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Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903-October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian, and actor.

Crosby, the first multimedia celebrity, was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954.

Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin all influenced him early on. His early career coincided with recording innovations, allowing him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin.

During World War II, Yank magazine said he was "the one who did the most for the morale of overseas servicemen." In 1948, American polls named him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII.

Music Digest revealed that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours dedicated to recorded radio music in 1948. Chuck O'Malley played Ingrid Bergman, the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character.

Crosby was honoured with the first Grammy Global Achievement Award in 1963.

He is one of 33 people on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording.

He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, who appeared in Road to... films from 1940 to 1962. Crosby was instrumental in the postwar recording industry's evolution.

After witnessing John T. Mullin's presentation of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder, he invested $50,000 in Ampex, a California electronics firm, to make copies.

He then begged ABC to allow him to tape his shows.

He was the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings on magnetic tape.

He designed his radio programs with the same technical and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, and time shifting) used in motion picture production, which became an industry norm.

In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped finance the introduction of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.

Early life

Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington, on May 3, 1903, in a house his father built at 1112 North J Street. His family immigrated to Spokane, Washington state, where he was born in 1906. His father built a house at 508 E. Sharp Avenue in 1913. The house is on the campus of Gonzaga University, his alma mater. It's now a museum containing more than 200 artifacts from his life and career, including his Oscar.

He was the fourth of seven children born in the United States, Laurence Earl "Larry" (1895-1906), Edward John "Ted" (1903–1973), and Margaret Rose (1904–1973). Harry Lowe Crosby (1870–1950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (née Harrigan; 1873–1964). His mother, who was born in Dublin, was the second generation Irish-American. His father was of Scottish and English descent, and his ancestor, Simon Crosby, emigrated from England to New England in the 1630s during the Puritan migration to New England. Crosby descends from Mayflower passenger William Brewster (c. 1567 – 1644), who is also on his father's side. 24. Joan Blondell, who appeared in Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of She Loves Me Not, asked Crosby how he got his name on November 8, 1937.

As it turns out, the Associated Press had feared it was in fact a neighbor, Valentine Hobart, circa 1910, who later learned that it was indeed a neighbor, "Bingo from Bingville," as the young Harry loved. Bingo was reduced to Bing in time.

Crosby began working as a property boy at Spokane's Auditorium, where he saw some of the day's performances, including Al Jolson, who held him spellbound with ad-libbing and parodies of Hawaiian songs in 1917. Jolson's performance was later described as "electric."

In 1920, Crosby graduated from Gonzaga High School (today's Gonzaga Preparatory School) and enrolled in Gonzaga University. He attended Gonzaga for three years but did not obtain a degree. He competed on the university's baseball team as a freshman. In 1937, the university granted him an honorary doctorate. Gonzaga University holds a large collection of photographs, correspondence, and other information about Crosby.

Personal life

Crosby was married twice. Dixie Lee, an actress and nightclub singer, to whom he was married from 1930 to her death from ovarian cancer in 1952. Gary, twins Dennis and Phillip, and Lindsay were among their four sons. The Story of a Woman (1947) is based on Lee's life. For more than five years, the Crosby family lived at 10500 Camarillo Street in North Hollywood. Crosby had several relationships with model Pat Sheehan (who married his son Dennis in 1958) and actor Inger Stevens and Grace Kelly before marrying actress Kathryn Grant, who converted to Catholicism in 1957. They had three children: Harry Lillis III (who appeared on Bill on Friday the 13th), Mary (best known for portraying Kristin Shepard on television's Dallas) and Nathaniel (the 1981 United States). (Amateur champion in golf).

Bing Crosby's domestic life was dominated by his wife's heavy drinking, particularly in the late 1930s and 1940s. His attempts to cure her with the help of specialists fell short of being successful. He had even asked for a divorce in January 1941, tired of Dixie's partying. Crosby had a difficult time staying away from home in the 1940s when also being present as often as possible for his children.

Crosby had one reported extramarital affair between 1945 and the late 1940s, while his first wife Dixie was married to his first wife Dixie. Patricia Neal (who was having an affair with actor Gary Cooper at the time) wrote As I Am a memoir about a trip on a cruise ship to England with actress Joan Caulfield in 1948: a letter from actress Patricia Neal (who was still suffering with actor Alan Cooper in 1988.

Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star; the War Years, 1940-1946, Gary Giddins, a writer from two sisters who stalked Crosby in New York City during December 1945 and January 1946, sharing their observations in the diary, although not officially published excerpts from their original diary. According to the paper, Crosby took Joan Caulfield out for dinner, visited theaters and opera houses with her, and that Caulfield and a person in her company joined the Waldorf Hotel where Crosby was staying. The paper, on the other hand, states that a third individual, in the majority of cases Caulfield's mother, was present at their meetings. Joan Caulfield confessed to an affair with a "top film actor" who had children who had chosen his wife and children over her in 1954. Joan and Bing Crosby's sister Betty Caulfield confirmed Joan's intimate relationship. Despite being a Catholic, Crosby was seriously considering divorce in order to marry Caulfield. Crosby, either in December 1945 or January 1946, approached Cardinal Francis Spellman with his difficulties with his wife's alcoholism, his passion for Caulfield, and his proposal for divorce. "Bing, you are Father O'Malley, and under no circumstances can Father O'Malley get a divorce," Spellman told Crosby. Crosby talked to his mother about his intentions at the same time, and she protested. Crosby ultimately decided to end the marriage and remain with his wife. Bing and Dixie reconciled, and he began to assist her in overcoming her alcohol use.

Crosby was reportedly debating alcohol in the late 1920s and early 1930s, but he had a handle on his drinking in 1931.

In a 1977 televised interview, Crosby told Barbara Walters that he thinks marijuana should be legalized because it would make it much easier for the police to have a solid legal presence over the drug market.

Bing Crosby's Single Life, published in December 1999, and Bill Hoffmann and Murray Weiss's article "recently published" FBI files revealed links with figures in the Mafia "since his youth." However, Crosby's FBI files had already been published in 1992 and give no hint that Crosby had any links to the Mafia, other than one significant, but accidental, one in Chicago in 1929, which is not included in the files, but Crosby's as-told-to-autobiography Call Me Lucky informs him. Almost every word of over 280 pages of Crosby's FBI files contained only one reference to organized crime or gambling dens, just one of the many assaults that Bing Crosby faced during his lifetime. The memos discredited FBI investigators' remarks, discrediting the letters' claims. There is only one single reference to a person identified with the Mafia in all the files. "The Salt Lake City Office has obtained information indicating that Moe Dalitz was invited to attend a deer hunting party at Bing Crosby's Elko, Nevada, ranch, alongside the crooner, his Las Vegas dentist, and several business associates," the crooner's Elko, Nevada, ranch. However, Crosby had already sold his Elko ranch a year earlier, in 1958, so it is likely he was not aware how much money was involved in that meeting.

For many years, Crosby and his family lived in the San Francisco area. According to son Nathaniel, he and his wife Kathryn and their 3 young children escaped from Los Angeles to a $175,000 Tudor home in Hillsborough in 1963 because they did not want to raise their children in Hollywood. In 2021, the house was listed by its new owners for $13.75 million. The Crosbys moved to a larger, 40-room French-chateau style house on nearby Jackling Drive in 1965, where Kathryn Crosby continued to live after Bing's death. This house served as the location for several of the family's Minute Maid orange juice television commercials.

After Crosby's death, Gary Stewart, his eldest son, wrote Going My Own Way (1983), portraying his father as cruel, cold, remote, and physically abused.

Phillip, Crosby's younger brother, vehemently debuffed his brother Gary's allegations regarding his father. Around the time Gary published his allegations, Phillip said to the world that "Gary is a whining, bitching baby, walking around with a two-by-four on his shoulder and just daring people to refuse it off." Nevertheless, Phillip did not deny that Crosby believed in corporal punishment. Phillip said in a People magazine interview that "we never got an extra whack or a cuff we didn't like."

Lindsay said, "I'm glad [Gary] did it" shortly before Gary's book was published. "I hope it brings up a lot of the old lies and rumors." Unlike Gary, Lindsay preferred to recall "all the good things I did with my dad and forget the times that were difficult." "Lindsay Crosby endorsed his brother (Gary) at the time of its unveiling, but had a skeptical view of its findings." "I never expected affection from my father, so it didn't bother me," he once told an interviewer.' Lindsay, on the other hand, spoke out against the book's factual abuse allegations and what the media had made out of it: The book was published, but beyond the abuse allegations, the book (which, apart from the abuse allegations, was largely a self-criticism) was released.

Dennis Crosby has said that his older brother (Gary) was the most severely abused of the four boys. "He got the first licking, and we got the second."

