Biography

It can be safely said that Bing Crosby taught America how to sing. Before his arrival in the 1930s, the airwaves were filled with off-pitch, rakish crooners and semi-operatic belters. It was Crosby who brought nuance to popular singing, popularizing the crooning style that influenced everyone from Frank Sinatra to Nat "King" Cole. He was even on hand for the early years of jazz, singing with jazz vocal group the Rhythm Boys in the 1920s. For decades, Crosby was a multi-media giant, hosting his own radio show, appearing on TV, and turning in highly regarded performances in tons of films, both musical and dramatic. He won a Best Actor Oscar in 1945 for his leading role in GOING MY WAY, and his "Road" films with Bob Hope are the stuff of comedic legend.

Top Tracks

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• (i've Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

• Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive

• Adeste Fideles

• Adventures In Paradise

• Alexander's Ragtime Band

• Amateur Song Writers: Torch Song/boysie Idaho/my Blue Heaven/these ...

• An Apple For The Teacher

• And The Bells Rang

• Anything You Can Do

• As Time Goes By

• At The Jazz Band Ball

• Autumn Leaves

• Baby, Won't You Please Come Home

• Basin Street Blues

• Be Careful, It's My Heart

• Bing's South Texas Quail Hunting Medley: Galway Bay/mack The Knife/the Surrey With The Fringe On Top/the Pleasure Of Your Company

• Blue Hawaii

• Blue Shadows On The Trail

• Blue Skies

• Blueberry Hill

• Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me

• Bob White (whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)

• Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?

• But Beautiful

• Can't We Talk It Over?

• Carolina In The Morning

• Cela M'est Égal (if It's All The Same To You)

• Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy

• Cheek To Cheek

• Chinatown, My Chinatown

• Come Rain Or Come Shine

• Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer

• Crosby & Sinatra Medley: Among My Souvenirs, September Song, As Time Goes By

• Dancing In The Dark

• Dardanella

• Day By Day

• Dear Hearts And Gentle People

• 'deed I Do

• Deep In The Heart Of Texas

• Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?

• Dinah

• Don't Be That Way

• Don't Fence Me In

• Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

• Easter Parade

• Embraceable You

• Embrasse-moi Bien

• Empty Saddles

• Everybody Loves My Baby

• Exactly Like You

• Far Away Places

• For Me And My Gal

• Galway Bay

• Get On The Road To Victory

• Go Tell It On The Mountain

• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

• Gone Fishin'

• Groaner, Canary And Nose

• Have You Met Miss Jones?

• Here Comes Santa Claus

• Hey There

• High Hopes

• Home On The Range

• How Deep Is The Ocean?

• How High The Moon/old Devil Moon

• How Long Has This Been Going On?

• I Can Dream, Can't I?

• I Can't Begin To Tell You

• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

• I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You

• I Found A Million Dollar Baby (in A Five And Ten Cent Store)

• I Sing Noël

• I Surrender, Dear

• If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake

• I'll Be Home For Christmas

• I'll Be Seeing You

• I'm An Old Cowhand (from The Rio Grande)

• I'm Coming Virginia

• I'm Through With Love

• In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening

• In The Still Of The Night/i Could Have Danced All Night

• Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?

• It Had To Be You

• It Might As Well Be Spring

• It's A Most Unusual Day

• It's Been A Long, Long Time

• It's Easy To Remember

• It's Only A Paper Moon

• I've Got A Crush On You

• I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams

• Jingle Bells

• June In January

• Just One More Chance

• La Vie En Rose

• Lady Of Spain

• Lazy

• Lazy River

• Lazy River/paper Doll

• Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella

• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

• Look For The Silver Lining

• Love In Bloom

• Love Is Blue

• Love Is Just Around The Corner

• Love Me Or Leave Me

• Lovely Hula Hands

• Macnamara's Band

• Malaguena (at The Crossroads)/andalucia (the Breeze And I)

• Mama Loves Papa

• Mandy

• Marie

• Medley: Blame It On My Youth/lady Play Your Mandolin

• Mele Kalikimaka

• Mexicali Rose

• Mine

• Mon Coeur Est Un Violon

• Moonlight Becomes You

• Mountain Greenery

• Muskrat Ramble

• Nice Work If You Can Get It

• Night And Day

• Now Is The Hour (maori Farewell Song)

• O Holy Night

• Ol' Man River

• Old Buttermilk Sky

• On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

• On The Beach At Waikiki

• Only Forever

• Out Of Nowhere

• Pennies From Heaven

• Pistol Packin' Mama

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Please

• Put It There Pal

• Ramblin' Rose

• Return To Paradise

• Rockin' Chair, Pt. 1

• Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer

• Sam's Song (the Happy Tune)

• San Antonio Rose

• San Fernando Valley

• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

• Seasons

• She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific

• Shoo Shoo Baby

• Sierra Sue

• Silent Night

• Silver Bells

• Singin' In The Rain

• Small Fry

• Smiles

• Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

• Some Of These Days

• Song Of The Bombadiers

• Soon

• South America, Take It Away!

