Obviously, Grace never married Bing and she would ultimately call off her engagement to Oleg when she met Monaco's Prince Rainier in 1955. June Bings autobiography, Call Me Lucky, is published. 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. In 1963, he and his wife Kathryn moved with their 3 young children from Los Angeles to a $175,000 10-bedroom Tudor estate in Hillsborough because they did not want to raise their children in Hollywood, according to son Nathaniel. Kathryn Crosby (born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, November 25, 1933) is an American retired actress and singer who performed in films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. To soldiers overseas and to foreigners he has become a kind of symbol of America, of the amiable, humorous citizen of a free land. "I used to tell Sinatra over and over," said Tommy Dorsey, "there's only one singer you ought to listen to and his name is Crosby. The Recording Industry Association of America did not institute its gold record certification program until 1958 when Crosby's record sales were low. The Met was built in 1915. "[32][33], As it happens, that story was pure whimsy for dramatic effect; the Associated Press had reported as early as February 1932as would later be confirmed by both Bing himself and his biographer Charles Thompsonthat it was in fact a neighborValentine Hobart, circa 1910who had named him "Bingo from Bingville" after a comic feature in the local paper called The Bingville Bugle which the young Harry liked. He took Bob salmon fishing up in Canada once, and they had just pulled off to sea when Bob said, I have to go back in. Bing asked, Why? Bob Said, Fish dont applaud. Bob and Bing spent an hour a day on the phone. 'I never expected affection from my father so it didn't bother me,' he once told an interviewer.'" Bing was married a second time to actress Kathryn Grant. Feb. Bing meets future wife, Kathryn Grant, for the first time. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 37 (6): 490496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512; June 1989. Spring/Early Summer The Rhythm Boys disband. "Sail Away from Norway" (1977) Crosby wrote lyrics to go with a traditional song. They had three children, including actress Mary Crosby of Dallas (1978) fame. [108], Crosby's younger son Phillip disputed his brother Gary's claims about their father. Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multimedia star of the first half of the 20th century, and now the public and his fans can learn much more about the icon in a new documentary, American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered, which premieres nationwide Tuesday, December 2 at 8:00 pm on PBS. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you ever have to worry about Bing and his female co-stars becoming more than friends? We heart movies. [68], Crosby's popularity around the world was such that Dorothy Masuka, the best-selling African recording artist, stated that, "Only Bing Crosby the famous American crooner sold more records than me in Africa." **** On June 16, 1963, Crosby received her nurse's cap, signifying her becoming a registered nurse after studying at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles. Mullin continued to work for Crosby to develop a videotape recorder (VTR). Kathryn Crosby: Well, Bob Hope worked all the time. Bing was also a giving donor to the city's Gonzaga University . [60] Sources differ regarding the number of copies he sold: 300 million[61] or even 500 million. If we didn't, we got punished. I was a lot younger than he was. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You continued your acting career after you and Bing married? Crosby wrote or co-wrote lyrics to 22 songs. Bing and Bob started off together in early vaudeville. We realized he had to get some very serious examinations in Hillsborough, and we met Dr. Poon there, and he showed us an instrument, which had the blood going back and forth in the heart. He loved to play. Crosby continued to finance the development of videotape. We heart living like a star. As minor parts of The Syncopation Idea Crosby and Rinker started to develop as entertainers. Crosby was one of the first singers to exploit the intimacy of the microphone rather than use the deep, loud vaudeville style associated with Al Jolson. [11] In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. Oct. She cemented her star status the following year as Princess Parisa in 1958s special effects-laden The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad. At his death in 1977 at age 73, he left his money in a blind trust, which none of the sons--whose youthful. I was reared a Baptist, and in high school, my aunt and uncle were Methodists, so I went to the Methodist Church, but then there were no Baptists on the west coast. Then I got word from the ambassador. I was a reporter, too, when I was first at Paramount, and I had asked him if he liked horses because I was this Fat Stock as the 1950 Rodeo Queen of the Fat Stock show in that year (laughs). [125] He was 74 years old. radica solitaire handheld game instructions; npm install tailwindcss@latest postcss@latest autoprefixer@latest; azure data factory books; greenbrier high school volleyball I asked him if he liked baseball. [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. American troops withdraw from Vietnam. And then I asked if he liked race horses. Then a year and a half later, the golden circle of talented young performers was let go, and I went right to Columbia Pictures. What was Bing Crosby's wife's name? When we married, I asked Bing if I could continue my acting, and if I could continue my nursing. [41] The weekly broadcast made him a hit. Then were going down to New