Barbara Cosentino, Gary Cosentino's first wife of 19 years, of whom Gary wrote in his book, "I could tell her about Mom and Dad, and my childhood," and with whom Gary remained friendly after the divorce, says:

In a 2003 interview, Gary Crosby's adopted son, Steven Crosby, said: In a 2003 interview, Crosby's adopted son, Steven Crosby, said:

Bing's younger brother, guitarist and jazz bandleader Bob Crosby, recalled at the time that Gary's comments that Bing was a "disciplinarian," as their mother and father had been. "We were brought up this way," the boy continued. Gary said in an interview for the same story that Bing "was like a lot of fathers of that time." He was not out to be cruel, beat children for their kicks, and he was not out to be cruel."

Gary Crosby's book, according to Gary Giddins, is not reliable on certain aspects and cannot be relied on for abuse reports.

Crosby's will form a blind trust in which none of the sons received an inheritance until they reached the age of 65, which was designed by Crosby to prevent them from getting into trouble. They were now receiving several thousand dollars per month from a charity that had been left in 1952 by their mother, Dixie Lee. Following the 1980s oil crisis, the trust, which was tied to high-performing oil stocks, collapsed in December 1989.

Lindsay Crosby died in 1989 at the age of 51, and Dennis Crosby died in 1991 at the age of 56, both by suicide from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Gary Crosby died of lung cancer at the age of 62 in 1995, and Phillip Crosby died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 69.

Kathryn Crosby, a widow, dabbled in local theater productions occasionally and appeared in television tributes to her late husband.

Nathaniel Crosby, Crosby's younger brother from his second marriage, is a former high-level golfer who won the United States Open Golf Championships. Amateur won the first time in 1981 at the age 19, becoming the youngest winner in the event's history. Harry Crosby is an investment banker who occasionally appears on stage.

Dennis Crosby's niece, Denise Crosby, is also an actress and is known for her role as Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation and the recurring role of the Romulan Sela after she was cast member but not regular cast member. She appeared in Stephen King's 1989 film adaptation of Pet Sematary.

Me and Uncle Bing, Crosby's nephew, was published in 2006 by his sister Mary Rose, Carolyn Schneider.

Both Crosby's two families have feuds since the late 1990s. When Dixie died in 1952, she would have requested that her sons' share of the community property be divided in trust. After Crosby's death in 1977, he left the remainder of his estate to a marital trust for the benefit of his widow, Kathryn, and HLC Properties, Ltd., for the purpose of governing his affairs, including the right of publicity. Dixie's trust vowed to receive exceptions as to the trust's right to interest, dividends, royalties, and other income derived from Crosby and Dixie's property in 1996. The parties agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in 1999. Dixie's trust filed a retroactive amendment to the California Civil Code in 2010, charging that Crosby's right of publicity was public property and that Dixie's trust was entitled to a share of the funds produced. Dixie's trust was granted by the trial court. The California Court of Appeal reversed course, finding that the 1999 deal barred the claim. Given the court's decision, it was unnecessary for the court to determine whether a right of publicity can be described as community property under California law.

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Performance career

Crosby was invited to join a new band made up of high-school students a few years younger than himself in 1923. The Musicaladers, Al and Miles Rinker (brothers of singer Mildred Bailey), James Heaton, Claire Pritchard, and Robert Pritchard formed the Musicaladers, who performed at dances for both high school students and club goers. The corporation appeared on Spokane radio station KHQ, but after two years, it was disbanded. 92-97 Crosby and Al Rinker performed at the Clemmer Theatre in Spokane (now known as the Bing Crosby Theater).

Crosby appeared on stage with Al Rinker as the third member of a vocal trio called The Three Harmony Aces. Crosby and Al continued at the Clemmer Theatre for several months, often with three other guys – Wee Georgie Crittenden, Frank McBride, and Lloyd Grinnell – and were billed The Clemmer Entertainers or The Clemmer Entertainers, depending on who appeared.

Crosby and Rinker, 1925, decided to seek fame in California. They travelled to Los Angeles, where Bailey introduced them to her show business contacts. The Fanchon and Marco Time Agency recruited them for thirteen weeks for the revue The Syncopation Idea, which debuted at the Boulevard Theater in Los Angeles and then the Loew's circuit. They each received $75 per week. Crosby and Rinker, who were only minor parts of The Syncopation Idea, began to perform as entertainers. They had a vibrant style that was popular among college students. They appeared in the Will Morrissey Music Hall Revue after The Syncopation Idea was closed. They honed their Morrissey skills. They were discovered by a Paul Whiteman group as they had a chance to perform an independent act.

