She died of cancer in 1952 at age 40, predeceasing her husband, who died in 1977. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What was Bings relationship with the children you had together (Harry, Mary and Nathaniel)? This was across the street from Paramount, a little place called Lucys.We only ever had romantic dates. Giddins, Gary (2002). According to the story, Bing died at the age of 74 on a golf course in Spain. The Crosby family moves from Tacoma to Spokane, Washington. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you have to deal with all of the questions about the thirty-year age difference? Through audio recordings, he produced his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became the industry standard. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. Kathryn, 77, is recovering from multiple injuries in a single vehicle disaster on US 50 east of Placerville, California , Highway Patrol confirmed. Without him, Jack Kapp wouldn't have had a chance in hell of making Decca work and the Great Depression would have wiped out phonograph records for good."[43]. Nov. It was much more complicated then. By the time we had courted, I knew I liked him very much, and he liked me very much. [97], Crosby reportedly had an alcohol problem between the late 1920s and early 1930s, but he got a handle on his drinking in 1931. Crosby wrote or co-wrote lyrics to 22 songs. p. 24. Crosby threatened to leave the film and refused to discuss the matter. He has been inducted into the halls of fame for both radio and popular music. The Hollywood veteran and widow of Bing Crosby will perform some of those classic tunes when she . A pert, vivacious and absolutely stunning brunette, the former Kathryn Grant (nee Olive Kathryn Grandstaff) is now known publicly as Kathryn Crosby. Some of the best moments in comedy came when a line was blown and the star had to rely on wit to rescue a bad situation. "Beloved and Notorious: A Theory of American Stardom, with Special Reference to Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.". [94], Particularly during the late 1930s and through the 1940s Bing Crosby's domestic life was dominated by his wife's excessive drinking. 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. She, too, was in love with an older married man who was quite as famous as Gary [Cooper]. When the electric power failed during his performance, he continued singing without amplification. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): And then came Bing , Kathryn Crosby: I had lots of experiences all this time, and I met Bing Crosby. Kathryn Crosby (born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff; November 25, 1933)[1] is a retired American actress and singer who performed in films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff. Son: Nathaniel Patrick October 29, 1961. Amateur champion in golf). He was the most comfortable man you could ever know, someone youd like to go fishing with. 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. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You remarried in 2000? 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. Bing said, Yeah. Crosby was associated with ABC's The Hollywood Palace as the show's first and most frequent guest host and appeared annually on its Christmas edition with his wife Kathryn and his younger children, and continued after The Hollywood Palace was eventually canceled. Dec. Bing signs new contract with Paramount for nine films in three years for around $175,000 per film. Son: Harry Lillis August 8, 1958 June 27 Bing and Dixie welcome their first son, Gary Evan Crosby. Share This Smashing Interviews Article Socially: Kathryn Crosby Interview: On Life with Bing Crosby and PBS' "American Masters" Documentary Featuring the Entertainment Icon's Career, Jesse Ventura Interview: "I Got Donald Trump to Admit George Bush Was an Even Worse President Than Obama", Victoria Rowell Interview: "Young and the Restless" Stars Reunite in UPtv's "Marry Us for Christmas", C. 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They honed their skills with Morrissey. He signed a contract with Jack Kapp's new record company, Decca, in late 1934. Bing postponed his wedding to Kathryn that was set for Sept. 10, 1955, apparently because of Grace. All four sons from his first marriage have passed away. [81] In the early 1950s, Crosby helped establish the CBS television affiliate in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. His parents were Harry Lowe Crosby[22] (18701950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (ne Harrigan; 18731964). The advantage was editing. 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. [87][88] The restored broadcast was shown on MLB Network in December 2010. I hope it clears up a lot of the old lies and rumors. More info. Actually there are a couple of advantages.. 'I never expected affection from my father so it didn't bother me,' he once told an interviewer.'" Mary Frances Crosby was born on September 14, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, the only daughter of singer and actor Bing Crosby from his second marriage to actress Kathryn Grant. [51] He was, by his own definition, a "phraser", a singer who placed equal emphasis on both the lyrics and the music. He loved safaris and loved being in the bush seeing the wild animals. Tired of Dixie's drinking, he even asked her for a divorce in January 1941. [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." [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. Jan. In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. BBC commences transmissions of a major 14-part series chronicling Bings life. It was really a working place. We had a twelve-grade schoolhouse, and anytime there was a senior high school play, and they needed a child, I was elected. They exchanged jokes always. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): As a movie buff, I loved seeing clips from the old films. In 1937, he became a founding partner of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and a member of its board of directors. When the two met, they became friends. (1990), Bob Hope wrote, "Dear old Bing, as we called him, the Economy-sized Sinatra. Bing was quite lazy. One each for radio, recording, and motion pictures. The song Trade Winds reaches #1. 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. June 6 D-Day: The Allies invade Normandy, France. 