Orleans where my granddaughter, Claire, who is studying to be a chef, is interning with chef John Folse at the Sonesta Hotel, and were going to have a birthday dinner there in May. In 1954, Joan Caulfield admitted to a relationship with a "top film star" who was a married man with children who at the end chose his wife and children over her. In 1960, he starred in High Time, a collegiate comedy with Fabian Forte and Tuesday Weld that predicted the emerging gap between him and the new younger generation of musicians and actors who had begun their careers after World War II. The series of 26-minute shows was filmed at Hal Roach Studios rather than performed live on the air. Gallagher and Mr. Shean remarks, and then theyd tell the jokes. But they said I was too young and pretty something they said to everyone!She was only 20, 30 years younger than Crosby and the same age as the eldest of his four sons Gary, by singer and actress Dixie Lee, who had died from cancer in 1952 after 22 years of marriage. Its not heavy. He took one more step and then fell dead. He had a reputation for being such an ogre. Crosby invested $50,000 in Ampex with the intent to produce more machines. In addition to publishing two sets of memoirs ("Bing and Other Things" and "My Life with Bing"), she annually hosts the Crosby Gold Tournament in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They had a lively style that was popular with college students. Mar. As far as I know [Gary] wrote it because it was about himself and what he felt his life was about. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Things were always happening that were desperate, but it wasnt anything that Bing had done. The weather is so good, and were starting to decorate just about now. They begin touring with the orchestra of Paul Whiteman, then one of the most famous bandleaders in America. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You remarried in 2000? 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. Jan. Bing records I Surrender, Dear, his first solo hit. I think our kids were wish fulfillment because Bing taught Harry to play golf and to hunt, and he taught Nathaniel to play golf. 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. 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. In a poll of U.S. troops at the close of World War II, Crosby topped the list as the person who had done the most for G.I. He made a fortune from the Minute Maid Orange Juice Corporation, in which he was a principal stockholder.[73]. Crosby largely retired from acting after her marriage, but did have featured roles as Princess Parisa in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), and in the courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder (1959). In his autobiography Don't Shoot, It's Only Me! Some of Bing Crosbys fans may not know that you are also an actor. His record hit the charts on October 3, 1942, and rose to number 1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks. p. 24. Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) He was playing golf in Spain and won the match. Portrait of American singer and actor Bing Crosby talks with his wife, actress Kathryn Grant Crosby . Nov. The Cremo Singer radio show premieres on WABC (CBS affiliate). Dec. Bells of St. Marys is released, a film in which Bing reprises his role as Father OMalley alongside Ingrid Bergman and becomes top box office attraction for 1946. We heart books. ABC was formed from the sale of the NBC Blue Network in 1943 after a federal antitrust suit and was willing to join Mutual in breaking the tradition. [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. You cant go there with a quiet trustee, so we were married, and fortunately, he overcame that. BBC commences transmissions of a major 14-part series chronicling Bings life. As I passed a Hindu sitting on the corner of a street, I heard something surprisingly familiar. Dec. 7 The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In a memorandum dated January 16, 1959, it is said: Bing invited Bob to Del Mar to the racetrack. Aug. A group of investors buys The Pittsburgh Pirates, Bing now has 25% of the syndicate. He did love his golf. I asked my doctor what could be done, and he said, Well, you can stay and worry, and itll take six weeks, or you can go away and worry, and itll take six weeks, but in six weeks, hell be able to walk again. We went through that. He did make up for it at the end of the week by catching a number of sea trout. At the end of the 20th century, TV Guide listed the Crosby-Bowie duet one of the 25 most memorable musical moments of 20th-century television. [112], Dennis Crosby reportedly "said his older brother (Gary) was the most severely treated of the four boys. If I ever felt strongly enough about something to ask him, he always did it. May Bing records White Christmas and joins Hollywood Victory Caravan, a traveling show to raise money for war bonds. Eventually, Crosby became accomplished at the sport, at his best reaching a two handicap. His Amazing Music Records, Clip | The Road Films: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Quiz: Bing with the Best. bing! 2. Producer Jack Kapp establishes the U.S. branch of Decca Records, Bing follows and, under Kapps advisement, becomes the all-purpose singer. I just kept having children.They had three: Mary, who became an actress and found fame as Kristin Shepard, the woman responsible for shooting JR in Dallas; Nathaniel, who became a golfer and won the 1981 US Amateur Championship; and Harry, who appeared in the horror movie Friday The 13th but went on to become an investment banker. Dec. 