how did bing crosby meet kathryn grant

"[32][33], As it happens, that story was pure whimsy for dramatic effect; the Associated Press had reported as early as February 1932as would later be confirmed by both Bing himself and his biographer Charles Thompsonthat it was in fact a neighborValentine Hobart, circa 1910who had named him "Bingo from Bingville" after a comic feature in the local paper called The Bingville Bugle which the young Harry liked. Statistician Joel Whitburn at Billboard determined that Crosby was America's most successful recording act of the 1930s and again in the 1940s. [74] Mullin explained how one new broadcasting technique was invented on the Crosby show with these machines: One time Bob Burns, the hillbilly comic, was on the show, and he threw in a few of his folksy farm stories, which of course were not in Bill Morrow's script. The following day he made his final appearance in a recording studio and sang eight songs at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios for a radio program, which also included an interview with Alan Dell. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The family is coming here this Christmas. We realized he had to get some very serious examinations in Hillsborough, and we met Dr. Poon there, and he showed us an instrument, which had the blood going back and forth in the heart. He partnered with Ed Craney, who owned the CBS radio affiliate KXLY (AM) and built a television studio west of Crosby's alma mater, Gonzaga University. It was really a working place. Feb. Bing meets future wife, Kathryn Grant, for the first time. bing! Bing said, Yeah. 4, "You're Just a Beautiful Melody of Love" (1932), lyrics by Bing Crosby, music by Babe Goldberg, "I Would If I Could But I Can't" (1933), with, "Where the Turf Meets the Surf" (1941) with. Bob was there with his four children, and I was there with our son Harry. The Andrews Sisters Story". The company produced two ABC medical dramas, Ben Casey (19611966) and Breaking Point (19631964), the popular Hogan's Heroes (19651971) military comedy on CBS, as well as the lesser-known show Slattery's People (19641965). Christmas is very much a part of my life. Afterward, Leo said, Dont you think you better tell the press? He was a frequent guest on the musical variety shows of the 1950s and 1960s, appearing on various variety shows as well as numerous late-night talk shows and his own highly rated specials. The song appeared in his films Holiday Inn (1942), anda decade laterin White Christmas (1954). Harry said, I wouldve killed to get to go with Louis Armstrong to Australia, which was an experience that Bing gave to Gary. Nov. Bing returns to Kraft Music Hall. Bing said that wed have to rehearse there to go to Broadway. 1968 2014 Smashing Interviews Magazine. He could do four shows a week, if he chose, and then take a month off. One of the reasons Bing and I didnt get married one of the times was that Bing was watching carefully over Lindsay hoping hed get off to college. Dec. Bing performs with Bob Hope at the Capitol Theatre in New York City. "Blondell: "I'm surprised they didn't call you "Killer" Crosby! They didnt like delivering babies on airplanes back then. Oct. From 1931 to 1954, the star dominated record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. Jan. Dinah with the Mills Brothers reaches Number 1. [122] His first performance after the accident was his last American concert, on August 16, 1977, the day Elvis Presley died, at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, California. All four sons from his first marriage have passed away. On the way back he invited me to the Academy Awards. How old was Bing Crosby when he married Kathryn Grant? Im terribly proud, says Kathryn, his champion down the years. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I understand you recently had a birthday on November 25, so happy belated! A couple of weeks later he had a show that wasn't very funny, and he insisted that we put in the salvaged laughs. She made her stage debut when she was only three years old and was born in . He took Mary Frances hunting in Africa. Obviously, Grace never married Bing and she would ultimately call off her engagement to Oleg when she met Monaco's Prince Rainier in 1955. [64] His most popular film, White Christmas, grossed $30 million in 1954 ($303 million in current value). [107], While acknowledging that corporal punishments took place, there were reports of all of Gary's immediate siblings distancing themselves from the abuse claims, either in public or in private. Sforza, John: "Swing It! AND then she all but disappeared from the silver screen. When Dixie died in 1952, her will provided that her share of the community property be distributed in trust to her sons. Bing Crosby, wife Kathryn Crosby and family photographed with a piece of artwork circa 1977 in New York City. He competed in both the British and U.S. [3], Crosby told Barbara Walters in a 1977 televised interview that he thought marijuana should be legalized because he figured it would make it much easier for the authorities to have a proper legal control over the market. Bing is introduced to Al Rinker and joins him in the local Spokane band, the Musicaladers. Kathryn Crosby: Working with Otto Preminger was amazing. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. On August 12, 1938, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club hosted a $25,000 winner-take-all match race won by Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit over Binglin's horse Ligaroti. Where are you from? The Bing Crosby on Broadway stage show opens at the Uris Theatre in New York City. Bing was quite lazy. 15 Minutes with Bing Crosby, his nationwide solo radio debut, began broadcasting on September 2, 1931. She cemented her star status the following year as Princess Parisa in 1958s special effects-laden The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad. She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and co-starred with Jack Lemmon in the comedy Operation Mad Ball (1957), with Tony Curtis in the drama Mister Cory (1957) and as a trapeze artist in The Big Circus (1959). On October 18, 1977, following a private funeral Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Westwood,[128] Crosby was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. The family created an official website[131] on October 14, 2007, the 30th anniversary of Crosby's death. The following year, Crosby and Hope reunited for one more Road movie, The Road to Hong Kong, which teamed them up with the much younger Joan Collins and Peter Sellers. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did Bing and Bob like doing the Road pictures? He had four sons with his first wife Dixie Lee, who died at the age of 40 of cancer, and two sons and a daughter with his second wife, Kathryn. His parents were Harry Lowe Crosby[22] (18701950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (ne Harrigan; 18731964). It topped the charts again in 1945 and a third time in January 1947. Dec. Moonlight Becomes You reaches Number 1. July The film High Society is released, starring Bing, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Louis Armstrong. Jan. 5 Bings fourth son, Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby, is born. Mary Frances Crosby (14 September 1959 Los Angeles, California, USA) Bob and Bing spent an hour a day on the phone. Crosby and Al continued at the Clemmer Theatre for several months often with three other men Wee Georgie Crittenden, Frank McBride and Lloyd Grinnell and they were billed The Clemmer Trio or The Clemmer Entertainers depending who performed.[38]. Bing Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. The film features the song Swinging on a Star, by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, which reaches Number 1 and wins an Academy Award for Best Song. [51] In the framework of the novelty-singing style of the Rhythm Boys, he bent notes and added off-tune phrasing, an approach that was rooted in jazz. Oct. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Now the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the tournament is a staple of the PGA Tour, having featured Hollywood stars and other celebrities. [29] The university granted him an honorary doctorate in 1937. SAYS Kathryn: He loved his sons. University Press of Kentucky. Kathryn Crosby: Dr. Sullivan was my trustee, and he had a heart that did a tango. He loved them all.People who watched him in movies knew exactly what he was like because that was what he put on the screen. If we didn't, we got punished. Let's go have a Coca-Cola." Kapp helped Crosby have number one hits in Christmas music, Hawaiian music, and country music, and top-thirty hits in Irish music, French music, rhythm and blues, and ballads. When we got together in Las Vegas, Aunt Mary was with me, and Bing was with his driver, Leo Lynn, and we went to the courthouse and got our license. He became the archetypal crooner of a period when the advent of radio broadcasting and talking pictures and the refinement of sound-recording . All rights reserved. As music critic Henry Pleasants noted in The Great American Popular Singers, something new had entered American music, a style that might be called "singing in American" with conversational ease. Reel #: 1372 TC In: 010816 TC Out: 010903This clip is available for licensing without time code and logo - To inquire about licensing email us at Myfootage@g. The filmParis Honeymoon is released. Mary Frances Crosby was born on September 14, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, the only daughter of singer and actor Bing Crosby from his second marriage to actress Kathryn Grant. Nov. "Brother Can You Spare. Dec. New Yorks Bank of the United States collapses. "Beloved and Notorious: A Theory of American Stardom, with Special Reference to Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.". Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. As Crosby wrote in his autobiography: By using tape, I could do a thirty-five or forty-minute show, then edit it down to the twenty-six or twenty-seven minutes the program ran. She was born in Houston, Texas in 1933 and appeared on stage from age 3. May Going My Way is released, in which Bing takes on his most famous role as Father OMalley. Seemingly content with family life, she, along with her children, dutifully appeared opposite her husband singing and lightly joking in his many popular Christmas-special presentations and even hosted a couple of syndicated TV series, but that was about it.After Bing's death in 1977, however, she slowly involved herself in acting again, appearing every now and then on stage in such productions as "Same Time, Next Year", "Charley's Aunt" and a Broadway revival of the musical "State Fair" in 1996. [60] Sources differ regarding the number of copies he sold: 300 million[61] or even 500 million. July 13 Twins Dennis Michael Crosby and Phillip Lang Crosby are born. Getting to know Paramount Pictures was quite amazing. morale, ahead of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and Bob Hope. [72], According to Shoshana Klebanoff, Crosby became one of the richest men in the history of show business. Sept. Mary Frances Crosby, Bings first daughter and second child with Kathryn, is born. Bing's name and his artistry saved the recording industry. He became