To break up his musical choices, Whiteman needed something different, and Crosby and Rinker fulfilled this need. They were attached to one of the largest brands in show business after less than a year in show business. They debuted with Whiteman at the Tivoli Theatre in Chicago on December 6, 1926, when the pair had been hired for $150 a week. The singers' first album, released in October 1926, was "I've Got the Girl" with Don Clark's Orchestra, but the Columbia-issued record was compressed at a snail's rate, which raised the singers' pitch when playing at 78 rpm. Crosby has often credited Bailey for his first job in the entertainment industry throughout his career.

When they reached New York, Whiteman's triumph was followed by disaster. The Whiteman considered allowing them to go. However, the addition of pianist and aspiring songwriter Harry Barris made the difference, and The Rhythm Boys were born. They could be heard more effectively in large New York theaters due to their extra voice. Crosby gained valuable experience on tour for a year with Whiteman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Eddie Lang, and Hoagy Carmichael. He aspired as a performer and was in demand as a soloist.

The Rhythm Boys' Crosby became the Rhythm Boys' star attraction. He had his first number one hit, a jazz-influenced interpretation of "Ol' Man River" in 1928. The Rhythm Boys appeared in the film King of Jazz with Whiteman in 1929, but the Rhythm Boys' dissatisfaction with Whiteman led to the Rhythm Boys' dissatisfaction with him. They joined the Gus Arnheim Orchestra, and they performed nightly in the Ambassador Hotel's Coconut Grove. Crosby's solos began to steal the show, while the Rhythm Boys' performance became more resembled as a result of being sung by the Arnheim Orchestra. "At Your Commandment," "I Surrender Dear," and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams are among Crosby's hits, including "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams." When Mack Sennett joined Crosby in 1931, it was almost inevitable that he would leave the Rhythm Boys. In September 1930, Crosby married Dixie Lee. He turned to his profession after being threatened with divorce in March 1931.

Bing Crosby, his national solo radio debut, made his radio debut on September 2, 1931. He was a hit on the weekly show "British Broadcasting Company made him a celebrity. He signed with both Brunswick Records and CBS Radio before the year's end. "Out of Nowhere," "Just One More Chance," "At Your Command," "I Found a Million Dollar Baby"), and "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" were among 1931's best-selling songs.

Crosby appeared in ten of the top 50 songs of 1931, either as a whole band or as a solo artist. Russ Columbo's "Battle of the Baritones" was short-lived, and "Bing Was King" was replaced with the phrase "Bing Was King." Crosby appeared in a series of musical comedy short films for Mack Sennett, who later became a Paramount filmmaker, and starred in his first full-length film (1932), the first of five films in which he received top billing. He will be seen in 79 photos. In late 1934, Jack Kapp's new record firm, Decca, signed him.

Cremo Cigars was his first commercial sponsor on radio, and his fame had swelled nationally. After a long career in New York, he returned to Hollywood to film The Big Broadcast. His fame, albums, and radio work have all contributed to his fame. His first film earned him a deal with Paraphrasedoutput, and he began a year of making three films a year. For two seasons, he hosted his radio show for Woodbury Soap, but his live performances slowed. When the recession first appeared, his records became hits during the Great Depression.

Audio engineer Steve Hoffman stated,

His social life was frantic. Gary was born in 1933 and twin boys followed in 1934. Paul Whiteman, the former boss of the weekly NBC radio show Kraft Music Hall, where he remained for ten years, had been replaced by 1936. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" became his theme song and signature tune, with his trademark whistling.

Crosby's vocal style helped bring popular singing beyond Al Jolson and Billy Murray's "belting" status, who had been compelled to enter the back seats in New York theaters without the use of a microphone. Something new had appeared in American music, as music critic Henry Pleasants wrote in The Great American Popular Singers, a style that could be described as "singing in American" with ease. This new sound led to the famous epithet crooner.