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. This house went up for sale by its current owners in 2021 for $13.75 million. I not only got my diploma from the University of Texas, I got to work with excellent people like Elsa Lanchester and Cecil Kellaway and got to be directed by Paul Henreid on whom I had a crush from the time I was a little girl. They were married Oct. 24, 1957 in Las Vegas. Kathryn Grant Crosby. His sentence is eventually commuted to 40 days. Dec 3, 2010 @ 16:20PM. We heart local Los Angeles attractions and events. I didnt know that he owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, a big baseball team. Daughter: Mary Frances September 14, 1959 [72], According to Shoshana Klebanoff, Crosby became one of the richest men in the history of show business. Nov. "Brother Can You Spare. They have all reportedly described their father as loving and kind. Together they had two sons and a daughter. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You had a role in 1959s Anatomy of a Murder, groundbreaking during that time because it was one of the first films to address sex and rape in fairly graphic terms. Billboard magazine used different methodologies during his career. Kathryn Crosby: Have you seen the special yet? Oct. 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. We had a wonderful first date. A couple of weeks later he had a show that wasn't very funny, and he insisted that we put in the salvaged laughs. He signed a contract with Jack Kapp's new record company, Decca, in late 1934. It topped the charts again in 1945 and a third time in January 1947. A holiday perennial, the song was repeatedly re-released by Decca, charting another sixteen times. 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! [96], In the most recent Crosby biography, Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star; the War Years, 1940-1946, Gary Giddins published excerpts from an original diary of two sisters, Violet and Mary Barsa, who, as young women, used to stalk Crosby in New York City during December 1945 and January 1946 and who detailed their observations in the diary. On October 18, 1977, following a private funeral Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Westwood,[128] Crosby was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. We had two weeks on Broadway, and it was lovely. 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. I couldn't believe it when I read the book because it just didn't sound like Gary. Either in December 1945 or January 1946 Crosby approached Cardinal Francis Spellman with his difficulties with dealing with his wife's alcoholism and his love for Caulfield and his plan to file for divorce. [42] Before the end of the year, he signed[clarification needed] with both Brunswick Records and CBS Radio. Bing Crosby with first wife Dixie Lee and three of their four sons: Phillip, Dennis and Lindsay. He got off to college for about six weeks, and Gary said to him, Your girlfriends waiting for you, and your cars in the garage. July 13 Twins Dennis Michael Crosby and Phillip Lang Crosby are born. Gary Crosby died of lung cancer in 1995 at age 62, and Phillip Crosby died of a heart attack in 2004 at age 69.[120]. "Well, Bob Hope worked all the time. We heart Hollywood History. Jan. Dinah with the Mills Brothers reaches Number 1. All four sons from his first marriage have passed away. In On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, John Dunning wrote about German engineers having developed a tape recorder with a near-professional broadcast quality standard: [Crosby saw] an enormous advantage in prerecording his radio shows. He had 24 separate popular singles in 1939 alone. The people who loved him will still love him and their children will love him. Dec. Bing receives a Peabody Award for services to television. Bing and Kathryn were married October 24, 1957 til his death on October 14, 1977 they had 3 children. [51] In the framework of the novelty-singing style of the Rhythm Boys, he bent notes and added off-tune phrasing, an approach that was rooted in jazz. But the networks and sponsors were adamantly opposed. When the electric power failed during his performance, he continued singing without amplification. Bing Crosby Productions, affiliated with Desilu Studios and later CBS Television Studios, produced a number of television series, including Crosby's own unsuccessful ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show in the 19641965 season (with co-stars Beverly Garland and Frank McHugh). I certainly never witnessed anything between him and his father. He was very happy with my ignorance and then we discovered the world togetherKathryn had actually auditioned for a role in White Christmas. He later described Jolson's delivery as "electric". The man was listening to Bing Crosby sing, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". Gary said to me before I read it, "It's not the same book I wrote."[112]. I had a great adventure. [67], In 1962, Crosby was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you have to deal with all of the questions about the thirty-year age difference? 'He got the first licking, and we got the second.'"[113]. We shot the movie in Ishpeming, Michigan. Signing an agreement with Columbia for a single motion picture, Crosby wanted Armstrong to appear in a screen adaptation of The Peacock Feather that eventually became Pennies from Heaven. These were his last words. Its a wonderful time. All rights reserved. Oct. May Bing signs a two-year deal with Paramount, which calls for two pictures a year. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. At Reina Victoria Hospital he was administered the last rites of the Catholic Church and was pronounced dead. She, too, was in love with an older married man who was quite as famous as Gary [Cooper]. 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