He had a reputation for being such an ogre. [63] The International Motion Picture Almanac lists him in a tie for second-most years at number one on the All Time Number One Stars List with Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, and Burt Reynolds. In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. We heart you!!! In the over 280 pages of Crosby's FBI files all but one reference to organized crime or gambling dens are content of a few of the many threats that Bing Crosby received throughout his life. According to the story, Bing died at the age of 74 on a golf course in Spain. A copy of the recording from the radio program is owned by the estate of Bing Crosby and was loaned to CBS Sunday Morning for their December 25, 2011, program. In the years after Crosby's death, his eldest son, Gary, wrote a highly critical account of his time with his father in 1983 . [125] About 20 yards (18m) from the clubhouse entrance, Crosby collapsed and died instantly from a massive heart attack. [75][76][77] He used his clout, both professionally and financially, for innovations in audio. Sept. After two postponements, Bing makes his solo radio debut. They would start the Mr. The priest said, You should wait a while. I said, You cant keep me out. He said, Youre right. A holiday perennial, the song was repeatedly re-released by Decca, charting another sixteen times. Crosby had separate charting singles every year between 1931 and 1954; the annual re-release of "White Christmas" extended that streak to 1957. Daughter: Mary Frances September 14, 1959 Harry said, I wouldve killed to get to go with Louis Armstrong to Australia, which was an experience that Bing gave to Gary. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you have to deal with all of the questions about the thirty-year age difference? 2000. Kathryn Crosby: I suppose that happened, but I didnt hear it. When they appeared solo, Crosby and Hope frequently made note of the other in a comically insulting fashion. "Bing Crosby: Through the years, volumes one-nine (195456). His appearances, records, and radio work substantially increased his impact. I went to university at 16 and Hollywood at 18.By the time they wed in 1957 Kathryn too was making a name for herself in Hollywood, starring opposite Tony Curtis in the Blake Edwards-directed romance Mister Cory and with Jack Lemmon in comedy Operation Mad Ball. A number of Argentine-bred horses were purchased and shipped to race in the United States. "[132], Calypso musician Roaring Lion wrote a tribute song in 1939 titled "Bing Crosby", in which he wrote: "Bing has a way of singing with his very heart and soul / Which captivates the world / His millions of listeners never fail to rejoice / At his golden voice."[3], Bing Crosby Stadium in Front Royal, Virginia, was named after Crosby in honor of his fundraising and cash contributions for its construction from 1948 to 1950. How did Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant meet? You can unsubscribe at any time. What was his personality like behind closed doors? His Legendary Years How's the sound? Bing said, I dont feel well. We went to the hospital, and they admitted him because he had kidney stones in both kidneys. Tired of Dixie's drinking, he even asked her for a divorce in January 1941. [83] Charles' son, Lindsay C. Howard, became one of Crosby's closest friends; Crosby named his son Lindsay after him, and would purchase his 40-room Hillsborough, California estate from Lindsay in 1965. He would just hang around the set, and then hed go over to Bing and say, Look, when Bob comes in for this scene, why dont you do this? Then hed go to Bob and say, Look, when Bing comes in here, why dont you do this? Then the director would yell Action! They would start. 87 years (November 25, 1933) Kathryn Crosby/Age 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. The morning after the Academy Awards, which was my first outed date with Bing, I flew to Phenix City and did that movie with Richard Kiley. Currently listed for just under $3.5 million, the mid-century modern home was built for Crosby and his second wife, Kathryn Grant, shortly after their marriage in 1957. There were so many experiences he gave his first boys. Around the time Gary published his claims, Phillip stated to the press that "Gary is a whining, bitching crybaby, walking around with a two-by-four on his shoulder and just daring people to nudge it off. Apr. They did a very fine surgery on him and repaired all his valves. He didnt win but costar Grace Kelly took best actress.It was four years before he and Kathryn married. If I ever felt strongly enough about something to ask him, he always did it. Let's go have a Coca-Cola." However, the document also clearly indicates that at their meetings a third person, on most instances Caulfield's mother, was present. Kathryn Crosby: He was shy, but not with me. Bing had a long surgery where they had to remove a large tumor the size of a grapefruit which was interesting because it was Nocardia which is half bacteria and half fungus that he probably got in Africa. The scheduling could now be done at the star's convenience. Crosby had arranged for Ampex, another of his financial investments, to record the NBC telecast on kinescope. I decided that if its not supposed to be, it wouldnt be. Their first recording, in October 1926, was "I've Got the Girl" with Don Clark's Orchestra, but the Columbia-issued record was inadvertently recorded at a slow speed, which increased the singers' pitch when played at 78rpm. The film Holiday Inn is released, featuring White Christmas. The song will win the Oscar for Best Song at the Academy Awards in 1943. She graduated from high school at 15, [1] after which she entered the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, though she . She was born in Houston, Texas in 1933 and appeared on stage from age 3. Sforza, John: "Swing It! I went to Europe and went to the Christmas Day Mass at Sacre-Coeur, and it was so beautiful. I got to be a friend of the Immaculate Heart nuns after that, and it made it possible for me to bear life without him. Crosby also ensured behind the scenes that Armstrong received equal billing with his white co-stars. Gary Crosby's adopted son, Steven Crosby, said in a 2003 interview: In the early years, I think, like any family you are going to butt heads with your mom, your dad and your brothers and sisters. His mother was a second generation Irish-American. 