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 Crosby, Harry Lillis ("Bing") - Dictionary of American Biography
Crosby, Harry Lillis ("Bing") (May 2, 1903 - Oct. 14, 1977), singer and actor, was born in Tacoma, Wash., the fourth of seven children of Harry Lowe Crosby, a bookkeeper, and Kate Harrigan.
As he matured, Crosby stayed with his natural baritone, avoiding the thinner, high end of his range and abandoning jazz mannerisms as a rule, although he continued to slur certain notes ("groaning," it was called, and he was sometimes called "the groaner").
Crosby was one of the best-paid entertainers in the country and, despite the high taxes levied on earned income during the 1940's and 1950's, amassed a fortune.
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 Bing Crosby Biography
Harry Lillis Crosby (1903-1977) became Bing Crosby because he loved a comic-strip character named Bing as a child growing up in his Tacoma, Washington hometown.
Crosby and Rinker were hired by Paul Whiteman and with Harry Barris became the Rhythm Boys, a highlight of Whiteman's stage act.
Crosby's big love was golf and it was on a golf course in Spain that he collapsed and died in 1977.
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 Bing Crosby - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was a very popular American singer and actor.
Crosby and Rinker used Bailey's connections and joined Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys almost straight from school.
Crosby also had regular radio shows from the 1930s-1950s, hosted a network television show in 1964-1965, and made numerous short films and television appearances.
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Crosby is probably best remembered as the star of NBC's hour long Kraft Music Hall with which he was associated from 1935 to 1946.
Crosby was a top star for over 30 years, and for a period of time in the 1940s he was among the top ten box office draws in the United States.
Crosby died as the result of a massive heart attack on October 14th, 1977, while playing golf on a course in Spain.
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 Bing Crosby - The First Crooner
Crosby also had ears that stuck out and soon his friends were calling him “Bingo,” which was eventually shortened to “Bing.” The name stuck with him all his life.
Crosby’s success was in good measure due to his laconic, laid-back delivery and his impeccable sense of timing, coupled with that mellow voice.
Crosby was a pioneer in the next stage of recording development as well: tape recording.
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 Biography for Bing Crosby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Father, with actress Kathryn Grant, of sons Harry Crosby and Nathaniel Crosby, and of actress Mary Crosby.
On October 13, 1977, the day before Crosby's death, independent producer Lord Lew Grade announced that he was reuniting Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour onscreen for the film "The Road to the Fountain of Youth," ending several years of speculation at to whether the trio would reunite professionally or not.
Crosby kept busy on-screen through the mid 1960s, in mostly undistinguished fare; his last musical was the Sinatra "rat pack" saga Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964), and his final dramatic role was in the 1966 remake of Stagecoach
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 Crosby, Bing on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Crosby gained enormous popularity for his “crooning” style and was an important influence on the development of American popular singing.
Crosby's other notable films include numerous “Road” movies costarring Bob Hope, The Country Girl (1955), High Society (1956), and Stagecoach (1966).
The actor and singer Bing CROSBY having lunch with co workers at the FOX studios.
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 Bing Crosby: Der Crooner
Harry Lillis Crosby was born on May 3, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington.
Crosby won an Oscar for his role in The Country Girl and numerous nominations and Academy Awards for songs in his films.
Crosby's Christmas Specials are another element of her persona and is often thought of as Mr.
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 Bing Crosby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Crosby made his screen debut as a band singer in THE KING OF JAZZ (1930), but his most successful films were the ROAD movies of the 1940s with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
Although he refused to play screen heavies, in the 1950s Crosby proved his skill as dramatic actor with his complex performance as a washed-up, alcoholic singer in THE COUNTRY GIRL (1954); he played another alcoholic, this time a doctor, in the 1966 remake of STAGECOACH.
Crosby co-authored an autobiography, Call Me Lucky, in 1952, but his son Gary's scathing portrait of his father in Going My Own Way 1983 reveals a stern, unloving disciplinarian in stark contrast to Crosby's easygoing public image.
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 Harry Lillis Crosby Biography / Biography of Harry Lillis Crosby Biography
Harry Lillis Crosby (1903-1977) was one of the best-loved show business personalities of his time.
Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington, on May 2, 1903 (although there is some dispute about the year, which is also variously stated as 1901 and 1904).
He was one of seven children, all of whom were given music lessons by their musically inclined parents (one brother, Bob Crosby, later earned fame and fortune as a band-leader in the 1930s and 1940s).
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 Bing Crosby
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With the addition of Harry Barris they formed the singing trio the Rhythm Boys, and quickly became one of the major attractions of the Whiteman entertainment package.
This second volume of Bing Crosby hits from his 1930's film appearances includes songs such as "I Guess It Had To Be That Way," "Our Big Love Scene" and "She Reminds Me Of You".
