Bing Crosby

In Brief: W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby co-star for the only time in this musical comedy where Fields runs a show boat on which Bing finds a job singing. A more-or-less forgettable story gives way to some terrific Fields comedy, some great Rodgers and Hart songs for Crosby, and absolutely glistening cinematography and production values. Review: Mississippi (1935) offers us Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, four Rodgers and Hart songs, and that...  

All About Jazz is celebrating Bing Crosby's birthday today! Bing Crosby was the fourth of seven children of Tacoma, Washington, brewery bookkeeper Harry Lowe Crosby and Kate Harrigan Crosby. He 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 for Los Angeles in 1925. In the early 1930s Bing\'s brother Everett...  

I had always heard rumors that my grandmother was related to Bing Crosby, the famous actor/singer from the 1940’s. I was African American girl who lived in the south.Contributor: Esilita BauchamPublished: Apr 16, 2012  

In 1945, the Oscar winning Best Song  was Swinging on a Star. It was written for the Bing Crosby starring film Going My Way by Jimmy Van Heusen ... complaining about how he didn’t want to go to school the next day. The singer turned to his son and ...  

The Stillwater Downtown Theatre group thinks the city's downtown needs a gathering place for film, music and live theater events. A film event Wednesday, March 28, featuring "Stillwater's mother's famous son," Bing Crosby (whose mother was born ...  

Thursday would have been Bing Crosby’s 109th birthday. To celebrate, the Advocates for the Bing Crosby Theater will hold a birthday gathering and show Crosby’s 1951 film “Here Comes the Groom.” The film, directed by Frank Capra (“Mr ...