Honestly, I think I've stretched a talent-which is so thick that it's almost opaque-over a quite unbelievable term of years.
I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.
If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing.
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.
My golf is woeful but I will never surrender.
That was a great game of golf, fellas.
There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me... We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it "white".
We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. It gave us a chance to ad lib as much as we wanted, knowing that excess ad libbing could be sliced from the final product.
Well, if you ever get a little thin on top, I've got an old toupee you can have.
Bing was the first recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to him in 1962.
Bing's last Christmas special, in 1977, aired 6 1/2 weeks after his death.
Bing got his famous nickname at age six when a neighbor called him "Bingo" after a character in a comic strip called "The Bingville Bugle." The last vowel was eventually dropped, and the nickname "Bing" stuck.
Gonzaga University, his alma mater, has a "Crosbyana" room in their library. It houses many Bing Crosby artifacts, including his Academy Award.
Bing was part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball for about 20 years.
Bing has 38 number one hit singles on the radio.
In most of Bing's performances he had his ears pinned back until he appeared on She Loves Me Not in 1934 when his ears became unpinned half way through the show.
Bing had 4 children with Dixie, Gary, Phillip and Denis (which were twins) and Lindsay.
Bing's son Gary died of Lung Cancer in 1995.
Bing remarried on October 24, 1957 Kathryn Grant. They stayed married until his death in 1977. They had 3 children together.
Bing's first recording was broadcast for 20 weeks in 1932 over national radio.
Bing found other interests other than law. He found himself gravitating to the love of playing drums and singing. He joined a local band. They left Spokane for Las Angeles in 1925 for greener pastures.
Bing's parents were named Harry Lowe and Kate Harringan Crosby.
Bing has 2 other names, nicknames as they were, that his friends referred to him by. They were Der Bingle and The Old Groaner.
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