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.' It was something that one of his boys had done, and it was really frightening. In his autobiography Don't Shoot, It's Only Me! His first son Gary was born in 1933 with twin boys following in 1934. Crosby and Lindsay Howard formed Binglin Stable to race and breed thoroughbred horses at a ranch in Moorpark in Ventura County, California. Born November 25, 1933, actress and singer Kathryn Crosby performed in 1950s films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. I think it all got a little out of hand. [39], Success with Whiteman was followed by disaster when they reached New York. I asked if he liked baseball because I was Queen of the Texas Buffalos in Houston. [78], With Frank Sinatra, Crosby was one of the principal backers for the United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles.[79]. Christmas is very much a part of my life. She confided to me that she desperately wanted to marry Bing Crosby. People were there from Paramount, and one big executive producer said, Theyre very good together. I certainly never witnessed anything between him and his father. Thats a good attitude to enter a marriage with. However, the addition of pianist and aspiring songwriter Harry Barris made the difference, and The Rhythm Boys were born. Kathryn Grant and Bing Crosby were married for 19 years before Bing Crosby died, leaving behind his partner and 3 children. After less than a year in show business, they were attached to one of the biggest names. I was so innocent, just out from Texas. Hes the fourth of seven children. Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, The Early Years 19031940. "[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. "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. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I understand you recently had a birthday on November 25, so happy belated! Crosby was a fan of thoroughbred horse racing and bought his first racehorse in 1935. Waikiki Wedding is released, the film features the song Sweet Leilani which reaches Number 1shortly after. Bing and Bob started off together in early vaudeville. Bing meets actress Dixie Lee, his future wife, and conducts screen tests for the Hollywood studio MGM. "Out of Nowhere", "Just One More Chance", "At Your Command" and "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" were among the best selling songs of 1931.[42]. June Submissions to the SEC indicate that Bing has the second highest income in the US behind MGM studio chief, Louis B. Mayer. He was not out to be vicious, to beat children for his kicks. San Fernando Valley reaches Number 1. The people who loved him will still love him and their children will love him. Its a hot day, and theyre going to be driving seven hours to get up to Arrington. We went to the Sands Hotel and had a little breakfast with just us and Father Ryan and forty reporters. Hed had four kidney stones. Come on home. So Lindsay left Brown University, which was too bad. He and Bing had a long discussion about ten pound test and all of that. Bing was married a second time to actress Kathryn Grant. It was an amazing experience! [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. It was a very good movie, and I loved living in Alabama during that time. 2000. Their duet was released in 1982 as a single 45-rpm record and reached No. Crosby asked Harry Cohn, but Cohn had no desire to pay for the flight or to meet Armstrong's "crude, mob-linked but devoted manager, Joe Glaser". Through her aunt, Kathryn arranged to marry Bing in Las Vegas. Mary Frances Crosby (14 September 1959 Los Angeles, California, USA) Amateur in 1981 at age 19, becoming the youngest winner in the history of that event at the time. It was the largest single bank failure in the countrys history. He didnt win but costar Grace Kelly took best actress.It was four years before he and Kathryn married. [94], Particularly during the late 1930s and through the 1940s Bing Crosby's domestic life was dominated by his wife's excessive drinking. He didnt always say it, but he always showed it. Now the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the tournament is a staple of the PGA Tour, having featured Hollywood stars and other celebrities. Theres a priest friend of mine up there whos going to perform the service. The reporters ran off. Crosby had arranged for Ampex, another of his financial investments, to record the NBC telecast on kinescope. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Rosemary Clooney was one of his best friends? [123], In September, Crosby, his family and singer Rosemary Clooney began a concert tour of Britain that included two weeks at the London Palladium. All the jokes, all the remarks to each other. Aug. I can't even turn on the radio around Christmas time without crying anymore. He made a fortune from the Minute Maid Orange Juice Corporation, in which he was a principal stockholder.[73]. Also records his final album, Seasons. Crosby presents the school with the nations first Microfilm Research Center. Later that year, according to Kathryn, Bing apologized to Kathryn for his fling with the future princess. Crosby has been associated with the Christmas season since Irving Berlin's musical film Holiday Inn, in which he starred and famously sang "White Christmas". She was born in Houston, Texas in 1933 and appeared on stage from age 3. They were married Oct. 24, 1957 in Las Vegas. I cant keep you out. So I was baptized and graduated from school, and then went to marry Bing in the same week. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)", with his trademark whistling, became his theme song and signature tune. Bing said that wed have to rehearse there to go to Broadway. Oct. I still love you. Before they went to the place where they would be shooting, they played a round of golf. Statistician Joel Whitburn at Billboard determined that Crosby was America's most successful recording act of the 1930s and again in the 1940s. Impulsively in 1957, he married Kathryn while Inger later found out about it on the news. and helped morale of the American public. [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." 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. Amateur championships, was a five-time club champion at Lakeside Golf Club in Hollywood, and once made a hole-in-one on the 16th hole at Cypress Point. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Mrs. Crosby, had Bing been sick, or was his death a surprise? 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 loved to play. Kapp helped Crosby have number one hits in Christmas music, Hawaiian music, and country music, and top-thirty hits in Irish music, French music, rhythm and blues, and ballads. Nov. Kathryn Crosby: He loved me, and I knew it. Bing Crosby with first wife Dixie Lee and three of their four sons: Phillip, Dennis and Lindsay. At Reina Victoria Hospital he was administered the last rites of the Catholic Church and was pronounced dead. [8] In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. 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. June The film Stagecoach is released, marking Bings last starring role in a film. He would get an additional $40,000 from 400 independent stations for the rights to broadcast the 30-minute show, which was sent to them every Monday on three 16-inch (40-cm) lacquer discs that played ten minutes per side at .mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .num,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{border-top:1px solid}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}33+1/3 rpm. Bing said, Yeah. [87][88] The restored broadcast was shown on MLB Network in December 2010. June Just One more Chance reaches Number 1. [83][84] Operating from the Del Mar Racetrack at Del Mar, California, the group included millionaire businessman Charles S. Howard, who owned a successful racing stable that included Seabiscuit. His social life was frantic. BBC commences transmissions of a major 14-part series chronicling Bings life. [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. The church was really very helpful at that time. Kathryn, 77, is recovering from multiple injuries in a single vehicle disaster on US 50 east of Placerville, California , Highway Patrol confirmed. [24][25] Through another line, also on his father's side, Crosby is descended from Mayflower passenger William Brewster (c.1567 1644). 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