Louis Armstrong was admired for his musical ability, and the trumpet maestro had a major influence on Crosby's singing style. As the two people met, they became best friends. Crosby, 1936, had the opportunity to appear in an out-of-house film. Crosby, a signer to Columbia, wanted Armstrong to appear in a screen version of The Peacock Feather, which later became Pennies from Heaven. Harry Cohn asked Harry Cohn, but Cohn had no desire to pay for the flight or meet Armstrong's "crude, mob-linked but devoted boss, Joe Glaser." Crosby threatened to leave the film and refused to address the subject. Cohn came forward; Armstrong's musical scenes and comedic dialogue extended his fame to the silver screen, giving him and other African Americans more opportunities to appear in future films. Crosby has also made sure that Armstrong received equal credit with his white co-stars. Armstrong praised Crosby's tolerant views of race and expressed admiration for his service in later years.

During World War II, Crosby performed live before American troops who had been fighting in the European Theater. He learned how to read German scripts and read propaganda broadcasts destined for German forces. Among Crosby's German listeners, the nickname "Der Bingle" was common, and it was soon to be used by his English-speaking followers. Crosby ranked No. 1 in a survey of US troops at the conclusion of World War II as the one who had done the most for G.I. Morale, ahead of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and Bob Hope.

According to the Life magazine's June 18, 1945 issue, "America's top star, Bing Crosby, has earned more followers than any entertainer in history." He is now a national institution. "All in all, 60,000,000 Crosby discs have been sold since he first appeared in 1931." "White Christmas" is his best-selling product, with 2,000,000 copies in the United States and 250,000 in Great Britain. "Nine out of ten singers and bandleaders listen to Crosby's broadcasts every Thursday night and follow his example." Any song is on the radio, Crosby has sold 50,000 copies of it around the United States, giving it the 'big goose' and making it a hit single-handed and overnight. The future for Crosby is uncertain, neither his family nor his co-workers will speculate. He has earned more fame, earned more money, and attracted larger audiences than any other entertainer in history. And his name is also on the rise. His deferral from Decca until 1955 was his longest in charge of the company. He was with Paramount until 1954. His albums, which he made ten years ago, are selling better than ever before. The nation's obsession with Crosby's voice and appearance is insatisfied. He has served as both a soldier and visitor of a free land in the United States. He has been a kind of emblem of America: the amiable, comprehensivescent citizen of a free land. Crosby, on the other hand, isn't bothered by considering his future. For one thing, he likes performing himself, and if ever a day should dawn when the public hearies of him, he'll go right on singing—to himself."

Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," which he introduced on a Christmas Day radio broadcast in 1941, was his greatest hit song of Crosby's career. The radio show's archive includes a copy of the recording, which was loaned to CBS on Sunday Morning for their December 25, 2011 program. In his film Holiday Inn (1942), the artist appeared. On October 3, 1942, his record peaked on the charts, rising to number one on October 31, where it remained for 11 weeks. The song was re-released on Decca, charting another sixteen times as a holiday staple. In 1945 and 1947, it topped the charts for the third time. The song remains the most bestselling single of all time. Around the world, his album "White Christmas" has sold over 50 million copies. His album was so well-known that he was forced to re-record it in 1947 using the same musicians and backup singers; the original 1942 master's had been damaged due to its frequent use in pressing additional singles. The song was re-released and debuts at No. 1 in 1977, just after Crosby died. In the UK Singles Chart, 5 ranks rank 5. "A jackdaw with a cleft palate might have sung it with ease," Crosby dismissed his contribution to the song's success.

Crosby starred in six of the seven Road to musical comedies between 1940 and 1962, primarily smash hit musical comedy films in the 1930s and 1962 (Lamour was replaced by Joan Collins in The Road to Hong Kong and limited to a long cameo), establishing Crosby and Hope as a "team" in the sense that Laurel and Lewis (Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) were partners, not a pair. The series includes Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Utopia (1947), and Road to Bali (1962). In a comedically insulting fashion, Crosby and Hope often made note of each other. They appeared together on stage, radio, film, and television, with many brief and not so brief appearances in films outside of "Road" ones, Variety Girl (1947) being a prime example of long scenes and songs combined with billing.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow segment was based on the 1949 Disney animated film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Crosby provided the narration and song vocals for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In 1960, he appeared in High Time, a collegiate comedy starring Fabian Forte and Tuesday Weld, predicting the growing gap between him and the younger generation of musicians and actors who had started their careers after World War II. Crosby and Hope appeared in one more Road film, The Road to Hong Kong, which teamed them up with the much younger Joan Collins and Peter Sellers. Collins replaced their longtime partner Dorothy Lamour, whom Crosby felt was getting too old for the role, but Hope refused to film without her, instead making a long and detailed cameo appearance. He had planned another Road film shortly before his death in 1977, in which he, Hope, and Lamour searched for the Fountain of Youth.

