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ALBUMBing Sings the Cole Porter SongbookBing Crosby
Albums by Bing Crosby
ALBUMBing Sings the Cole Porter SongbookBing Crosby
ALBUMBing At The Movies, Vol. 1Bing Crosby
ALBUMBing & EllaBing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald
ALBUMA Valentine From BingBing Crosby
ALBUMBing Crosby's Christmas GemsBing Crosby
ALBUMA Tribute To Duke (Reissue)Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett & Woody Herman
ALBUMSeasons: The Closing Chapter (Deluxe Edition)Bing Crosby
ALBUMFeels Good, Feels RightBing Crosby
ALBUMTogether (aka A Couple of Song and Dance Men)Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire
ALBUMA Southern Memoir (Deluxe Edition)Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby's Popular Music Videos
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Lyric Video)
Bing Crosby & London Symphony Orchestra
That's A-Plenty (Lyric Video)
Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Lyric Video)
Bing Crosby & London Symphony Orchestra
Mele Kalikimaka (feat. The Andrews Sisters)
Bing Crosby
Do You Hear What I Hear? (Lyric Video)
Bing Crosby
Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy (Lyric Video)
Bing Crosby, David Bowie & London Symphony Orchestra
True Love (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 11, 1956)
Bing Crosby
White Christmas (Lyric Video)
Bing Crosby, Pentatonix & London Symphony Orchestra
White Christmas
Bing Crosby
Galway Bay
Bing Crosby
Artist Playlists
Bing Crosby Essentials
Breezy and approachable, he was the archetypal crooner.
Bing Crosby: Deep Cuts
An eager collaborator cuts loose with his all-star pals.
Artist Biography
Although he’s inextricably tied to holiday classic "White Christmas," Bing Crosby's true legacy was transforming popular music in the first half of the 20th century, with almost 400 chart hits and over 70 movie appearances. Born in Tacoma, Washington in 1903, Crosby became enamored with music as a teen after seeing the great Al Jolson. The lure of show business led Crosby to Los Angeles, where a member of Paul Whiteman's group discovered his singing in 1925. Crosby became part of The Rhythm Boys, a small combo playing interstitial performances between Whiteman's sets, but by 1928 his suave vocal stylings had become a main attraction. Crosby's deft absorption of jazz's rhythmic elasticity and liquid phrasing made him one of the most successful song stylists of all time, and his warm croon imprinted every tune with the laidback charm of someone unflustered by life's travails. He was also one of the first performers to exploit the microphone, leaning in to deliver effortless intimacy and nuanced phrasing. As the country grappled with the Depression and World War II, Crosby expanded to the silver screen, giving audiences a welcome escape. Amid the ascent of disciple Frank Sinatra and the advent of rock 'n' roll, he remained a cultural icon, affirmed by a duet with David Bowie that aired on Crosby's final TV Christmas special in 1977, shortly before his death.
Hometown
Tacoma, WA, United States
Genre
Pop