and Bob who needed a plot?
Bing should've been singing in the rain while Gene Kelly danced.
The son of Bing and Grace Kelly may be formally recognized in September.
Rosie's love affair with Riddle.
May flowers with six new Crosby CDs: The Vintage Years and volume 2 of Good and Rare.
Did you know the Walking Tall movie trilogy was produced by Bing Crosby?
Going My Way opened on Bing's Hollywood 40th birthday anniversary.
Should it have been Square Society starring Bing Crosby. Wasn't Bing the hip one in High Society?
Brother Can You Spare a Buck Fifty?
Wiseman and Prine go for the Gold.
Andy Williams was paid $25 for singing with Bing on Swinging on a Star.
Kitty departed on a high note.
What does Elvis, Groucho and Bing have in common?
Tony Bennett -- one of the first "American Idols."
Mitch Miller, the Chipmunks, Snoopy and Bing.
Tony Bennett thought of himself as a "Bing Crosby crooner."
Sirius Sinatra will be hosted by Nancy.
Kitty Carlisle, Bing's female lead in two 1934 films, "Here is My Heart" and "She Loves Me Not," is dead at 96. Kitty's life was a cabaret to the end.
Like many of Bing's leading ladies, Kitty Carlisle found Bing casual but aloof.
Kitty Carlisle is often confused with Mary Carlisle, now 95, who co-starred with Bing in three 1930s movies. The two Carlisles were not related.
Thelma and Louise voted best ever road flick. Even Nancy Pelosi's Road to Demascus tops Bing and Bob's comedic adventures.
On the Road with Bing and Bob and on the ropes with Don Imus.
Mr. Music on CD: Good and Rare Volume 2, I Got Rhythm and The Radio Years.
Many items from the Dolson estate Crosby collection still up for grabs at eBay.
Bing's imitation of Black English.
The greatest music ever written.
Something to do until they find Howard Hughes.
Which parenting style was Bing's? Jerry Ward, coach to Bing's 4 boys, offers some insight.
Tommy to Frank: There's only one singer you should listen to -- Bing Crosby.
What do Bing and Jimi Hendrix have in common?
Have I told you lately that I love you?
Ella gets her stamp of approval.
Bing helped heal JFK's bad back.
Carol Richards (1922-2007), who sang with Bing on Silver Bells, subbed for many a tone-deaf actress.
It's Been a Long Long Time for the Cubbies.
This Brit is an avid Crosby fan and collector.
Seabiscuit -- the lost 1939 documentary restored and in color.
Warm memories of cold winters.
The Vintage Guy features Bing with guest Barry Fitzgerald.
Around the World was one of Bing's last pop hits.
Bing's 1944 Oscar was made of plaster.
Whatever became of Harry Crosby?
The Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana will honor Bing and Kathryn Crosby May 19.
Of these four celebrities, which one was not a mystery guest on What's My Line? John Wayne, Barbra Streisand, Ronald Reagan or Bing Crosby?
New book features photographs taken by Sammy Davis Jr.
Aw Shucks! Gary Giddins leaves the Big Apple for the corn fields of Iowa.
Bing influenced Dino Crocetti who then influence Elvis.
Frank and Bing team again for song in the UK.
Gee, I wish I was back in the army ... NOT!
Neil Simon blocked Bing and Bob from starring in The Sunshine Boys.
Although slow and sappy, Going My Way still ranks among the greats.
We have colorized old black-and-white movies, now can we remove the smoke?
One of Bing's last albums was a collection of songs sung mostly in Spanish.
The death of the singles charts and the annual rebirth of Bing.
The original Angels in the Outfield now on DVD.
Is the Big Band era making a comeback?
Evolution of the Crosby tournament name.
A history of the Bing Crosby Pro-Am.
Was Frankie the best of them all? What if Bing hadn't gone fishin?
Montoursville man has all six of the Road pictures.
How you thought about including Bing in your funeral?
The Hollywood Palace will soon arrive at a computer near you courtesy ot TV4U.
Bing inspired Sinatra to switch from journalism to music.
In 1931 Bing was the newest singing sensation in entertainment and the NY Times costs 2 cents.
The last Hope for pro-am golf.
Tom Watson, who won the last Bing Crosby Pro-Am hosted by Bing, will return to the Pebble Beach tournament one more time, but without Tiger.
Bill Wolcott places Going My Away among the best films of the past 60 years.
Yvonne De Carlo got her start as a dancer in movies including Road to Morocco.
The 1947 Road to Hollywood should not be confused with Bob DeFlores and Ron Hall's 90 minute documentary Bing Crosby's ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD. Will Friedwald remembers Bing's favorite female duet singer.
Quiz: Can you name a fan of both Bing and Elton John?
Don Massengale, who won the Bing Crosby Pro-Am by one stroke over Arnold Palmer in 1966, is dead at 69.
For whom the bells tolled in 2006.
For Zuzu it is still a wonderful life at 66.
The story behind the Bing-Bowie duet.
Jews for Christmas. Can the Muslims be far behind?
CBS is scheduled to broadcast a story on Sunday Morning about "White Christmas" that may include his first public performance Xmas 1941.
World War II turned a simple song into a blockbuster hit.
A guardian angel on high with nothing to do.
Georgia Gibbs sang with Bing on the radio and at USO shows during the 1940s.
Vera-Ellen sang like Rosie Clooney danced.
Spokane does right by Der Bingle.
So what's your holiday favorite music?
Utopia arrives in Syracuse Dec. 11.
Granny is dead and Irving Berlin's a jerk.
The horror of it all ... more remixed Crosby Christmas music.
Did Elvis open the radio station door to black singers, or did he merely imitate Bing but at a time when America was more accepting of black culture?
Jimmy Petrillo stopped the flow of new Bing recordings twice in the 1940s.
Like Mike Douglas, Ingrid Bergman died on her birthday.
Gary Giddins speaks of Bing and other things.
Bad advice of the day: The Voice of Christmas doesn't include Bing's post-Decca Capitol recordings.
Byron Nelson's last PGA victory was the '51 Crosby.
Bing followed White Christmas with a second nostalgic gift to Americans at war.
The greatest Christmas albums.
Was it an affair or a mere Presidential fling at Bing's Palm Springs home?
Mele Kalikimaka to The Andrews Sisters.
Crosby theatre to feature permanent display of Bing memorabilia as well as temporary items from the Gonzaga collection.
Teamwork in laughter and in music.
What do Bing, Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner have in common?
Hollywood's Christmas parade no longer attracts the big stars.
The story behind Bing's Minute Maid radio shows.
For Gary Giddins Bing wins by a tonsil.
Clive James ponders Bing Crosby and the Holocaust.
World War II vet recalls Bing's shipboard shows.
The Road to Hollywood -- a fictional biography of Bing.
Bing punches Sinatra in the face and then clubs his balls for Stars and Stripes.
Singing to Bing got Regis a record contract.
Bing Crosby, screen legend, ready to rumble.
Is Hollywood ashamed of Bob and Bing's war efforts?
What they're hearing from Bing in the Land of Dan.
Universal plans Nov. 14 release of 5 Crosby movies never before on DVD.
A tip of the hat to Father O'Malley.
Whatever became of Julius La Rosa?
The wonderful world of Louis Armstrong.
Spokane hasn't seen such excitement since Bing banged his drums with The Musicaladers.
The Duke to the Groaner: "Pilgrim."
Disney star got his start in Bing's Connecticut Yankee.
Going My Way in context.
Was Bing singing Bali Hai or Valley Ho?
So tall a tree, so small a man.
What did Sinatra, Crosby and Herbert Hoover have in common?
"If it ain't country, it ain't music," saith Bing Crosby.
Byron Nelson almost ended Bing's career in 1945.
Barry Fitzgerald -- last of the double dippers.
Bing and Bob played the Smoke House on opening night 1946.
Lady golfer teed off at Lakeside.
And now Twisted Sister takes a stab at Bing's biggest hit. Will Eminem be next?
McBride takes you back to Christmas past.
The hippie caricature who was driven by Bing's spirit.
A southern Oregon spotlight on Bing.
Another Crosby fan lost to the Beach Boys.
None of the 9/11 documentaries noted that Bing and Bowie recorded together on that day in 1977.
Hope, Crosby families crtical of ABC documentary.
The aging of the rock n roll generation and great grandpa too.
Jazz ain't the thing the folks dig most.
What's the evolutionary survival value of Bing's crooning?
