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Bing Crosby
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Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby (May 2, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977.
Bing Crosby’s influence on popular culture and popular music is considerable, as from 1934 to 1954 he held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. He is usually considered to be a member of popular music’s “holy trinity” of ultra-icons, alongside Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
(If anyone can leave Frank Sinatra out of this holy “trinity,” they must have been sleeping from 1950 onwards)
Bing Crosby popularized singing with conversational ease, or ‘crooning’. His musical interpretations amalgamated rhythm and romance with scat singing, whistling, rhythmic improvisation and melodic paraphrasing as elements of a hotter, sexier sound than had been conceived before.
Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers that followed him, including the likes of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Dean Martin. Tony Bennett summed up Crosby’s impact, stating, “Bing created a culture. He contributed more to popular music than any other person - he moulded popular music. Every singer in the business has taken something from Crosby. Every male singer has a Bing Crosby idiosyncracy.”
Crosby’s recording of
White Christmas is recognized as the best-selling single in any music category with over 40 million copies sold.
In 1962, Crosby was the first person to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bing Crosby’s influence on popular culture and popular music is considerable, as from 1934 to 1954 he held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. He is usually considered to be a member of popular music’s “holy trinity” of ultra-icons, alongside Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
(If anyone can leave Frank Sinatra out of this holy “trinity,” they must have been sleeping from 1950 onwards)
Bing Crosby popularized singing with conversational ease, or ‘crooning’. His musical interpretations amalgamated rhythm and romance with scat singing, whistling, rhythmic improvisation and melodic paraphrasing as elements of a hotter, sexier sound than had been conceived before.
Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers that followed him, including the likes of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Dean Martin. Tony Bennett summed up Crosby’s impact, stating, “Bing created a culture. He contributed more to popular music than any other person - he moulded popular music. Every singer in the business has taken something from Crosby. Every male singer has a Bing Crosby idiosyncracy.”
Crosby’s recording of
White Christmas is recognized as the best-selling single in any music category with over 40 million copies sold. In 1962, Crosby was the first person to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Including Dean Martin, Burl Ives, Perry Como, Nat King Cole and more…
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Bing Crosby-"After Sundown"
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Bing Crosby-"I Guess It Had To Be That Way"
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Bing Crosby - Busy Doing Nothing
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Bing Crosby- La Vie En Rose
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White Christmas
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Swinging on a Star
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
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Dinah
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Silver Bells
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Silent Night
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Jingle Bells
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
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Winter Wonderland
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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Frosty the Snowman
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Stardust
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Mele Kalikimaka
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Pennies From Heaven
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Shoutbox
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themand13 wrote:
mine is the day before!
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onitorment wrote:
Whoa, my birth date is right after Mr. Crosby's, amazing!
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bigjackd wrote:
the man can sing anything ya put in front of him and do it very very good !!!
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bigsexyshaq wrote:
It's also a shame that people keep associating Bing Crosby with Irving Berlin. They were both geniuses, but that's where the similarities end. Actually, both popular song. 1000 character max now!? Holy shit!
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MeKelefleur wrote:
It's really sad that people only associate Bing with Christmas, he was so much more than that!! There are other places to find him. I have a music library devoted to him.
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Redhouse7 wrote:
Does anyone have any way of getting Bing singing Irving Berlin's "What Can You Do With a General" ?? I would greatly appreciate it!
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Acisclo wrote:
Un tema excepcional No te importe saber Lo poco que cantaba en español
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MCredshift wrote:
Seasons Greetings From The Gerry Mettelman Trio
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magnet0sphere wrote:
Bing Crosby is Santa Claus with Christmas!
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Eclectic-G wrote:
Der Bingle rockt!
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idiotsdream wrote:
Wow he has a lot of Christmas songs doesn't he?
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happyxface wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without Bing Crosby!
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mandylongers wrote:
he is great !
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MusicNurse wrote:
very good
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icebluej11 wrote:
the christmas tunes are good year round! im listening to em now. cant argue though, his other classics are excellent as well
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Why do people only want to break Bing out once a year? I hear he's also pretty good in fair weather.
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TheHorologist wrote:
The best voice of his time.
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wangle-mcdangle wrote:
Bing got Bunged.
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SickorbeSicked wrote:
Ууу... жесть!
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pgrabowski wrote:
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way to say Merry Christmas to You!
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Recent Activity
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- zorka5007 tagged Bing Crosby with ‘crooners’ and ‘oldies’. August 2008
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- edelsuess tagged Bing Crosby with ‘crooners’. August 2008
- guyfalks and Joerup added Bing Crosby to their libraries. August 2008
- MellowT tagged Bing Crosby with ‘jazz’. August 2008
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