You can unsubscribe at any time. [3], Crosby told Barbara Walters in a 1977 televised interview that he thought marijuana should be legalized because he figured it would make it much easier for the authorities to have a proper legal control over the market. (1928), with Harry Barris and, "Ev'rything's Agreed Upon" (1930), with Harry Barris, "Believe Me" (1931), with James Cavanaugh and, "You Taught Me How to Love" (1931), with H. C. LeBlang and Don Herman, "My Woman" (1932), with Irving Wallman and Max Wartell, "Cutesie Pie" (1932), with Red Standex and, "I Was So Alone, Suddenly You Were There (1932), with, "Love Me Tonight" (1932), with Victor Young and Ned Washington, US, no. [67], In 1962, Crosby was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Bing Crosby on Broadway stage show opens at the Uris Theatre in New York City. At Reina Victoria Hospital he was administered the last rites of the Catholic Church and was pronounced dead. However, Crosby had already sold his Elko ranch a year earlier, in 1958, and it is doubtful how much he was really involved in that meeting. I wont see you.. He didnt win but costar Grace Kelly took best actress.It was four years before he and Kathryn married. "Bing was born on May 3, 1903. June The film Stagecoach is released, marking Bings last starring role in a film. His partner was World Cup champion Manuel Piero; their opponents were club president Csar de Zulueta and Valentn Barrios. Bing Crosby and family attend a Benefit Party for Fordham Prep at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center circa 1976 in New York City. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): And then came Bing , Kathryn Crosby: I had lots of experiences all this time, and I met Bing Crosby. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 37 (6): 490496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512; June 1989. In fact, I was sent home two weeks early because I wouldnt have been allowed to get on a plane any later. Daughter: Mary Frances September 14, 1959 I had a very little role in that, but I got to see Jimmy Stewart for the first time, and Grace Kelly had a wonderful role. The Andrews Sisters Story". [50] It was on this special that he recorded a duet of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Peace on Earth" with rock musician David Bowie. July 13 Twins Dennis Michael Crosby and Phillip Lang Crosby are born. Crosby also ensured behind the scenes that Armstrong received equal billing with his white co-stars. However, the addition of pianist and aspiring songwriter Harry Barris made the difference, and The Rhythm Boys were born. In his autobiography Don't Shoot, It's Only Me! When we married, I asked Bing if I could continue my acting, and if I could continue my nursing. [38] Hired for $150 a week in 1926, they debuted with Whiteman on December 6 at the Tivoli Theatre in Chicago. I always loved acting. One each for radio, recording, and motion pictures. She cemented her star status the following year as Princess Parisa in 1958s special effects-laden The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad. Crosby had arranged for Ampex, another of his financial investments, to record the NBC telecast on kinescope. He was very happy with my ignorance and then we discovered the world togetherKathryn had actually auditioned for a role in White Christmas. She made her stage debut when she was only three years old and was born in . Born November 25, 1933, actress and singer Kathryn Crosby performed in 1950s films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Going My Way (1944) and was nominated for its sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), opposite Ingrid Bergman, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. I could do summer stock, and I loved it. Jan. Bing Crosby Enterprises and ABC invest in Ampex machines, revolutionizing the radio industry. Sept. He first took up golf at age 12 as a caddy. Bob and Bing spent an hour a day on the phone. Kathryn Crosby: Yes. His sentence is eventually commuted to 40 days. They were married Oct. 24, 1957 in Las Vegas. Waikiki Wedding is released, the film features the song Sweet Leilani which reaches Number 1shortly after. How did Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant meet? At last Kathryn's ordeal was over. Crosby had to do two live radio shows on the same day, three hours apart, for the East and West Coasts. He also signs a contract with Decca Records for five years at $60,000 per annum plus a percentage. Crosby married Dixie Lee in September 1930. They only worked to about 3:00 in the afternoon, and then theyd go play golf until twilight and come home for dinner. He was the most comfortable man you could ever know, someone youd like to go fishing with. University Press of Kentucky. Kathryn Crosby says Bing was too scared to marry her because of the age difference/ pic:WENN.COM, We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. [108], Crosby's younger son Phillip disputed his brother Gary's claims about their father. I stopped and smiled in grateful acknowledgment. He later described Jolson's delivery as "electric". Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You remarried in 2000? Apr. morale, ahead of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and Bob Hope. The Fireside Theater (1950) sponsored by Procter & Gamble, was his first television production. Itll probably be one of the last Christmases because our kids have grown children, and theyre always moving, but they will be here this year. At his death in 1977 at age 73, he left his money in a blind trust, which none of the sons--whose youthful. Aug. On November 8, 1937, after Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of She Loves Me Not, Joan Blondell asked Crosby how he got his nickname: Crosby: "Well, I'll tell you, back in the knee-britches day, when I was a wee little tyke, a mere broth of a lad, as we say in Spokane, I used to totter around the streets, with a gun on each hip, my favorite after school pastime was a game known as "Cops and Robbers", I didn't care which side I was on, when a cop or robber came into view, I would haul out my trusty six-shooters, made of wood, and loudly exclaim bing! #IHeartHollywood, Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly's Love Affair. It