• S'posin'

• St. Louis Blues

• Stardust

• Start Off Each Day With A Song

• Straight Down The Middle

• Street Of Dreams

• Summer Wind

• Sunday, Monday Or Always

• Sweet Georgia Brown

• Sweet Leilani

• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

• Swinging On A Star

• 'tain't So, Honey, 'tain't So

• Temptation

• Thanks For The Memory

• That Christmas Feeling

• That Lucky Old Sun (just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)

• The Army Air Corps Song

• The Christmas Song

• The First Noel

• The Last Round-up

• The Little Drummer Boy

• The Little Drummer Boy/peace On Earth

• The Moon Got In My Eyes

• The Moon Was Yellow

• The Object Of My Affection

• The Ol' Spring Fever

• The Possibility's There

• The Second Time Around

• The Song Of Christmas

• The Spaniard That Blighted My Life

• The Trolley Song

• The Very Thought Of You

• The Whiffenpoof Song

• The White Cliffs Of Dover

• Too Marvelous For Words

• Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral (that's An Irish Lullaby)

• Trade Winds

• Trading Songs/blue Skies: Who Will Be With You When I'm Far ...

• Try A Little Tenderness

• Up A Lazy River/paper Doll

• Wait 'til The Sun Shines, Nellie

• Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie

• Walking The Floor Over You

• Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

• What Do You Do In The Infantry

• What Is This Thing Called Love?

• What's New?

• When My Dreamboat Comes Home

• When You Wore A Tulip

• Where The Blue Of The Night (meets The Gold Of The Day)

• Where The Turf Meets The Surf

• White Christmas

• White Christmas [1942 Holiday Inn Version]

• Winter Wonderland

• With Every Breath I Take

• Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away)

• Yes, Indeed!

• You Are Too Beautiful

• You Belong To My Heart

• You Keep Coming Back Like A Song

• You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

• You Took Advantage Of Me

• Young And Healthy

• Young At Heart

• Your Socks Don't Match

• You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me

• You're The Top

Discography

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• World War II Radio

  Delta Distribution

  1994

• Seasons: The Closing Chapter

  Collectors' Choice Music

  1977

• Feels Good, Feels Right

  Dutton Vocalion

  1976

• Bing Crosby at the London Palladium

  EMI/MFP

  1976

• A Couple of Song and Dance Men

  United Artists Records

  1976

• That's What Life Is All About

  United Artists Records

  1975

• Bing & Basie

  Polygram

  1972

• Hey Jude/Hey Bing!

  Amos Records

  1969

• That Travelin' Two-Beat

  1965

• Return to Paradise Islands

  Collectors' Choice Music

  1963

• El Señor Bing

  Collectors' Choice Music

  1961

• 101 Gang Songs

  1961

• Bing & Satchmo

  DRG/EMI

  1960

• Fancy Meeting You Here

  1958

• Bing with a Beat

  Bluebird RCA / RCA

  1957

• A Musical Autobiography [Remastered]

  Avid

  1954

• Some Fine Old Chestnuts

  1954

• A Musical Autobiography

  Decca

  1954

• Down Memory Lane, Vol. 2

  Decca

  1951

• Bing and the Dixieland Bands

  1951

• Down Memory Lane

  Decca

  1951

• Go West, Young Man

  1951

• Country Style

  Decca

  1951

• Bing and Connee

  1951

• Blue Skies

  MCA

  1950

• Cowboy Songs, Vol. 2

  Decca

  1950

• Bing Sings George Gershwin

  Decca

  1950

• Cowboy Songs

  Decca

  1950

• El Bingo

  1950

• St. Patrick's Day

  1950

• Drifting and Dreaming

  1950

• Foster

  Decca

  1950

• Bing Sings Cole Porter

  Decca

  1950

• Blue of the Night

  Music Deluxe (UK)

  1950

• Hawaiian Songs

  Decca

  1950

• Cole Porter Songs

  Decca

  1950

• Songs by Gershwin

  Decca

  1950

• St. Valentine's Day

  1950

• Jerome Kern Songs

  1949

• Stephen Foster Songs

  Decca

  1949