Bing was NBC's third choice to play Columbo. Would Bing's Columbo featured raggedy sweaters instead of trench coats?
Whatever became of the dumb blonde in White Christmas?
Is Bing the new Colonel Sanders? Meanwhile, Help wanted.
Dylan's idol? Elvis? Sinatra? The Beatles? Would you believe Bing Crosby?
Natural Selections views the Road pictures as an inside joke of which everyone was aware..
You must have been a beautiful baby.
Andy Williams is recording his first new album in 20 years.
Musician fumbled his chance to accompany Bing in 1942.
Remembering Bing Crosby's White Christmas
Bing glued his dumbo ears back in his early '30s movies, but today he'd probably be sent for otoplasty.
Bing had a voice of classical quality but he wasted it on insipid songs.
Bing was once refused service because of his poor dress.
Bing to Dylan: Learn to Croon.
Bing's daughter did to J.R. what Bing threatened to do to Mary Martin's brat on the Paramount set.
Fond memories of Mike Douglas, late FOB.
Bob Dylan rings the Bells of St. Mary's.
Bing's crooning doesn't run the kids from the malls in the Phillippines.
Bing's horse trainer to be inducted into hall of fame. Perhaps he should be inducted into the Bob Hope hall of fame, considering Bing's horses provided Bob lots of funny material.
Paramount says aloha on the steel guitar to Tom Cruise.
Chris Columbus and Bob Hope were early discoverers of America.
Rosie, like Frank, blossomed as vocalists after they dumped Mitch Miller.
Tripping on reality in the land of make believe.
Was Frank miffed at Grace for her Gold Record with Bing?
Is Harrods using Bing's Christmas music to drive away shoppers?
Take TIME for Bing.
Mike Douglas got his start as a singer for Kay Kyser's orchestra. Bing was guest on the Mike Douglas Show twice in 1975.
Tiny Tim should have dumped Miss Vickie for Mrs. Miller.
Marilyn Maxwell was a regular on Bing's Kraft Music Hall in 1944.
Does Going My Way, the Oscar winner of 1944, stand the test of time?
What's next for Arne Fogel? A duet album of Bing hits with Diana Krall?
Have the Brits lost their minds?
Pat Boone asks, "If Elvis had lived on would he have turned his life around?"
Father O'Malley would be ticked -- the Going My Way Oscar up for auction is a fake.
Jon Oye reviews Gary Giddins' latest book.
Will Jordan do for Bing what he did for the King?
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Road to Morocco chosen among the 50 greatest comedies by Premier magazine.
Far Away Places with Strange Sounding Names.
Is Julie Sinatra really Frank's love child?
Bing was once part owner of a professional ice hockey team.
New York City plans to honor Rosemary Clooney.
WalMart tees off at Pebble Beach.
Mrs. Crosby appeals for support to maintain and expand the Crosby collection at Gonzaga.
The critics dismissed it, but White Christmas became the box office champ of 1954.
In a national 1947 poll Bing Crosby was voted the most popular American. Who was on second?
Bing was no hippie, but was he hip?
A mere $100,000 will buy you an Oscar from Going My Way.
Ann Blythe, co-star in Top of the Morning, remembers Bing as moody but pleasant.
The old Bing thing still going strong despite hard times in the sport of horse racing.
Record crowd hears Bing Crosby croon "Where the Turf Meets the Surf."
Bing and Dean learn to croon in Al Jolson style.
Walter Cronkite on the art of the obituary.
For the 67th year the surf meets the turf at Old Del Mar. The race between Bing's horse Ligaroti and Seabiscuit put Del Mar on the racing map in 1938.
Sepia Records releases 27 Crosby Decca recordings from the 1950s never before on CD.
Red Buttons, Bing's co-star in Stagecoach, is dead at 87. Fans remember Red Buttons.
Bing's Palm Springs home for rent.
What horseplay hath Holiday Inn wrought?
Rhonda Fleming pays tribute to Bing.
Would you rather make love to the romantic tones of Bing or Frank?
Bing's Christmas Family Classics on DVD.
What's Bing doing in your attic insulation?
Celebrity journalism is about celebrity, not journalism.
The all-star bond rally of 1945.
How many cleaning ladies does it take to clean a 123 room mansion?
High Time started a movie trend of seniors returning to school.
Memory boxes help residents relive the past.
The nicest thing to ever come from North Dakota.
How the Bing Crosby rose got its name.
Tommy Dorsey learned to play trombone like Bing Crosby sang, then Sinatra learned how to sing like Tommy played trombone.
< Pete Moore, Bing's latter-day John Scott Trotter, is back to work.
Donald O'Connor's estate goes up for sale, but the family plans to keep Bing's letters.
The Bing Crosby TV show broke new ground by featuring a girl genius.
Did Bing drop out or was he booted out of Gonzaga for misbehavior?
Cindy Walker was one tough songwriter.
Don't expect much factual wisdom from a cynical teenager with bad hair and an Abe Lincoln beard.
The last survivor remembers the worst accident in pro sports history.
Edith Head, the schoolmarm of Hollywood movie fashion.
How churches have changed since Father O'Malley.
Were the first Crosby kids burdened by their mother's genes that disposed her to depression and alcoholism?
Bing and the Supremes head to San Jose. (Flash movie player required)
No Bing film makes the AFI top 100 most inspiring films.
Bing has 3 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Centurian Roberta Smith recalls working for Bing.
Waynesboro remembers Tom Breneman.
The Stars and Stripes of World War II.
Rich Conaty keeps the music of Bing alive in New York City.
The graceful aging of the rock 'n' roll generation. Few will exit as gracefully as Bing.
Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye.
Seventy five years since Bing broke attendance records at the Paramount Theater in New York.
Spike Milligan was author of the world's funniest joke.
Blackface in American popular culture.
New Bing DVD collection in time for Father's Day.
Lois Lane still awaiting her Superman.
She Loves Me Not July 10 at Moorhead State University.
The man who put Bing Crosby on tape.
Was Pernell Roberts a caroler in the first Crosby Christmas TV special?
For Karolyn Grimes it's a wonderful life.
Bing and brother Bob together on CD.
Gary Giddins latest book, Natural Selection, is scheduled for release next month.
New books chronicle the lives of Dick Haymes and Patricia Neal, who spilled the beans on Bing's romance with Joan Caulfield.
They're the link from the Greatest Generation to the Baby Boomers.
What attracted Ava Gardner to Frank Sinatra?
New Marilyn Monroe DVD collection includes Let's Make Love with cameo by Bing.
Since the Beatles, singer-songwriter has become the new pop standard. But even Bing wrote a few songs.
Bing wanted Gregory Peck's role in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Johnny Cash's first time singing before a critical audience was Bing's hit Far Away Places.
Bing quit cigarettes after marrying Kathryn.
She was the nicest thing to come out of North Dakota.
Crosby golf tournament provides college scholarships.
Who rhymes with spaghetti and appeared with Bing in "Here Comes the Groom"?
Guild Hall boss favored Elton and Bing, who he considered a real gentleman.
Holiday greetings from Bing and Bowie. (Macromedia Flash Player required)
An evening with Joan Collins. She airs others' dirty laundry but not her own.
In 1949 radio was still king, but TV would soon end its reign.
The four faces on the Mount Rushmore of Classic American Popular Music.
Bridges to Bing and Bridges to Bing Take 2.
Bing and Bob could've used a map.
Bing's link to United 93.
Mrs. Crosby apologizes while Bing spins in his grave.
Hope and Crosby alive and well and working together again.
No more grandstanding for Bing.
Reviewer calls Country Girl delightful.
Mrs. Crosby charms them in Roberta.
Nostalgia for the forgotten independent record store.
Bing's unrequited love for Pinehurst.
Rhino releases MGM musical collection that includes 6 Crosby songs, including one never released commercially (Poor Little G-String).
On the road with Denise Crosby. Did Bing have an affair with Denise Crosby's mother?
She nearly became Mrs. Bing Crosby, but 50 years ago she became Princess Grace instead.
Did L. Ron Hubbard target Bing for scientology?
Bing's friends and collectors society celebrates 25 years!
Dusting off the classics, including We're Not Dresssing on DVD.
Bing sings the Beatles from the Hollywood Palace (Quicktime Movie) and with Clay Aiken (WIndows Video).
Live from the Avocado Room from high atop the well-built Hotel Biltwell.
Gonzaga reports on the November opening of the Bing Crosby Lounge. (scroll to page 3).
Bolton and Sheridan walk the hallowed halls of Capitol Records.