In 1944, he received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Going My Way, and was nominated for The Bells of St. Mary's in 1945. He received his third Academy Award nomination for his role as an alcoholic entertainer in The Country Girl.

The Fireside Theater (1950) was his first television performance. The series of 26-minute shows was shot at Hal Roach Studios rather than being on the air. Individual television stations were syndicated to individual television stations, syndicating the "telefilms." He appeared on numerous variety shows, late-night talk shows, and his own highly rated specials, and was a regular guest on the musical variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s. "On the Road With Bing," Bob Hope's long-running relationship with Crosby devoted one of his NBC specials to his long-running friendship with Crosby. Crosby appeared on ABC's The Hollywood Palace as the show's first and most popular guest host, and continued to do so after The Hollywood Palace was eventually cancelled. He appeared on the Flip Wilson Show two years ago, singing duets with the comedian. Merrie Olde Christmas, his last TV appearance, was taped in London in September 1977 and broadcast weeks after his death. It was on this special that David Bowie and he recorded a duet of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Peace on Earth." Their duet was first released in 1982 as a single 45-rpm record and landed at No. 88. In the UK singles charts, the 3rd in the top 3. It has since become a staple of holiday radio and the last major hit of Crosby's career. The Crosby-Bowie duet was one of the twentieth century's most memorable cultural performances, according to TV Guide.

Bing Crosby Productions, which is associated with Desilu Studios and later CBS Television Studios, produced a number of television shows, including Crosby's own flop ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show in 1964-1965 (with co-stars Beverly Garland and Frank McHugh). Ben Casey (1961–1966) and Breaking Point (1963–1964), the CBS-sponsored Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971) military drama, as well as the less well-known show Slattery's People (1964–1965).

Career achievements

Crosby's was one of the twentieth century's most popular and profitable musical performances. Billboard's magazine used different methods during his time as editor. But his chart has been equally impressive: he has 396 chart singles, with some of which have surpassed 41 on number one. Crosby had separate charting singles every year between 1931 and 1954; the annual "White Christmas" re-release extended that streak to 1957. In 1939 alone, he had 24 separate hit singles. Crosby was America's most popular recording act of the 1930s and later in the 1940s, according to statistician Joel Whitburn of Billboard. Based on having sold 200 million discs, Crosby was named "First Citizen of Record Industry" in 1960. According to various reports, the number of copies he sold: 300 million or even 500 million. According to Guinness World Records, the single "White Christmas" has sold more than 50 million copies.

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Crosby was one of the top ten box-office grossing celebrities for fifteen years (1934, 1937, 1940, 1953–1954), and for five years (1944–1954), he dominated the world. "Sweet Leilani" (1937), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1944), "Best Actor" (1944), and he received the Academy Award for his role in Going My Way (1944).

Crosby was the third most well-known actor of all time, behind Clark Gable (1,168,000) and John Wayne (1,114,000,000). With Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, and Burt Reynolds, the International Motion Picture Almanac ranks him in second place for second-most years on the All Time Number One Stars List. In 1954, his most well-known film, White Christmas, grossed $30 million ($303 million in current value).

According to the book Million Selling Records, he has won 23 gold and platinum records. The Recording Industry Association of America did not implement its gold record certification scheme until 1958, when Crosby's first sales were low. Record firms also received gold records before 1958. Crosby compared 23 Billboard hits from 47 recorded songs with the Andrews Sisters, whose Decca records were second only to Crosby's in 1940s. They were his most regular collaborators on disc from 1939 to 1952, with the song "Pistol Packin' Mama," "Jingle Bells," "Don't Fence Me In," and "South America, Take it Away" from 1939 to 1952. They appeared together on film in Road to Rio, singing "You Don't Have to Know the Word" and performing together on the radio during the 1940s and 1950s. During and after World War II, they appeared as guests on each other's shows and on Armed Forces Radio Service. "The Vict'ry Polka," "When the Yanks Come Marching In")," and "Is You Is or Isn't" were among the quartet's top-ten Billboard hits from 1943 to 1945. He also contributed to the American public's morale.

In 1962, Crosby was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been inducted into both radio and popular music halls of fame. He was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007, and the Western Music Hall of Fame in 2008 was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame.

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