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 Radio Hall of Fame - Bing Crosby, Singer
Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby in Spokane, Washington on May 3, 1903.
Crosby made his solo radio debut over CBS on September 2, 1931.
Crosby moved to CBS in 1949, starring on various series and the annual Christmas Sing with Bing, where he always found time to perform his biggest hit, Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” His final radio show was a daily program with longtime friend Rosemary Clooney, which aired until 1962.
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 Crosby-Lamour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Harry Lillis Crosby is one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th Century.
Born May 3, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington, Harry was the fourth of seven children.
Bing Crosby died of a heart attack on a golf course in Madrid, Spain, on October 14, 1977.
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 Solid! -- Bing Crosby
The incomparable Bing Crosby had perhaps the most successful career of any artist in the twentieth century.
The theatre didn't have electronic amplification, and the audience had difficulty hearing Crosby and Rinker's vocals.
To solve the problem they were teamed with a third vocalist, Harry Barris, and they returned to the orchestra in March as the Rhythm Boys.
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 Bing Crosby Estate Could Not Pass On Attorney-Client Privilege
Singer Bing Crosby’s estate could not pass his attorney-client privilege on to a partnership formed after his death to manage his recording contracts and other business interests, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
When MCA sought documents from HLC and Crosby’s former lawyers, O’Melveny and Myers, for use in the litigation, HLC claimed some of them were protected by attorney-client privilege.
“In sum,” he declared, “the record contains substantial evidence supporting the trial court’s determination that a natural person, Crosby, was the original client who held the attorney-client privilege for the communications pertaining to his three recording contracts.
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 Bing Crosby - Wicipedia
Canwr ac actor oedd Harry Lillis Crosby neu "Bing" Crosby (3 Mai, 1903 - 14 Hydref, 1977).
Plant: Dennis Crosby (tad Denise Crosby), Mary Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
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 (EPHRAIM ABBOTT - HARRY LILLIS CROSBY )
ASA CROSBY (27 Feb 1766 - 15 Jan 1831)
DEBORAH CROSBY (13 Jul 1709 - Nov 1759)
ELEAZER CROSBY (31 Mar 1680 - 20 Jul 1760)
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 Global Icons - Building Brands and Profitability Through Licensing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Contents of Frame: "Bing Crosby's voice was like gold being poured out of a cup." —Louis Armstrong • As the most popular singer and one of the most successful movie stars of all time, Bing Crosby was totally appealing.
• Born Harry Lillis Crosby on May 2, 1904 in Tacoma, Washington, he was nicknamed "Bing" after the popular comic strip character from "The Bingville Bugle." • He began his musical career as part of "The Rhythm Boys," who made their film debut in legendary bandleader Paul Whiteman's "The King of Jazz" in 1930.
• His passion for golf was legendary and The Crosby Golf Tournament, which he founded in 1937, continues to generate millions of dollars for charities.
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One of the greatest singers of the Twentieth Century, Bing was born Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma, Washington, on May 3, 1903.* In 1906, his family moved to Spokane.
Problems arose during a performance at the Paramount Theatre in New York in January 1927.
They were teamed with a third vocalist, Harry Barris, and returned to the orchestra in March as the Rhythm Boys.
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 AllRefer.com - Bing Crosby (Music: Popular And Jazz, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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See his autobiography, Call Me Lucky (1953); K. Crosby, Bing and Other Things (1967); G. Giddens, Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, The Early Years, 1903–1940 (2001).
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Bing Crosby
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 Harry Lillis Crosby
can anyone tell me how Harry Lillis Crosby is connected to the Lillis line.
I was told it was via his mothers family.
He was my grandmothers cousin, but I am unable to put this family togather.
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 Bing Crosby
Profile: Bing Crosby remembered a quarter century after his death (All Things Considered (NPR))
Bing is back - as a swingin' jazz man: Crosby was a musical innovator, says biographer.(Features)(Arts & Leisure) (The Christian Science Monitor)
Like Der Bingle himself, observances of Bing Crosby's 100 years are laid-back (AP Worldstream)
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 Crosby Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Harry Lillis Crosby in Tacoma, Washington, May 3, 1903
October 14, 1977, in Madrid, Spain, of a heart attack.
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 lillis - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Phrases that include lillis: harry lillis crosby, crosby harry lillis
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 Bing Crosby
Remains: Buried, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA Gender: Male
Son: Harry (age 19 at Bing's death -- from Mary)
Daughter: Mary Crosby (age 17 at Bing's death -- from Kathryn)
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 Harry Lillis Crosby Birthday Celebrity, Celebrity Birthdays, Sports Stars Birthdays, Born Celebrity Horoscopes, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Re: Harry Lillis Crosby
In Reply to: Harry Lillis Crosby by Kerry Hunsinger
Hi Kerry, might as well respond to this posting too.
My guess it that Bing and Bob come from the Patrick's Well Lillises.
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