Pete Moore, Bing's latter-day John Scott Trotter, reflects on his career in music.
George Archer reflects on Bing's influence on his career in golf.
Taxi driver preferred Bing to Frank.
Kathryn Grant stars in The Night the World Exploded.
Britt Lomond, enemy of Zorro and production manager for Bing Crosby TV specials, is dead at 80.
Younger than springtime, older than Bing.
Bing helped launch Cindy Walker's career.
New clues to Bing's mysterious disappearance in November 1971.
Whatever became of the Armed Forces Radio Service?
Crosby songwriter Cindy Walker is dead at 87.
Dallas reunion include Mary Crosby, now 46.
Mary Crosby and the curse of Dallas.
Home on the Range at Rainy Day Records.
The changing face of St. Patrick's Day.
Bing's Irish TV special is now available on DVD.
Gonzaga dreams of an NCAA title and a White Christmas.
Bing was once a guest of the late Ken Sykora.
Danny Boy is about as Irish as Queen Elizabeth.
OJs still on top even 29 years after Bing's last pitch..
She's not a Bing fan, but she knows when and where he died.
Was this the radio that entertained Bing?
Even Elvis wanted to sing like Bing.
There's still time to get your wax copies of Bing and Bob.
How 15 minutes with Bing Crosby got cut to 9.
Amy Adams unwinds to Bing and Rosie.
Handwriting expert gives Bing and Bob a kindly nod.
Papa Ratzi is not a Father O'Malley fan.
Bing Crosby with panache and one of our darkest male icons.
Bing's question finally gets an answer.
Discount cremation services following Big Band revival.
Bing and Barry were the first.
Is there a parallel universe where Bing is still the King of Pop?
Literary club member golfed with Bing.
Young Bing fan killed in fire.
New documentary reveals the impact and Jack Mullin, Bing and Les Paul on the development of the recording industry.
Thanks, Dad, for the Red Ryder BB gun and your fine taste in Christmas music.
Fans remember Curt Gowdy as the sportscaster takes his last trip to Fenway Park.
Ray Charles sunglasses off to the Smithsonian.
As Curt Gowdy's radio faded Bing filled the void.
You can catch Bing singing in Sennett's shorts.
Oscar night was Passover at the Hope household.
Curt Gowdy, sportscaster and Bing's fishing buddy, is dead at 86.
The American Sportsman -- from Curt Gowdy and Bing Crosby to Deion Sanders in fur coat and earrings.
Turn up your hearing aid, honey, they're playing our song.
Another jab at Going My Way.
Connie Haines bandleader husband says aloha at 95.
Photos from the Academy's tribute to the top box office star of the 1940s.
Nathaniel Crosby's 14 months of golf fame.
Is Pebble Beach too tough for Tiger Woods?
How golf helped defeat the Axis.
The first lady of Pebble Beach and the tourney's new clown prince.
The Pebble Beach tournament wanders aimlessly without Bing.
The naked truth behind Bing Crosby's dog tail.
Les Paul, the second oldest person to win a Grammy, will be released from the hospital soon.
Why Bing loved Washington (the state, not the city). (MP3)
The Pebble Beach tournament history.
Parkinson to chat for another year.
One of Glen Campbell's prized possessions is a DVD of his guest shot on Bing's Christmas show.
A date that will live in world history?
Geezer bands give 'rock and roll' new meanings.
Bing's Hillsborough estate valued at $4 million.
The Cocoanut Grove will survive as an auditorium.
Reflections on the late great Ambassador Hotel.
Bing, Elvis and the Beatles together again.
Bing swings in the Hollywood golf club massacre.
After 65 years what's the USO to do without Hope?
Visit the lounge not the bowling alley.
The Schmooze brigaide to the rescue.
Arizona Star discovers that Bing was father to a second set of twins.
Jazz biographers discuss their trade.
Sex and the older woman. Rise Stevens at 92.
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone.
Rockus party celebrates Rhubarb Red.
Where have all the jingles gone?
Serendipity at the Better Life Center.
Johnny Carson and Skitch Henderson took their final bows in 2005.
Anthony Benedetto still singing at 79.
Even the Wild One prefers White Christmas.
Bing's recording of White Christmas rallied the troops in World War II.
Festival Films issues a surprise package of Crosby performances, including a 1-hour 1960s salute to the teamwork of Bing and Bob.
These Christmas shoppers love their Bing.
The best Christmas songs came out of the 1940s.
Holiday Inn is AMC's movie of the month.
Merry Christmas from Bing and Al.
I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.
Judy's scary little Christmas.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Scrooge.
Sentimental over White Christmas but not Florida.
What Crosby films co-starred Ethel Merman?
A George Jones Christmas includes Der Bingle.
Was James Taylor the 'Crosby' of the Sixties?
Why Bing makes the cash registers sing.
What's your favorite Christmas movie?
Clive James and the hidden art of Bing Crosby.
'Tis the season of culture wars pitting the secular holiday of Bing Crosby against the religious holiday of the baby Jesus. And may all your holiday season be white.
Will the ghost of Elvis croon Blue Christmas in Nick and Jessica's holiday breakup special?
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Joan Crawford was stirring, because she was soused.
You can't lose with Mr. Christmas.
Mr. Night gets a dose of Vitamin Bing.
The boys have grown old by now, but they're still Swinging on a Star, and with the National Parenting Seal of Approval.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the greatest December star of them all?
No one expected Bing to write his songs.
For Skitch, Hope led to Crosby.
Death of the celebrity profile.
Was Brother Can You Spare a Dime the first popular protest song?
The teamwork of snivelling coward Bob Hope and unflappable Bing Crosby shaped the Lewis and Martin buddy flicks.
A short history of the Bing Crosby century.
Skitch Henderson is gone, but Les Paul is still picking and grinning.
Have you checked your Hooper ratings?
Michael Feinstein plans tribute to Bing and Bob at Carnegie Hall Nov. 16.
Columbia Square studios may face the grim wrecker.
Comedy writer for Bing and Bob is dead at 90.
Bing sings in new Dylan biography.
George Clooney fears the same fate as his aunt, Rosie.
Bing took the hobo out of Hoboken.
Cameo by Bing does not materialize.
Bob and Bing team up to be among the 100 icons of the past century.
The lost art of live musical performance.
The first commercial videotape recorder.
How technology is changing music.
The Bing Crosby of American technology.
Mixing it up with the rich and famous.
Whatever become of kiddie records? They're on the net.
How about a Bing party in the Canadian Rockies?
Those thrilling days of yesteryear.
Bing's phone call clinched the deal.
Harold "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" Leventhal is dead at 86.
If you're Bob Hope then I'm Mary Pickford.
Nix cracken, Eddie Bracken is Out of this World.
What could be graver than World War II?
The Federal government could use Bing's largesse.
Paramount releases the wrong Anything Goes.
Les Paul still wants to entertain.
A Little Bit of Irish, Road to Hollywood and Reaching for the Moon.
Bing Crosby's Paramount swan song.
George Archer, 1969 Crosby Pro-Am champion, is dead at 65.
In the Mood recalls an era before the Balkanization of American musical tastes.
Shopkeepers hate Bing and Britney.
The Crosby National Golf Club gets a new clubhouse.
The bittersweet life of Harold Arlen.
The Crosby golf community in Rancho Santa Fe.
Cassanova's Big Night gets a "B."
Radio listeners had to wait for their Fifteen minutes with Bing Crosby revised.
Why did the soldiers cheer when the Crosby movie abruptly stopped?
Skitch reflects on Bing's advice.
Bing beat the bottle, but the bottle beat Bix.
What kind of collector are you?
Still no call for Bing from the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature.
As Bing fit Crosby, Studs fit Turkel.
Mrs. Crosby to perform at Feinstein's Dec. 5.
Bing and Bob were too vivacious and too little Jewish for The Sunshine Boys.
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show with Bing and Dean on DVD.
Bing Crosby, country music star.
Is Bing Crosby buried near Atlanta?
It's like challenging Bing to a singing contest.
Kelly likes Bing, Frank and Nat.
Bing and Joan blazed the Hollywood trail to Alberta.
Swing Time on DVD includes cartoon spoof of Der Bingle.
Usher recalls Going My Way ran for 7 weeks.
Hollywood bids adieu to radio.
The Wall Street Journal goes Swingin' with Bing.
Christmas with Ed Sullivan and Bing.
Bob will settle down and never more to roam and make the San Fernando Mission his home.
