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Bing Crosby. Actor: White Christmas. Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, the fourth of seven children of Catherine (Harrigan) and Harry Lincoln Crosby, a brewery bookkeeper. He was of English and Irish descent. Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. Bing and the band's piano player, Al Rinker, left Spokane...
Nov 5, 2014 · Bing Crosby’s early life When Harry Lillis Crosby was born, on May 3, 1903, to a working-class, Catholic Irish-Anglo family with deep roots in the American Northwest, there was little reason to ...
May 23, 2018 · Crosby, Bing [ Lillis, Harry] ( b Tacoma, 1904; d La Moraleja golf course, Madrid, 1977). Amer. singer and actor. Drummer in school bands and in jazz groups in Spokane. One of Rhythm Boys who sang with Paul Whiteman Orch. 1926–30 and appeared in film The King of Jazz (1930).
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Dec 4, 2018 · Bing Crosby was one of the most popular figures of the 20th century. His record sales were in the hundreds of millions, his movies were blockbusters, his weekly radio show topped the ratings.
Dec 1, 2014 · Oct. Bing marries Kathryn Grant. 1958. June Signs a 5-year contract with ABC to star in ten TV shows and produce another ten for $2 million.. Aug. Harry Lillis Crosby III, Bing’s first child ...
Nov 28, 2018 · BING CROSBY Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946 By Gary Giddins Illustrated. 724 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $40. Television viewers who grew up in the 1970s knew Bing Crosby as the ...