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! June Signs a 5-year contract with ABC to star in ten TV shows and produce another ten for $2 million. "Sail Away from Norway" (1977) Crosby wrote lyrics to go with a traditional song. "[109][110] Unlike Gary, Lindsay stated that he preferred to remember "all the good things I did with my dad and forget the times that were rough". At the end of the game, Bings friend, Cesar de Zulueta asked him, How do you feel? Bing said, Im fine. Mar. Why Did People In Old Hollywood Talk Funny. [67], In 1962, Crosby was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Getting to know Paramount Pictures was quite amazing. He would appear in 79 pictures. The song appeared in his films Holiday Inn (1942), anda decade laterin White Christmas (1954). Bing and Kathy said the magic words on Oct. 24, 1957. How old was Bing Crosby when he married Kathryn Grant? The Country Girl is released, Bing stars alongside the lovely Grace Kelly. They each earned $75 a week. Spring/Early Summer The Rhythm Boys disband. The additional voice meant they could be heard more easily in large New York theaters. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 37 (6): 490496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512; June 1989. Then something happened. Crosby, 74, died from a heart attack, four days after his final concert. There was something magical for listeners in the fact that what they were hearing was being performed and heard live everywhere, at that precise instant. They traveled to Los Angeles, where Bailey introduced them to her show business contacts. In 1957, he married Kathryn Grant, a young actress and singer he had met on the Paramount lot. The quartet's Top-10 Billboard hits from 1943 to 1945 include "The Vict'ry Polka", "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)", and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby?)" Bing and Dixie reconciled and he continued trying to help her overcome her alcohol issues. 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. Met Bing Crosby on the set of White Christmas. They went to Ohio for the national convention of baseball owners. Sept. The film Little Boy Lost, shot just before Dixies death, is released. 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. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Crosby admired Louis Armstrong for his musical ability, and the trumpet maestro was a formative influence on Crosby's singing style. We heart books. bing! [118] They were instead receiving several thousand dollars per month from a trust left in 1952 by their mother, Dixie Lee. [71], Throughout Europe and Russia, Crosby was also known as "Der Bingle", a pseudonym coined in 1944 by Bob Musel, an American journalist based in London, after Crosby had recorded three 15-minute programs with Jack Russin for broadcast to Germany from ABSIE. [20][21], He was the fourth of seven children: brothers Laurence Earl "Larry" (18951975), Everett Nathaniel (18961966), Edward John "Ted" (19001973), and George Robert "Bob" (19131993); and two sisters, Catherine Cordelia (19041974) and Mary Rose (19061990). His trip was filmed for The American Sportsman on ABC, although all did not go well at first as the salmon were not running. Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, and also Crosby were masters at this, and the networks weren't about to give it up easily. Crosby became the star attraction of the Rhythm Boys. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did Bing and Bob like doing the Road pictures? Bing and I drive a block and a half to the Catholic Church, and we were married there. Bing met Grace Kelly on the set of their movie The Country Girl in 1954, more than a year after his first wife's death and after he had already started dating his future wife, Kathryn Grant. One More Chance (short film) is released. 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]. The 77-year-old was hurt and her husband, Maurice William Sullivan, 85, killed in the November . In the summer of 1966, he spent a week as the guest of Lord Egremont, staying in Cockermouth and fishing on the River Derwent. 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. Kathryn Crosby: Yes. When we married, I asked Bing if I could continue my acting, and if I could continue my nursing. What did you think? A "Battle of the Baritones" with singer Russ Columbo proved short-lived, replaced with the slogan "Bing Was King". June Just One more Chance reaches Number 1. Singing with the Arnheim Orchestra, Crosby's solos began to steal the show while the Rhythm Boys' act gradually became redundant. [116][117], Crosby's will established a blind trust in which none of the sons received an inheritance until they reached the age of 65, intended by Crosby to keep them out of trouble. Its a rolling cast that you do. [52] Paul Whiteman's hiring of Crosby, with phrasing that echoed jazz, particularly his bandmate Bix Beiderbecke's trumpet, helped bring the genre to a wider audience. From 1931 to 1954, the star dominated record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. After the end of the last race, theyd go up and have dinner together. We were married at that time because I was going to have to nurse him in the hospital, and thats a public appearance. After the war, the event resumed play in 1947 on golf courses in Pebble Beach, where it has been played ever since. Did you know about those relationship problems? Bing's name and his artistry saved the recording industry. His organization, the Crosby Research Foundation, held tape recording patents and developed equipment and recording techniques such as the laugh track that are still in use. These were his last words. They had three children, including actress Mary Crosby of Dallas (1978) fame. 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. Then we got married, which was very good. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Mrs. Crosby, had Bing been sick, or was his death a surprise? I didnt know that he owned the Pittsburgh Pirates, a big baseball team. [82] In 1960, NAFI purchased KCOP from Crosby's group. In the wake of a solid decade of headlining mainly smash hit musical comedy films in the 1930s, Crosby starred with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in six of the seven Road to musical comedies between 1940 and 1962 (Lamour was replaced with Joan Collins in The Road to Hong Kong and limited to a lengthy cameo), cementing Crosby and Hope as an on-and-off duo, despite never declaring themselves a "team" in the sense that Laurel and Hardy or Martin and Lewis (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) were teams. What was Bing Crosby's wife's name? [125][126] At the ninth hole, construction workers building a house nearby recognized him, and when asked for a song, Crosby sang "Strangers in the Night". [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. 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