Another country singer influenced by Bing. When will the Country Hall of Fame give Bing his due?
Mrs. Crosby recalls life with Bing.
The Cocoanut Grove prepares for its final performance starring a demolition crew.
Bob Hope, who was not a devout Catholic, is reburied in a public garden.
Thanks again for the memories.
Teamwork -- Martin McQuade and Mrs. Crosby pay their respects to Bing in New York. (PDF, pages 10 and 12)
Gary Giddins' Going Bing's Way.
The Paramount Theater in New York, where Bing flopped in 1927 only to be reborn in 1931, still stands tall near Times Square.
Bing Crosby returns to New York City in a retrospective at the Lincoln Center.
Whatever became of Michael Feinstein's project to release Crosby-Clooney radio duets using master tapes found in Rosie's basement?
Another opening day at Del Mar. Is horse racing on its last laps?
In the Land Down Under, Bing's the Tops.
The latest entry in the Harry Lillis series.
Barry Fitzgerald is not amused.
Who said, Somewhere between ouch and boing!
Whatever became of Bing's Town and Country?
Technology trumps talent in today's pop vocalists.
Bing was a lion in the first color cartoon, The King of Jazz.
Universal Music Group president laments difficulties of licensing old music for new media.
Don't sit under the apple tree ...
Julio Iglesias is placed among the top 10 crooners but not Bing.
A Pocketful of Dreams for a few Pennies from Heaven.
The Bing Crosby of the Baby Boom Generation?
A buttery, almost Bing Crosby-ish confection with gobs of warm vibrato.
What are the junior society members doing in the Bing Bed?
Bing played a pivotal role in the life of Les Paul.
Would you cash a check signed by Bing?
Bing's brief romance with Johnny Mercer's future wife.
How technology has changed music.
Buble recalls the everyman crooner, but Bing's not in his Trinity.
New CDs commemorate Les Paul's 90th birthday.
Some say Bing was cold, but to Ed Dickinson Bing was cool.
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft, former member of the Paul Taylor Choristers on the Kraft Music Hall, is dead at 91.
The Queen visits the scenery of The Emperor's Waltz.
Bing Crosby's kitchen for his bride.
Will Friedwald is disappointed by Sinatra: The Life.
June MacCloy, from Reaching for the Moon, is dead at 95.
The Belles of St. Mary's from The Bells of St. Mary's
Out of this world with Hope and Crosby.
Jerry Lewis dishes the dirt on the Chairman of the Board.
Former president of Bing Crosby Productions is dead.
Can you overdose on Bing and Bob?
What to do with Bing's toxic mike?
Whatever happened to Vaudeville?
The Crosby Clam Bake for a song.
Rosemary Clooney's home to become a museum.
Camarata is dead at 91. He recorded many songs with Bing, including "I've Told Every Little Star."
Did Bob Musel coin Der Bingle.
Mute octagenarian turns into crooner.
Elvis resents the Balkanization of popular music and yearns for the days of Bing.
She gave up meat when she gave up marriage.
A Paramount-Universal cable channel?
She wouldn't be caught dead listening to Bing.
The crowds shouted Bing's name at old Del Mar.
The USO still entertains the troops.
Bing and the Beatles recorded here.
White Christmas was his signal to flee to America.
Like meat and potatoes or salt and tomatoes, its Dylan and Haggard.
Bing's 1-million acre Elko Nevada estate will be auctioned May 4.
Bing kicks up some dust at the Country Radio Seminar.
Debby Boone remembers Bing and Rosie.
When the despicable Bing Crosby managed to make merry with the misery.
LPGA invades Mexico for the first time since the Bing Crosby International Golf Tournament.
If I Had My Way with Gloria Jean.
Bing sired 3 children in his late 50s without Viagra.
What did Bing Crosby have 25 more of than the King of Pop?
Bing's advice to would-be hogs.
Golf artist Jim Fitzpatrick remembers the Crosby Clambake.
Elvis was never nominated for an Oscar; nevertheless this reviewer crowns Elvis the crossover king.
Bing beat out Cary Grant in 1945 for an Oscar.
Passion not up to Going My Way.
The dawn of the Oscar-winning song.
Harry Simeone, conductor, is dead at 94.
Minstrel shows were born in an attempt by whites to imitate black entertainment.
Jeff City MO -- the place to go for Crosby-Hope collectibles.
Doc Severinsen's route to fame came at the request of Skitch Henderson.
Bing's influence still felt at the AT&T.
The last days of studio recordings.
Gary Giddins fascination with divas and crooners.
The tournament that Bing built still attracts those who wish to honor Bing.
Paul and Elvis have joined the safe haven of Bingdom.
Who won the last Crosby Clambake?
Memories of the Crosby Clambake.
Donate your used Crosby CDs and DVDs to a nursing home.
Bing and David Crosby together again.
Judy Schmid swoons while Rich Little croons.
The Howard Hughes of technology.
Willie McCovey goes to bat for Bing.
Alistair Cooke's letters from America.
The private plunder of our common wealth.
He transcended Sinatra, Crosby, Davis and Torme.
Twenty years of Pebble Beach without Bing.
Spanking your truant kids used to be considered good parenting, now spank your kids and you may be labelled a child abuser.
The Grammy says Thanks for the Memories to Brother Can You Spare a Dime.
For whom the bell tolled in 2004.
Bing rescued Virginia Mayo from Hope in Princess and the Pirate.
Number One ain't what it used to be.
Bing swung for the mountains at Jasper Lodge.
Bollywood's biggest musical star.
Joe Franklin tries to fill the void of the musically disenfranchised.
Skitch Henderson, 86, will be institutionalized.
Magnetic tape approaches the end of the reel.
True Story: Classic Hollywood Legends.
Crosby lawyers battle Universal Music Group.
Aviator soundtrack Thanks Bing.
Sad memories of White Christmases past.
It's time to put away the Bing music for another year.
Rediscovering Going My Way, a recent addition to the National Film Registry.
Bing's death was the final straw.
Have you had your fill of Bing and Jessica? How about dreaming of a Green Garden instead.
Where would the general's inn be today?
You could warm your hands over his voice.
A secular Christmas song written by a Jewish immigrant became the embodiment of holiday nostalgia.
The rule of Christmas music: the older the better.
The singer who made Christmas music popular.
Irving Berlin's 678th was about a holiday filled with personal angst.
Bing Crosby flakes, but White Christmas really wasn't about snow.
Berlin and Crosby conspired to turn American Christmas into a holiday for everyone. (free registration).
Bing singing White Christmas still reigns supreme.
God handed Moses the Ten Commandments; to Irving Berlin He gave "White Christmas" and "Easter Parade."
Gary Giddins transformation from commentator to historian.
USA Today goes Swingin with Bing.
Perry Como's music director recalls making music with the stars.
Glenn Miller is no longer in the mood.
Bravo exposes the dark side of TV Christmases past.
Christmas movies starring Der Bingle.
Vocalist with the Cass County Boys (Y'all Come) is dead at 93.
Who's the singer with the deep voice and relaxing style?
RIAA certifies Bing's album White Christmas as quadruple platinum. The album includes the biggest selling Christmas recording, White Christmas.
Bing edges out Daffy Duck as the Voice of Christmas.
New York's hip station turns to Bing.
Two Crosby Christmas songs bring back memories of Christmas past.
Christmas songs recall treasured memories.
Sinatra and Crosby together again.
Recording execs reluctant to invest in dead crooners.
What to do with those old LP covers?
Bid adieu to the five and dime.
Ninety seconds with Bing worth more than hobnobbing all day with an ex-president.
When Paramount was King of Comedy.
Did you know that Bing and the Andrews Sisters' recording of Pistol Packin Mama topped the first country music chart introduced by Billboard Jan. 8, 1944? Did you know that Bing still is not in the Country Music Hall of Fame (or is it Hall of Shame)?
The slave jockey who became a superstar.
No great turkey tunes for Thanksgiving.
Muriel Ganzer tells tales from the Road with Bing and Bob.
Bing won't slide down the chimney this year.
Bing as an instrument of torture.
Julie Andrews' television premier on High Tor was followed by Cinderella.
He wrote the songs that made the whole world sing.
Witchcraft composer Cy Coleman, 75, is dead.
Like salt and tomatoes or tantrums and tiaras.
That's Entertainment trilogy.
Can you guess Bing's favorite song?
Golfer Chandler Harper is dead at 90.
Tina Sinatra on the Mafia connection.
Sinatra fans beware: Commander Jane Barton is still in love with Bing.
