Bing Crosby

One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. He is cited among the most popular musical acts in history and is currently the most electronically recorded human voice in history. Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers of the era that followed him, including Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also during 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.
Crosby exerted an important influence on the development of the postwar recording industry. In 1947, he invested US$50,000 in the Ampex company, which developed North America's first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder, and Crosby became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings on magnetic tape. He gave one of the first Ampex Model 200 recorders to his friend, musician Les Paul, which led directly to Paul's invention of multitrack recording. Along with Frank Sinatra, he was one of the principal backers behind the famous United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles.
In 1962, Crosby was the first person to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way. Crosby is one of the few people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


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Let Me Call You Sweetheart |
steve5464 (14)
5051d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar | Transcription |
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I Can't Escape from You |
Alicat (10)
5093d ago
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4 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original |
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Jingle Bells |
guillelvis (1)
5140d ago
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1 | Vocal | Other |
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Pennies From Heaven |
catherineking (2)
5143d ago
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0 | Vocal | Tab |
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I'll be home for Christmas |
nikolav81 (33)
5144d ago
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4 | Piano | Original |
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This Heart Of Mine |
petebakerjazz (1)
5147d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Other |
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Pennies From Heaven |
twilight92 (11)
5156d ago
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3 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book |
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I can't belienve to tell you |
Alcidess (5)
5241d ago
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0 | Harp | Tab |
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I'll Capture Your Heart Singing |
hanse770 (1)
5245d ago
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2 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Transcription |
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Mele Kalikimaka |
Mister_Hankey (1)
5274d ago
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1 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Transcription |
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Jingle Bells |
RDwyer (1)
5275d ago
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2 | Piano, Guitar | Other |
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Pennies From Heaven |
mlseim (4)
5277d ago
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4 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original |
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Pennies From Heaven |
erniejay (6)
5303d ago
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1 | Piano, Vocal | Other |
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
cressmanmusic (1)
5347d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription |
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White Christmas |
boyaboyabou (1)
5358d ago
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3 | Vocal | Original |
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I'll be home for Christmas |
sumana (1)
5359d ago
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4 | Piano | Other |
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Pennies From Heaven |
erniejay (6)
5432d ago
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2 | Piano | Other |
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That`s What Life Is All About |
nedsband (3)
5635d ago
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3 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original |
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