'I never expected affection from my father so it didn't bother me,' he once told an interviewer.'" Bing asked, 'Why?' Is that something you always wanted to do? It was either he was going to have to get an operation, or he was going to die in three days. They sat across the table from each other but a little separated and dinner was proceeding properly then I moved around so they were sitting next to each other and everything just started going off like a fire-cracker, she says. He became the first performer to prerecord his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I understand you recently had a birthday on November 25, so happy belated! That was very good. Farben magnetic tape that Mullin had found at a radio station at Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt while working for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. They got enormous laughs, which just went on and on. Armstrong appreciated Crosby's progressive attitudes on race, and often expressed gratitude for the role in later years.[44]. The film Rhythm on the River is released. Pianist Harry Barris joins the duo to make The Rhythm Boys. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Kathryn's anguish was compounded when Gary wrote a book accusing his father of being abusive, both verbally and. He was afraid. (The live production of radio shows was also reinforced by the musicians' union and ASCAP, which wanted to ensure continued work for their members.) [124] Accompanied by the Gordon Rose Orchestra, Crosby's last recorded performance was of the song "Once in a While". Hope and Crosby initially sat apart. 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. About Kathryn Grant is a 88 year old American Actress. We left Mary Frances at home, but I was expecting Nathaniel at the time. Come on home. So Lindsay left Brown University, which was too bad. [108], Crosby's younger son Phillip disputed his brother Gary's claims about their father. By 1936, he replaced his former boss, Paul Whiteman, as host of the weekly NBC radio program Kraft Music Hall, where he remained for the next ten years. June Dixie has exploratory surgery, doctors discover terminal ovarian cancer. It was halfway finished then. Bing had certain health problems, but after we did the Christmas show at the London Palladium, we traveled to Manchester and Brighton, and then he went to Spain to shoot grouse with a good friend. At his death in 1977 at age 73, he left his money in a blind trust, which none of the sons-whose youthful escapades were well documented by the news media-could touch until age 65. Mary Frances Crosby (14 September 1959 Los Angeles, California, USA) Crosby became the star attraction of the Rhythm Boys. Kathryn Crosby: Nobody knows about that really because Bing never talked to me about that, and all he ever said about Dixie was that she was a wonderful mother and that she was an angel. 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. "[45] "In all, 60,000,000 Crosby discs have been marketed since he made his first record in 1931. It was very frightening to know which one they were going to operate on because you have to have one functioning kidney when youre operating on the other. 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. I certainly never witnessed anything between him and his father. He was one of the first global cultural icons. We had a twelve-grade schoolhouse, and anytime there was a senior high school play, and they needed a child, I was elected. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on the Road to Singapore (1940) film lot, between scenes. May Bing signs a two-year deal with Paramount, which calls for two pictures a year. 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. They tour with Paul Whiteman and get their first hit with Mississippi Mud.. 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. I had a dinner party one night and invited Bob and his wife Dolores, Kathryn recalls. He returned to broadcasting for the last 13 weeks of the 19451946 season. Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) It was an amazing experience! "Blondell: "I'm surprised they didn't call you "Killer" Crosby! The nickname "Der Bingle" was common among Crosby's German listeners and came to be used by his English-speaking fans. [51] He was, by his own definition, a "phraser", a singer who placed equal emphasis on both the lyrics and the music. Records only two records with Al Jolson, including Alexanders Ragtime Band.. Christmas is very much a part of my life. One of the reasons Bing and I didnt get married one of the times was that Bing was watching carefully over Lindsay hoping hed get off to college. He had four sons with his first wife Dixie Lee, who died at the age of 40 of cancer, and two sons and a daughter with his second wife, Kathryn. This new sound led to the popular epithet crooner. The Fireside Theater (1950) sponsored by Procter & Gamble, was his first television production. They were not afraid of television. Thursday, 2nd March 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Anatomy of a Murder was written by Robert Traver, and he taught me how to fly fish on the river that was covered with bush on the sides. Dec. New Yorks Bank of the United States collapses. 