Didn't you used to be Joe Bushkin?
NY Times remembers Joe Bushkin.
Joe Bushkin, who toured with Bing in 1976-77, is dead at 87. The old man in the plane was Joe.
White Christmas -- a story without a villain.
WeatherBird, a Gary Giddins' jazz anthology, includes Bing.
Les Paul apologizes for the electric guitar.
Some suggestions for those hard-to-buy Crosby fans on your holiday shopping list.
Bing knew he was hip in the 1940s.
Bing with a Beat is not an instructional manual on child discipline.
Stuck in the muck Bing Crosby croons.
It's official. The second volume of Gary Giddins' biography of Bing will be called Swinging on a Star. You can still buy the first volume, A Pocketful of Dreams. The paperback version contains about 20 corrections of the hardback edition.
How about a Bing bababababobblehead?
The Wizard of Was remembers the warmth of Bing.
I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my nightmares.
Shout Factory releases 3-CD collection from Bing's radio shows.
Regis recalls the first record he purchased -- Bing singing Swinging on a Star.
Reporter likes celluloid Crosby and Crawford despite their private cruelty.
Bing is recognized as the first multimedia superstar.
The Battle of the Baritones ended in a bang.
De-Lovely music is out of context.
A home-study course in trash culture.
The Bob Mitchell Choir were Bing's guests on the Philco Christmas show of 1948.
Learn to croon like Russ Columbo in Real Media.
When Bing played the St. Regis.
Bing Crosby The Early Years by Gary Giddins now in audio format.
The Boys of St. Vincent wasn't Going My Way.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the top pop singer of them all?
The 75th anniversary of the theater where Bing inspired Frank toward a musical career.
At last a sequel to the Bing Crosby International Classic.
Will the real star of The Country Girl please stand up? Is it Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby or William Holden?
Bing practically stole the Jay Livingston song Silver Bells out of Bob Hope's mouth.
Bob Dylan restates his admiration for Bing.
Paramount security guard remembers Bing fondly.
Hope and Crosby marked the beginning of the end of comedy teams.
The technological evolution of the movies.
What are Dad's for? Find out from Bing in Here Comes the Groom and Just for You, now on DVD.
For a modest fee you can have Bing on your U.S. postage stamp.
Bing was neither hairy brute nor metrosexual.
Crosby golf memories resurface at Pebble Beach.
Hope and Crosby are the only highlights of Golf: The Musical.
The only PGA event still attached to a celebrity's name is the Hope.
Bing wouldn't get in the water.
Oldies stations play Elvis and the Beatles, Senior Citizen Radio plays Bing and Perry.
Face to face with Bing and Fred.
Going My Way ranked in the front nine of golfing greats.
Breathing new life into Russ Columbo.
Who'd be crazy enough to turn The Philadelphia Story into a musical?
Mabel Strickland, cowgirl from Rhythm on the Range.
On the Road with Bing and Bob.
He was an incredible human being.
Where the turf meets the surf at old Del Mar.
Andy Williams got his break in show business singing backup on Bing's megahit Swinging on a Star.
Contrar -- from 1944-48 Bing was second to none.
Syracuse radio programming from Bing to Disney.
WC to Bing: stop stealing my scenes!
Burke does Bing and now he has jazz.
If it can be June in January, why not Christmas in July?
David Bowie is recovering from open heart surgery.
A virtual Twitty. Can Bing be far behind? Ken Barnes, are you listening?
What does liking Bing Crosby have to do with anything?
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Rock on or True Love Elvis style.
Don't put me in the game, Coach, until Mumbles is through rehearsing.
Joe Franklin ready to start a nostalgia radio network.
Who said, "Rock'n'roll is the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. It is written and sung for the most part by cretinous goons and by means of its imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd, in plain fact, dirty lyrics is a rancid-smelling aphrodisiac. It manages to be the martial music for every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth."
Doris Dowling, who claimed The Emperor Waltz among her acting credits, is dead at 81.
What Bing Crosby film was set in Hawaii?
Harold and Kumar hit the road.
Bob Hope's adopted son, Tony, is dead at 65.
The death of musical comedy? New stage version of White Christmas will have the last gasp.
Graduating class celebrates 70 years.
The Top Ten Film Songs.
Real guys don't dig ballads and swinging love songs.
Let the second-guessing begin.
Richard Corliss on Ronald Reagan in the movies.
The Bing Crosby Tournament Sponsor Award.
A Bing Crosby that is so accurate it will cause your hair to stand up on the back of your neck.
Is the Guvanator Going My Way?
What's your favorite Bob Hope movie?
With the Duke on Stalin's hitlist, would Bing be far behind?
Will classical music go the way of classic pop?
Did Bing and Grace fail the chemistry test?
Cass Daley -- Miss Waste Paper of 1943.
Not a bad career for a fellow who couldn't act, sing or tell jokes.
GI recalls the day in France when Bing got latrine duty.
George Bucknam, Del Mar sound engineer, is dead at 82.
Anthony Hopkins recalls the days of Bing.
Thanks, Mr. Paley, for giving Bing national attention via the CBS.
Bing helped Louis into mainstream movies, getting him star billing in Pennies from Heaven.
The long road from Father Chuck and Rise Stevens.
John R.T. Davies, Crosby collector, is dead at 77.
Bing, not especially generous?
Blue Skies still smiling on Irving Berlin.
World War II brought out the touring concert singer in Bing.
George Michael happy to be singing about the Depression.
Did George Brett cheat to win at the Bing Crosby Pro-Am?
Malcolm Macfarlane reviews The Man Who Would Be Bing.
Is your Bing Crosby collection rotting away?
Barney Kessel, guitar man for Bing and others.
Bing who? What 50 years can do.
Aussies perfect sonic teen repellent.
Ah, to be 17 and work with Fred and Bing ...
Vern Law recalls the call from Bing that made his mom swoon.
Paul Taylor looks back.
Bing admits guilt in the Great Birthday Clipper Caper.
Whatever became of Michael Parkinson?
Free online viewing of Road to Bali.
Connect the dots: Rum, Coca Cola, der Bingle and Morey Amsterdam.
Norman Campbell, Crosby TV director, is dead at 80.
Bill Haley and the future was rock.
New book claims sexual affair between J. Edgar Hoover and one of the stars of the Road movies.
The best place to die is on a golf course.
Bing: the more I see of that Palmer kid, the more I think he's going to be a pretty good player.
About whom did Bing observe, "She was unquestionably the most talented person with whom I ever worked."
In the early '30s Bing's singing style was not always so comfortable.
Diana Krall preferred early Bing to Frank.
The Paul Whiteman Orchestra Lives.
Oh Danny Boy, the pipes are clearing.
Howard family regrets omission of Bing from Seabiscuit the movie.
It's a long while from May to December.
Songs Bing could've sung ... to the tables down at Mory's.
Ken Crossland's Little Boy Lost.
Life in prison was like a Bing Crosby movie.
Before High Society there was the Philadelphia Story.
Back to the past and the things we did those summers.
Bing's 1951 hotel nightmare netted him a Levi tux.
Seventy years ago this month Americans were Going Hollywood in a theater near you.
Der Fuehrer's Face started as a Walt Disney cartoon project then launched a career for Spike Jones, Bing's drummer on the original White Christmas.
Songwriter Hal Shaper (At My Time of Life) is dead at 72.
Romance, art and Bing in a Black Christmas at Yale.
The twinkly Catholicism of Bing.
Jersey City theater where Sinatra saw Bing sing in 1933 has been saved from the wrecker.
Jake Hanna -- Bing was the best.
Fond memories of Going My Way.
True Love returns to the Virgin Islands without Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton.
March 9 discussion of Bing Crosby's Last Song.
Sonny Tufts, the Bush beside the Bing.
Dale Jones got to see Bing, Bob and Jerry perform in person.
The Beatles invasion 40 years later.
Tribute to Iowan soldiers who never came home for Christmas.
Bob Murphy to Bing: I.O.U.
New book on golf legend Jimmy Demaret.
Better suited for Palm Beach than Omaha Beach.
Bing -- the Pied Piper of Freedom to Vietnamese family.
Bing's radio show was not repeated in the summer, even after it went to tape.
Billy May, who arranged and conducted 4 albums for Bing, including Bing's greatest (Fancy Meeting You Here), is dead at 87.
That's What Life is All About.
Foxnews reporter blasts Larry King because he didn't ask Kathryn about her cosmetic surgery and Gary's book.