topped the charts again in 1945 and a third time in January 1947. Known as the first multimedia star, Bill Crosby is a Hollywood legend. Dec. This new sound led to the popular epithet crooner. Thursday, 2nd March 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Cohn gave in; Armstrong's musical scenes and comic dialogue extended his influence to the silver screen, creating more opportunities for him and other African Americans to appear in future films. Eventually, Crosby became accomplished at the sport, at his best reaching a two handicap. The film Road to Morocco is also released. And what a voice. [42] He sang four Academy Award winning songs "Sweet Leilani" (1937), "White Christmas" (1942), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951) and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Going My Way (1944). I needed something to lift my spirits. He was 53; she was 23. In the 1949 Disney animated film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Crosby provided the narration and song vocals for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow segment. "[109], The author of the most recent biography on Bing Crosby, Gary Giddins, claims that Gary Crosby's memoir is not reliable on many instances and cannot be trusted on the abuse stories. [29] The university granted him an honorary doctorate in 1937. (2012). His contract with Paramount runs until 1954. After The Syncopation Idea closed, they worked in the Will Morrissey Music Hall Revue. As I passed a Hindu sitting on the corner of a street, I heard something surprisingly familiar. June Submissions to the SEC indicate that Bing has the second highest income in the US behind MGM studio chief, Louis B. Mayer. In January 1974 he felt so ill he consented to be hospitalized, and a large tumor was found in his left lung. Although he was passionate about the team, he was too nervous to watch the deciding Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, choosing to go to Paris with Kathryn and listen to its radio broadcast. Sept. Mary Frances Crosby, Bings first daughter and second child with Kathryn, is born. [123], In September, Crosby, his family and singer Rosemary Clooney began a concert tour of Britain that included two weeks at the London Palladium. He loved to play. It gave us a chance to first try a recording of the songs in the afternoon without an audience, then another one in front of a studio audience. Thats a good attitude to enter a marriage with. Mar. Crosby, however, seldom bothers to contemplate his future. Thats what started the Road shows. Formerly known as Kathryn Grant and formerly known as Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, the brunette beauty who goes by the name Kathryn Crosby in public is perky, vivacious, and absolutely stunning. His Legendary Years How's the sound? For fifteen years (1934, 1937, 1940, 19431954), Crosby was among the top ten acts in box-office sales, and for five of those years (19441948) he topped the world. By the time we had courted, I knew I liked him very much, and he liked me very much. 4, "You're Just a Beautiful Melody of Love" (1932), lyrics by Bing Crosby, music by Babe Goldberg, "I Would If I Could But I Can't" (1933), with, "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" (1941) with. He was a frequent guest on the musical variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on various variety shows as well as numerous late-night talk shows and his own highly rated specials. He was already spending much time on the golf course while touring the country in a vaudeville act or with Paul Whiteman's orchestra in the mid to late 1920s. From the mid-1950s, Bing was more comfortable in a bass range while maintaining a baritone quality, with the best octave being G to G, or even F to F. In a recording he made of 'Dardanella' with Louis Armstrong in 1960, he attacks lightly and easily on a low E flat. [125] On October 14, at the La Moraleja Golf Course near Madrid, Crosby played 18 holes of golf. I dont know what Garys problems were, but hed had them from the time he was a little boy. [3][4], For 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. Obviously, Grace never married Bing and she would ultimately call off her engagement to Oleg when she met Monaco's Prince Rainier in 1955. Crosby would marry again after Lee's death, to actress Grant in 1957. Mar. They made one film appearance together in Road to Rio singing "You Don't Have to Know the Language", and sang together on the radio throughout the 1940s and 1950s. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to the United States by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in the California electronics company Ampex to build copies. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Many people associate Bing Crosby with the yuletide season primarily because of his TV specials, the 1954 film, White Christmas, and the hit single of the same name. He became the archetypal crooner of a period when the advent of radio broadcasting and talking pictures and the refinement of sound-recording . He would appear in 79 pictures. Producer Jack Kapp establishes the U.S. branch of Decca Records, Bing follows and, under Kapps advisement, becomes the all-purpose singer. Kathryn Crosby: It was a terrible surprise, but he had, of course, been sick. For the most part, she felt unchallenged as an actress and retired rather uneventfully after marrying Bing Crosby in 1957. Born Wilma Wyatt, actress and singer Dixie Crosby married Bing Crosby in 1930. Jan. Bing takes over as host as host of Kraft Music Hall radio program. [2], Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in West Columbia, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1955. Son: Nathaniel Patrick October 29, 1961. The public wouldn't stand for 'canned' radio, the networks argued. They got enormous laughs, which just went on and on. I couldn't believe it when I read the book because it just didn't sound like Gary. Murdo MacKenzie of Bing Crosby Enterprises had seen a demonstration of the German Magnetophon in June 1947the same device that Jack Mullin had brought back from Radio Frankfurt with 50 reels of tape, at the end of the war. ", Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby By Edith L. Blumhofer, Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer pg. He was a part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Everyone was laughing hysterically.Even when he was in his 70s Crosby continued with his busy schedule and was regularly in Britain, recording and performing. After Crosby's death in 1977, he left the residue of his estate to a marital trust for the benefit of his widow, Kathryn, and HLC Properties, Ltd., was formed for the purpose of managing his interests, including his right of publicity. I understand what he's trying to prove. They had 3 children, Harry (64), Mary Frances (63) and Nathaniel (60). Sept. Since Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair . Kathryn Crosby: Absolutely, from the time that I was about three, I wanted to be an actress. I knew when I met Bing that every woman in the world loved him, and every man in the world wanted to go hunting with him and wanted to be his buddy or play golf with him like Bob did. But it just didnt work because I was very young so I found something more appropriate.Crosby was nominated for best actor as an alcoholic singer in The Country Girl. An Afternoon with Jack Mullin. [90], Crosby also was a keen fisherman. Actress Patricia Neal (who herself at the time was having an affair with the married Gary Cooper) wrote in her 1988 autobiography As I Am about a trip on a cruise ship to England with actress Joan Caulfield in 1948: She [Joan Caulfield] was a lovely girl and we had some good talks. He led his radio show for Woodbury Soap for two seasons while his live appearances dwindled. I like baseball a lot. I didnt know he owned the Pirates. ABC offered Crosby $30,000 per week to produce a recorded show every Wednesday that would be sponsored by Philco. But it made no difference at all because I was kind of precocious. I don't think he did anything wrong. At issue is Kathryn's seemingly innocuous decision to auction off some of the possessions Bing had accumulated over the years in six homes. Then we got married, which was very good. As minor parts of The Syncopation Idea Crosby and Rinker started to develop as entertainers. I went home to go to the dentist rather prosaic but there you are. Nov. Bing returns to Kraft Music Hall. I really hope everyone enjoys this film because they have all the movies from our basement that they are using, lots of early films of Bing, and its just wonderful! Harry wouldve loved to have that experience, but he made his own experiences. I had more fun doing that. I went to Palm Springs to swim in the pool at his house. He received critical acclaim for his performance as an alcoholic entertainer in The Country Girl and received his third Academy Award nomination.[49]. Crosby died in 1977 following a British tour but May 3 would have been his 110th birthday, an anniversary celebrated by the release of 11 albums, including some material which has never previously been heard. 1968 Birthday: November 25, (89 years) HomeTown: Houston , Texas, United States. His recording was so popular that he was obliged to re-record it in 1947 using the same musicians and backup singers; the original 1942 master had become damaged due to its frequent use in pressing additional singles. I came back to Austin and finished up my degree and took my Inquiry classes for six weeks. When they got a chance to present an independent act, they were spotted by a member of the Paul Whiteman organization. I don't think it had anything to do with Daddy Dearest. Impulsively in 1957, he married Kathryn while Inger later found out about it on the news. Whiteman needed something different to break up his musical selections, and Crosby and Rinker filled this requirement. Last year, I did a cabaret in New York out on the island to benefit a school, and I sang several songs. Oct. Bing meets Bob Hope for the first time and gets his first starring role as a radio singer in the musical comedy "The Big Broadcast." His song "Please" reaches #1. Apr. Portrait of American singer and actor Bing Crosby talks with his wife, actress Kathryn Grant Crosby . The Hindu nodded and smiled back. The filmThe Star Maker is released. Gary hated his brothers, Phillip and Dennis, the twins, and Lindsay who was a wonderful young man. It was one of the magnetic tape recorders that BASF and AEG had built in Germany starting in 1935. The document reveals that during that time Crosby was indeed taking Joan Caulfield out to dinner, visited theaters and opera houses with her and that Caulfield and a person in her company entered the Waldorf Hotel where Crosby was staying. Nov. Bing starts work in his first film, King of Jazz, a musical revue starring Paul Whiteman. [3] However, Crosby's FBI files had already been published in 1992 and provide no indication that Crosby had ties to the Mafia except for one major, but accidental encounter in Chicago in 1929 which is not mentioned in the files, but is told by Crosby himself in his as-told-to autobiography Call Me Lucky. Belmont, California: Wadsworth. The Crosby family became the focus of his Christmas. On the way back he invited me to the Academy Awards. It was from my gynecologist, and it said, She will be able to work for five months. I asked Otto Preminger, Is this a problem? Otto said, No. And then I asked if he liked race horses. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the express written consent of the publisher. As Crosby wrote in his autobiography: By using tape, I could do a thirty-five or forty-minute show, then edit it down to the twenty-six or twenty-seven minutes the program ran. In the summer of 1966, he spent a week as the guest of Lord Egremont, staying in Cockermouth and fishing on the River Derwent. [109] In an interview with People magazine, Phillip stated that "we never got an extra whack or a cuff we didn't deserve".[109]. Feb. First ever Crosby Pro-Am golf tournament is held, which later becomes the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He made a fortune from the Minute Maid Orange Juice Corporation, in which he was a principal stockholder.[73]. "De Mille: "I'll vouch for it, Bing. [107], While acknowledging that corporal punishments took place, there were reports of all of Gary's immediate siblings distancing themselves from the abuse claims, either in public or in private. 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