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. I asked if he liked baseball because I was Queen of the Texas Buffalos in Houston. I met good friends there. I was so innocent, just out from Texas. He learned how to pronounce German from written scripts and read propaganda broadcasts intended for German forces. "[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. Actually there are a couple of advantages.. Again I didnt know that hed built Del Mar racetrack in California.There was so much of his life that I didnt know about. His biggest best seller is "White Christmas" 2,000,000 impressions of which have been sold in the U.S. and 250,000 in Great Britain. "Well, Bob Hope worked all the time. [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. You cant go there with a quiet trustee, so we were married, and fortunately, he overcame that. We lived with them when Bing was doing Road to Hong Kong. Sept. FilmHere Comes the Groom is released, in which Bing is directed by Frank Capra and co-stars with Jane Wyman. 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. The filmRoad to Singapore is released, the first in a series of Road pictures with Bob Hope which became the highest grossing franchise until the James Bond films. We kept waiting, and I kept working. [133], In 2006, the former Metropolitan Theater of Performing Arts ('The Met') in Spokane, Washington, was renamed to The Bing Crosby Theater.[134]. Kathryn Crosby: Working with Otto Preminger was amazing. 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. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. We heart movies. His last TV appearance was a Christmas special, Merrie Olde Christmas, taped in London in September 1977 and aired weeks after his death. [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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They had 3 children, Harry (64), Mary Frances (63) and Nathaniel (61). A graduate of the University of Texas and a student nurse at one point, she found her way into films via the beauty pageant circuit. He was a part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. "[69], Presenter Mike Douglas commented in a 1975 interview, "During my days in the Navy in World War II, I remember walking the streets of Calcutta, India, on the coast; it was a lonely night, so far from my home and from my new wife, Gen. I didnt know that he owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, a big baseball team. She made her stage debut when she was only three years old and was born in . Crosby was born on May 3, 1903,[16][17] in Tacoma, Washington, in a house his father built at 1112 North J Street. Reel #: 1372 TC In: 010816 TC Out: 010903This clip is available for licensing without time code and logo - To inquire about licensing email us at Myfootage@g. I understand what he's trying to prove. 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. In 1996, Dixie's trust sued HLC and Kathryn for declaratory relief as to the trust's entitlement to interest, dividends, royalties, and other income derived from the community property of Crosby and Dixie. The trial court granted Dixie's trust's claim. I Surrender, Dear, Bings first appearance in a Mack Sennett short film, is released. Nov. His first wife was actress and nightclub singer Dixie Lee, to whom he was married from 1930 until her death from ovarian cancer in 1952. His great popularity throughout the continent led other African singers to emulate him, including Masuka, Dolly Rathebe, and Mriam Makeba, known locally as "The Bing Crosby of Africa. Kathryn Crosby: Yes. University Press of Kentucky. They appeared as guests on each other's shows and on Armed Forces Radio Service during and after World War II. My mother got to go to one of the World Series games, and it was very exciting. On Oct. 22 Kathryn received one more letter from Bing, begging her to marry him and including his phone number for her response. ", Smith, Anthony B. He matured as a performer and was in demand as a solo singer.[40]. [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. On October 13, 1977, Crosby flew alone to Spain to play golf and hunt partridge. She, too, was in love with an older married man who was quite as famous as Gary [Cooper]. Mar. Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. Gallagher and Mr. Shean remarks, and then theyd tell the jokes. Impulsively in 1957, he married Kathryn while Inger later found out about it on the news. [58], Crosby's was among the most popular and successful musical acts of the 20th century. 1968 In 1936, Crosby exercised an option in his Paramount contract to regularly star in an out-of-house film. Life with Crosby was non-stop, travelling with him around the world on a breathless cycle of work and fun, the two often overlapping, including a visit to England to fi lm The Road To Hong Kong (1962). Then the children did it with me, and we had a good time. Whatever you want. We got him to the hospital, and they said, There are no broken bones. 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. [23][3] His father was of Scottish and English descent; an ancestor, Simon Crosby, emigrated from England to New England in the 1630s during the Puritan migration to New England. Otto and I became very good friends after that. Once we were supposed to go to England to see his horse run in the Royal Sweeps derby and come by this house where Im living in now to see it. Relying on a retroactive amendment to the California Civil Code, Dixie's trust brought suit again, in 2010, alleging that Crosby's right of publicity was community property, and that Dixie's trust was entitled to a share of the revenue it produced. 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. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did Bing and Bob like doing the Road pictures? This can be observed particularly in his straight jazz work during the late 1920s/early 1930s, his recordings with Buddy Cole and His Trio from the mid 1950s, as well as in his numerous collaborations with such jazz musicians as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Venuti, or Eddie Lang. and helped morale of the American public. 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