Bette says give the Grammy to Rosie.
The last of the original Crosby family, Phillip Crosby is dead at 69. Buriel was at Holy Cross Cemetery, the resting place of his dad.
An 8-track mind of Bing, Willie and the Boys.
Marilyn Maxwell from the Kraft Music Hall.
Rosie and Bette compete for the same award.
Bing did reinvent himself musically -- jazz, crooning, Irish, cowboy, Christmas ... were all facets of his multiple personalities.
Lovely thoughts and a Target store that muffles Bing.
California Supreme Court agrees to intervene in the battle between HLC and Universal.
An utter disgrace? Larry King's interview with the Crosbys.
For whom the bell tolled in 2003.
Bing launched pop Christmas music in 1942 with White Christmas.
Their first date was to see Paris Honeymoon. It made him so giddy he proposed.
Gary Giddins bids adieu to The Village Voice.
Recalling an era dominated by McCarthyism intolerance and saccharine Road pictures.
Joe Hawks' novel Black Boxes includes a protagonist who's a Bing fan, just like the author.
Santa Cros -- ruler of the Bing Dynasty.
Imagine a Bing Crosby-John Lennon duet.
Ellen Drew got her big break in a Bing Crosby movie.
A Christmas Story has joined White Christmas as a perennial seasonal ritual.
Bing Crosby fans get ready to duke it out.
KC realtor finds Bing in the basement.
Ellen Drew, costar in Sing You Sinners, is dead at 89.
Rudolf the Red-Nosed Collectible.
Unchained Melody was written in the 1930s for Bing, but he turned it down and the song was forgotten, until reborn as a hit in 1955, when Bing finally recorded it for his radio show.
It's been a long time between recent Christmas hit songs. Did you know that Christmas carols were once banned in England?
Clay fans react to his duet with Bing.
It's December 1946, and for a quarter you can see Blue Skies at your local theater.
Nevada magazine remembers Bing.
New Bing Crosby collection features some rarities.
Update on Bing and Bob in the Afterlife.
What do you do on Thanksgiving after the stereo eats the Crosby Christmas cassette?
HLC Properties, successor to Bing Crosby Enterprises, wins the second legal round against MCA.
BBC Two to air Bing Crosby on Bing Crosby.
Richard Rodgers -- easy to remember, so hard to forget.
Remembering the man whose films launched the careers of Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle and Bing Crosby.
What do you get when you cross a cocaine-snorting, bisexual rock star with a bumbling cardigan-wrapped avuncular fossil?
Is Michael Jackson headed for a home for wayward children in a bucolic setting run by Bing Crosby?
The 20th century's greatest entertainer?
Swinging on a Star with Chester Babcock.
Glen Campbell never recorded with Bing, but he did perform with Bing on television.
The most important thing is not to sound like Bing Crosby or the real Bing may steal your fans.
Laureate releases the first 4 Road pictures on DVD in PAL format with bonus features "Hollywood Victory Caravan" and Bing at the Stage Door Canteen (London 1944).
Music industry rediscovers classic American pop.
Bing recorded Hello Walls written by Willie Nelson. But not even Willie has as many hits in as many genres as Bing Crosby.
Critics Choice goes for the fast buck with a down and dirty DVD that features Jack Benny, Bing and Bob from their early television appearances.
Bing and Bob loved pulling on the tartan.
Patti Page recalls her biggest hit, Tennessee Waltz.
Zora Palmer met FDR and Der Bingle.
When movie theatres had only one screen.
She was the most shot-after girl in the South Pacific -- even Bing wanted her autograph.
Donald O'Connor regretted not getting the role as Bing's partner in White Christmas.
The Tombstone Tourist visits Bing's grave.
Bette sings Rosie, Barry sings Bing.
Did Francis the Talking Mule or a leg injury keep Donald O'Connor out of White Christmas?
The late Donald O'Connor ranked his role with Bing in Sing You Sinners as one of his favorites.
MCA releases 20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection.
Bing and Kathy at the King Ranch.
Walter Cronkite recalls criticism from his elders for listening to caterwauling Bing Crosby.
Flash! Planet Earth. Bing was once the lead vocalist with the Dorsey brothers orchestra and Peeping Tom sentenced to stare at ugly naked people.
Bing and Dino -- Oh, you beautiful dolls!
At the summit of his career: Bing, Inc.
Northampton gallery includes Bing among the stars of the '60s.
Crosby singing Christmas carols made me laugh out loud,
You can change the world -- and maybe Bing was away doing that.
Frank, Bing, Elvis? Who's the most honored singer of them all?
Images from the Bob Hope memorial.
Forget Halloween, let's Merry Christmas!
Orson Welles destroyed the CBS and then himself.
Going My Way to Saint Dominic's or Saint Monica?
Bing's last record producer, Ken Barnes, is now producing DVDs.
Crosby boys close the act with a tribute to Papa Bing.
Zing a Little Bing is Andrew Parks positively therapeutic musical recreation of Bing, complete with Louis and the Andrews Sisters.
Dear Frank: Bing Crosby's advice to a rising star. and the day Bing joined the Sinatra fan club. Meanwhile, a Sinatra fan learns the value of education.
On the Road with Bing and Bob.
Lloyd Schwartz reviews the latest Bing Crosby DVDs.
A brief history of American pop music.
Contemporary radio seeks to pander, not to stretch, its listeners.
$380 a round does not include the cart.
Marquette professor and Crosby fan is dead at 89.
The Edsel Show starring Bing Crosby -- CBS's first venture into videotaped broadcasting. Kris Trexler tells how he located the pristine master videotape and preserved it for posterity.
Regurgitated Bob Hope and Bing Crosbie.
Bing, the complete professional.
Bing never appeared on the cover of the Rolling Stone.
Elvis just wanted to be like Bing. Unlike Bing, Elvis was destroyed by his fame only to be resurrected to a glorious commercial afterlife.
Flashback ... Del Mar ... Seabiscuit beats Ligaroti by a nose.
The Howards' first encounter with Seabiscuit came at the service of Bing.
I knew Bob Hope and you're no Bob Hope.
Bob Hope's early films mixed self-referentiality, beta male struggles, xenophobia with cross-cultural crudity.
Crosby novelist is dead at 89.
After taking the Road to Bali, the reviewer will take the Road to Arithmetic.
Holiday Inn -- too much Bing, not enough Fred.
Hope was to jokes what Henry Ford was to cars.
The Bob Hope century: Gary Giddins on Hope.
Was Bing a fervent Republican?
The Bingding -- Toronto's incredible 1965 summer of love and Bing.
Perhaps Hope can now collect on some of the old golf debts owed him by Bing.
Bob Hope, editorially speaking.
Sam Phillips steered Elvis away from imitating Bing.
Turner Classic Movies will devote its Thursday schedule to Bob Hope films.
Bing and Bob linked Hollywood to the professional golfing community.
Bob got the laughs, Bing got the girls.
Bob's final days included Bing records.
The Road pictures -- caught between the vulgarities of television and the hypocrisies of public life. Hope's wisecracks and sniveling cowardice meshed perfectly with Crosby's suave superiority.
A hundred things you may not know about Ol Ski Nose. And some of them are true.
When I was born the doctor said to my mother: 'Congratulations. You have an eight-pound ham.
You've either got or you haven't got style.
Where the turf meets the surf.
Seabiscuit was a bigger star than Bing in 1938.
Seabiscuit's best race was against one of Bing's horses.
The grandparents prolly weren't Russ Columbo fans.
12 August 1976 -- an important day in the history of Kirkby Malzeard.
Billy Wilder fell victim to America's love affair with Bing.
A Bing Crosby centennial celebration.
Bing's birthtown edges his hometown as Washington's second largest city.
Twenty-four songs by Louis Jordan.
The Andrews' Sisters Hollywood Canteen.
Can you improve on this Bing biography?
Fort Ord soldiers' club, once a venue for Bing and Bob, will be demolished.
The Complete United Artists Sessions is reissued.
The world didn't need another Crosby.
The Charioteers -- their best Columbia recordings on CD.
The Centenary Collection and Going Hollywood Vol. 4.
How sweet it is -- like a Crosby movie.
Dad accepted the Beatles when Bing recorded Hey Jude.
Gary Giddins, Crosby biographer, reaps lifetime acheivement award for jazz journalism.
What we need here is a little clarity.
Will someone loan this guy a copy of Going My Way?
Bing's fascination with the Footed Vessel.
British fan faces prison for playing Bing too loud.
American cultural imperialism never had two funnier salesmen.
Is Bing holding back DVD-audio?
Mrs. Crosby shares stories of Bing.
The Millenium Collections -- peculiarly democratic and completely ludicrous.
New study finds that we mellow with age.
Cole Porter took 10 days to write True Love.
Life of a Bing caddie and a celebrity photograher.
Bob plans to cocoon on his birthday while Cleveland travels the road to immortality.
Fifty years ago Americans were on the Road to Bali.
Heartaches by the Number raises the issue of why Bing isn't in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1929 novel includes Bix and Bing.
The new video documentary of Bing will play again Wednesday on KSPS Spokane.
Can a Crosby revival bring back the cardigan?
What's your BingQ? Take the Gonzaga quiz.
Mary McAdoo Hussey, RIP.
The Seabiscuit-Crosby connection.
Perhaps Jon Oye can restore Bing's face on the Crosby Commons.
The music is the highlight of High Society.
Carol Richards remembers Bing as "a dear dear friend."
Whatever happened to Bing also happened to horse racing.
Pop quiz: Who was the biggest music star ever produced by Washington state? Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain or Quincy Jones?
Lynne Jackson and Mike Palter may take their Bing Crosby show to the West Coast.
Mrs. Crosby confirms there will be life after Bing.
The Stengelian world of Ralph Kiner.
Can you name Cyd Charise's husband?
Bing's birth was set back a year after his death, now his death is postponed a year.
Quite an experience for a small-town boy.
Regis Philbin got his break singing to Bing.
CDs take a shellacing where Bing hides out under his underwear.
Bing didn't play Father O'Malley in Say One for Me.
Arne Fogel sets the record straight.
Set your wallet to empty. Next week Universal releases 17 Bob Hope movies on DVD, including 4 Road pictures like Road to Morocco.
Who won the first Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award?
Billy Packer once doubled for Fabian in a Bing Crosby movie shot at Wake Forest.
Bing was making country hits before there were country charts.
All Bings Considered in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, including some fine old chestnuts.
It's Bingsday in Milwaukee April 12.
Brighton Centre, where Bing performed his last concert, will be demolished.
He risked his life to see Going My Way.
The day Hope and the Babe teamed to beat Cros and the Gov.
Where can you find the second largest public collection of Crosby recordings?
It don't mean a thing without Rosie and Bing.
The female Frank Sinatra -- Peggy Lee and friends.
Peter Dacre, co-writer of That's What Life is All About, is dead at 77.
Oakland museum features Bing's denim tuxedo.
Who can forget Barry Fitzgerald's role opposite Bing in The Bells of St. Mary's?
Jonzos 30 and 31 bring the Chronological Bing Crosby to the gates of Pearl Harbor.
Frank may have projected the image of self-control, but Bing lived it.
I can't remember now why we wanted Bing Crosby,
Two of every 10 students know about Bing Cosby.
Mrs. Crosby orders a tart made of -- Bing cherries.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Bing Sings While Bregman Swings closes early amid bad reviews and poor ticket sales.
The winter issue of Bingang, journal of the Club Crosby, features stories about Bing's first wife and the Hofstra conference.
The day Bing was confused with Bob Hope.
Hugh Hefner contributed money to the restoration of Bing's 1933 film Too Much Harmony.
Vicki Lawrence recalls the good old days and working with Bing.
Celebrity golf on the links of Lala Land.
Is Mr. Barimo a whistling snob?
There'll be Pennies from Heaven for you and me on DVD.
Michael Jackson and Bing are at opposite ends of the spectrum in their response to immense fame.
Bing welcomes the Bell Sisters for the first time on CD.
Prime Time -- more Crosby, less hiss.
Bob followed Bing's lead 44 years ago to host a charitable pro-am golf tournament.
Rose Marie was once married to Bing Crosby's trumpeter.
Mickey Mouse's sentence is extended another 20 years. Will corporations squeeze copyright extensions from European countries too?
Neighbors battle over the crooners.
Bing faked it, and so can you -- without surgery.
For sale: a home on the range.
Jennie Hanaiali'i "Napua" Woodd.
What will become of Elvis now that his fans are facing their mortality?
The death of Bing's guitarist and closest friend Eddie Lang.
New book captures the history of golf at Augusta.
Bob Hope donates $1 million to help Air Force widows.
Graham Pascoe is going Bing's way down under.
What do Bing, Bob and Lawrence Welk have in common?
When Bing played the Usher Hall.
Bing Crosby is still popular in Ghana.
Johnny who? The days of whining roses?
Bing's interpretive genius and the separation caused by war transformed a schmaltzy song into recording history.
God bless Irving Berlin and Fred Astaire
Bing and Bob's golf buddy is dead at 93.
Bob, thanks for the memories.
E! selects A Christmas Story as the greatest holiday movie. White Christmas finishes 10th.
Frances Langford, 88, enters the Florida golf hall of fame.
To work with Bing was one of the most enjoyable learning experiences. -- Les Paul,
The plumber who cooked for Bob and Bing.
Are you ready for the holidays?
Perils of perfect family gatherings set to a Bing Crosby soundtrack.
Bing washed his shirts before sending them to the cleaners.
Neil Crumpett likes listening to Bing, but don't ask him if he might be playing Bing a little loud.
Bing ate here and got clipped here.
The Friends of Old-Time Radio remember the Armed Forces Radio Services.
Madonna and Eminem follow in the footsteps of Bing.
The mountain man grew up as a Bing Crosby fan.
In 1937 you could see Bing's Double or Nothing for 40 cents.
The SF Chronicle remembers the forgotten man of pop music.
An eccentric trek through forgotten graveyards of early-20th century pop culture.
Bing Crosby gave Noel Neill, a.k.a. Lois Lane, her break into show business at his Del Mar Race Track. Can you name the movie she appeared with Bing?
NPR's 3-part series on TechnoPop, 100 years of recorded music, narrated by Rick Karr and featuring Gary Giddins.
Will the Hofstra conference answer the question, Did Bing really drink orange juice? (streaming Real Media)
The bastard child of Bing Crosby.
The radiantly Celtic Bing Crosby.
Wisconsin mom pressures her son to show Bing Crosby flicks at his theater.
1977 -- the year the King of Croon and King of Rock cut back on their public appearances.
Can you name at least one song recorded by Bing that was written by Agustin Lara?
Richard Hess restores a rancid Bing to a fine sweet wine and donates the results to Stanford University.
Where the turf meets the surf.
Merv Griffin flew a penny-pinching Crosby to Las Vegas for dental work and to perform at Caesars Palace.
National Catholic Reporter uncovers more corruption in the church -- Father Fitzgibbon cooked the parish books.
Bing gave this caddy a helping hand into the Wide Blue Yonder.
Would Bing still be the King of Swing?
Did you know that Elvis received the Bing Crosby Award in 1971?
Riding the silver rocket with Bing and Danny.
Radio Spirits releases 40 episodes of the Bob Hope radio show, including two with Bing, on compact disc.
Michael Feinstein's Crosby connection.
Bing had his own brand of Aloha shirts.
Leonard Maltin remembers Bing.
The late Sam Snead won the first Crosby golf tournament.
We have the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and all that jazz.
Reviewer recommends the Crosby version to "Black Knight."
Bing attended the Radio City debut in 1932 of the Rockettes.
Hal Kanter wrote comedy for Bing and Elvis
David Bowie was able to salvage his career after the death of his singing partner Bing.
Bing recorded at least 15 of the Top 100 musical works of the 20th century.
When I leave the world behind.
September 11 versus December 7.
Bing named his fourth son after Lindsay Howard, his horseracing partner.
Joe Delaney, entertainment reporter, is dead.
Film editor Harry Gerstad, who worked for Bing Crosby Enterprises and The Adventures of Superman, is dead at 93.
Kenneth Snowman, FOB, is dead at 82.
The success of Bing 'n' Bowie launched an era of unusual musical pairings.
Bing dieted on potatoes and vomit aboard the Queen Mary in 1944.
"Bing was a very rigid guy, and once you had screwed up, you were off his list. Well, that's not the kind of guy I am." -- Andy Williams
It's hard not to love Del Mar.
Jazz singer Montgomery is dead from lung cancer.
Cultural implications of Sir Elton John and Sir Mick Jagger.
Sinatra talks, but would Lincoln listen?
Rosie died of lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer death and easily preventable, after 49 years of cigarette smoking.
Highlights of Rosemary's life.
Rosie's singing voice was bright and breezy.
A half century of smoking cigarettes claims the life of Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002),
Michael Feinstein remembers Rosie.
Rosie's best advice and favorite compliment came from the Old Groaner.
A trip through the Bing Crosby Hall.
Fred Astaire and the triumph of subtlety over volume.
Sinatra in Hollywood reveals Frank more as one-take Crosby than a studio perfectionist.
Mick Jagger, knighthood, and the death of rock 'n' roll.
Bing rose to the top in the early '30s.
Bing Can't Walk was inspired by an aging Bing who fell off a stage and broke his legs. In real life, Bing ruptured a disc in his back.
The Richard Rodgers centennial.
Les Paul thanks Bing for teaching him about timing, phrasing and preparation.
High Society was Grace Kelly's last film.
The Americanization of Irving Berlin.
First they added color to old movies, now hear what they're doing to old songs.
Look what they've done to our song, Ma.
The death rattle of the Bing Crosby priest.
A new biography and CD celebrates Hoagy Carmichael.
Tokyo teenager was occupied by Bing, Frank and Glenn.
A Bing Crosby movie served as the inspiration for a chain of motor lodges.
How she survives in a youth-obsessed culture that keeps getting dumber and dumber.
When music brought families together instead of separate them.
Beaten by Leo McCarey, Billy Wilder tried to trip him at the Oscar ceremony.Wilder preferred Crosby to Sinatra.
Billy Wilder's first post-War film, The Emperor Waltz starring Bing Crosby,
masked his personal suffering during the War.
Richard Corliss reflects on the media regression into cultural day-care centers.
The last days of the World War II generation.
Louise Suggs recalls golfing with Bing and Bob.
Bob Hope to fund internet archive of TV comedy.
The late Arthur Lyman got his break at the Bing Crosby Pro-Am.
Answer: Swinging on a Star. What's the question?
Howard K. Smith helped Bing emcee his first "Christmas Sing with Bing," broadcast over CBS radio in 1955.
Eddy Arnold recalls how a string section revived his career.
Bing's recording of Swinging on a Star is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Huge collection of Crosby memorabilia goes up for auction.
Greg Van Beek reviews Bing Crosby - Day by Day.
When Uncle Sam passed the hat.
Two new Crosby collections include Going Hollywood volume 3 and a 4-CD collection containing 100 of Bing's recordings from 1926-53.
Robin and the 7 Hoods -- too long, too repetitive and too many awful songs.
Kathy and Dixie take a beating.
Gary Giddins gets a Feelie -- almost.
Hollywood mattered during WWII.
The bells tolled for Jack Lemmon and Perry Como in 2001.
Richard Corliss remembers Irving Berlin.
Gary Giddins' biography of Bing Crosby is honored as one of the best books of 2001 -- a year that also brought the end of the Crosby Clambake.
A nickel went a long way in Bing's heyday.
Heartland Music releases double Crosby CD featuring 30 of his recordings, including "Swinging on a Star."
Former Beatle George Harrison succumbs to cancer. In recent years Harrison is reported to have rejected today's pop music in favor of the music of Bing's era.
Well did ya evah? Bing Crosby makes a guest appearance on Rhino's hottest Christmas rockers of the '80s.
The National Enquirer celebrates 30 years of tabloid sensationalism, including sneaking a photographer dressed as a priest into Bing's funeral.
Louise La Planche painted Hope's toes in Road to Morocco and watched Bing record White Christmas for the first time.
Bob Dylan now realizes that Bing Crosby was once the cutting edge of music.
Old rockin' chair's got Rosie.
New science revives antique pop artists.
Bing Crosby and THAT song.
Bing Crosby supersaturated with barbiturates.
Bing's recording of Brother Can You Spare a Dime is set to dance.
Bob Hope -- a century of laughter.
Archie Leach, one of the greatest actors, lost his Oscar to Father O'Malley.
Bing was the inspiration for a martini lounge.
The Algiers Hotel still plays Bing.
Remembering Mildred Rinker -- a.k.a. Bailey -- the first woman vocalist to tour with an orchestra.
Radio is blamed for the demise of simple songs.
Do pop music fans have frontal lobe dysfunction?
87-year-old Joe Bushkin wows them at a NY Jazz Festival.
Frances Langford -- the bird lady of Alcatraz?
Look what they've done to my song.
Bing Crosby -- the most successful crossover artist.
Les Paul, the Bing Crosby of the guitar.
Debbie Reynolds talks of Bing and other things.
Perry Como preferred to walk in Bing's footsteps, not Sinatra's.
Reel Hawaii. Elvis finished what Bing began in Hulawood.
Brits mourn Sir Harry Secombe.
George Simon, pioneer jazz critic and Crosby biographer.
The San Francisco Chronicle remembers Bing the movie star, the sportsman, the family man and musician.
The Toledo Blade visits the museum.
The Tommy Dorsey ghost band plays on.
The Bob Hope exhibit at the Library of Congress includes memorabilia from Bing and Bob's joint career.
Country Music Hall of Fame expands to accommodate Elvis' cadillac, but its walls still aren't big enough to hold Bing.
Bing and Irving Berlin -- the perfect fit.
A new batch of pretenders to the Crosby throne.
Music and Memories host is dying of cancer.
"I'd give anything to be like Cary Grant." And Cary Grant replied, "So would I."
Chances Are composer Robert Allen, who was born before the beginning of time, is dead at 73.
Jo Stafford, former lead singer of the Pied Pipers, recalls her husband Paul Weston.
Sonny Rollins, sax legend, likes Der Bingle.
The day Bing's singing went to the dogs.
Rich Little is still doing Crosby.
Jerome Kern's I've Told Every Little Star was stolen from a songbird at his window.
Bob Hope undergoes rehabilitation near Rancho Mirage hospital.

Ellery Chun, the man who put the aloha in Bing's wardrobe.
Ray Price releases his first new album since 1992.
Nick Clooney takes up the great debate -- who's the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, Bing or Frank?
Waikiki Wedding returns home.
Liza's loud and graceless love song to her dad.
Wanted: a home for the American Popular Music Museum Hall of Fame.
Global Icons now responsible for the marketing and licensing of Bing Crosby.
National World War II museum to honor the greatest generation of Americans from the 20th century.
Henry Pleasants, music critic and author of a flattering biography of Bing in 1974 (Great American Popular Singers), is dead at 89.
NPR remembers Jack Mullin., who died June 24. (Real Audio format)
Elizabeth McLeod ranks Crosby's move into recorded radio broadcasts as the 17th most significant event of the century in radio history.
Down memory lane with Rich Little.
In Bing's heyday selling a million copies of a record was a remarkable and rare achievement. Today selling a million in the first week has become an expectation for some artists.
Steve Hoffman, a master of remastering, gives some advice to the wannabees.
Hoagy Carmichael started his career as a lawyer.
What was Leo McCarey's best and most important film?
Vera-Ellen, too good to forget.
Gordon Jenkins and the San Fernando Valley.
Bob Hope, speaking of his honorary 1953 Academy Award: "I asked the president of the academy why he finally decided to give me an Oscar, and he said, 'I have to admit it, Hope, you're a truly great actor. I saw you smile when Crosby won his."'
The June issue of Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television reports that Frank Capra wanted Bing Crosby for the lead role in It's a Wonderful Life but had to settle for Jimmy Stewart after Paramount rejected the film.
Festival Films resurrects an old David Wolper biography of Bing.
Frank Lloyd Wright finishes first and Der Bingle finishes fourth in a Cincy poll of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
Guy Mitchell filled the void between Crosby's ballads and Sinatra's doldrums.
Frank Sinatra -- one year after his death.
Paul McCartney edges out Mozart as the world's greatest composer. Irving Berlin does not make the top 10.
The original recorder used to tape the Bing Crosby radio show is still in working order and housed at the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota.
Bert Lahr's son writes an unflattering portrayal of Bob Hope in the 12-21-98 New Yorker.
Andy Williams' first trip to the recording studio was to sing with Bing.
Leo McCarey and Frank Capra: if at first you don't succeed ...
Bing Crosby: An Illustrated Biography relies heavily on Gary's book and The Hollow Man.
Bing stars in the latest John Logue novel, Rain of Death, which is centered at Pebble Beach in 1974.
Bing ranks 50th in a poll of singers who ranked their favorite vocalists.
The decline and death of Sinatra.
Whatever became of Kathryn Grant?
Test your Bing Crosby IQ on the Bing Crosby Crossword Puzzle.
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