the first performer to prerecord his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Theres a priest friend of mine up there whos going to perform the service. The reporters ran off. Major Support for American Masters provided by. From the mid-1950s, Bing was more comfortable in a bass range while maintaining a baritone quality, with the best octave being G to G, or even F to F. In a recording he made of 'Dardanella' with Louis Armstrong in 1960, he attacks lightly and easily on a low E flat. The Bing Crosby Show for Chesterfield premieres on CBS radio. We'd dub the one that came off best into the final transcription. Hes the fourth of seven children. [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. NTSC VHS tape, 1989 AES. The film Pennies from Heaven is released and the eponymous song from the film reaches Number 1. But the networks and sponsors were adamantly opposed. They were just so funny. Records which he made ten years ago are selling better than ever before. I like baseball a lot. I didnt know he owned the Pirates. Oct. Bing meets Bob Hope for the first time and gets his first starring role as a radio singer in the musical comedy The Big Broadcast. His song Please reaches #1. We had a wonderful time together. His organization, the Crosby Research Foundation, held tape recording patents and developed equipment and recording techniques such as the laugh track that are still in use. He loved to play. He is also arrested for drink driving and is later sentenced to 60 days in jail, but he is released under escort for filming. Sometimes, if Crosby was having fun with a song and not really working at it, we had to make it up out of two or three parts. Son: Nathaniel Patrick October 29, 1961. "[45] "In all, 60,000,000 Crosby discs have been marketed since he made his first record in 1931. But it made no difference at all because I was kind of precocious. We heart influencers and interesting people. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You continued your acting career after you and Bing married? Crosby became the star attraction of the Rhythm Boys. The public wouldn't stand for 'canned' radio, the networks argued. The Met was built in 1915. In 1937, Crosby hosted the first 'Crosby Clambake', a pro-am tournament at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, the event's location prior to World War II. I don't think it had anything to do with Daddy Dearest. Later on, Bing asked me, Would you like to do this show with me in Las Vegas? Hed never done a show in Las Vegas. However, Crosby had already sold his Elko ranch a year earlier, in 1958, and it is doubtful how much he was really involved in that meeting. [3]:24[26], In 1917, Crosby took a summer job as property boy at Spokane's Auditorium, where he witnessed some of the acts of the day, including Al Jolson, who held him spellbound with ad-libbing and parodies of Hawaiian songs. Bob Said, 'Fish dont applaud.' [106] This house served as a setting for some of the family's Minute Maid orange juice television commercials. The document reveals that during that time Crosby was indeed taking Joan Caulfield out to dinner, visited theaters and opera houses with her and that Caulfield and a person in her company entered the Waldorf Hotel where Crosby was staying. They performed together countless times on stage, radio, film, and television, and made numerous brief and not so brief appearances together in movies aside from the "Road" pictures, Variety Girl (1947) being an example of lengthy scenes and songs together along with billing. Bing postponed his wedding to Kathryn that was set for Sept. 10, 1955, apparently because of Grace. "[109] Nevertheless, Phillip did not deny that Crosby believed in corporal punishment. At his death in 1977 at age 73, he left his money in a blind trust, which none of the sons-whose youthful escapades were well documented by the news media-could touch until age 65. His record hit the charts on October 3, 1942, and rose to number 1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks. After pointing out pieces she treasures -- from heirloom furnishings purchased from the William Randolph Hearst collection to the Oscar won by her late husband, Bing, in 1944 -- Kathryn. But they said I was too young and pretty something they said to everyone!She was only 20, 30 years younger than Crosby and the same age as the eldest of his four sons Gary, by singer and actress Dixie Lee, who had died from cancer in 1952 after 22 years of marriage. Throughout his career, Crosby often credited Bailey for getting him his first important job in the entertainment business. Crosby admired Louis Armstrong for his musical ability, and the trumpet maestro was a formative influence on Crosby's singing style. Kathryn Crosby: Have you seen the special yet? [90], Crosby also was a keen fisherman. Well print that. Oct. A number of Argentine-bred horses were purchased and shipped to race in the United States. The director was about to get really cross because none of the written script was used, but all of the people who were working on the show were so tickled and laughing so hard, hed say, I think thats good. His partner was World Cup champion Manuel Piero; their opponents were club president Csar de Zulueta and Valentn Barrios. Crosby was associated with ABC's The Hollywood Palace as the show's first and most frequent guest host and appeared annually on its Christmas edition with his wife Kathryn and his younger children, and continued after The Hollywood Palace was eventually canceled. Armstrong appreciated Crosby's progressive attitudes on race, and often expressed gratitude for the role in later years.[44]. Crosby was initially a member of a vocal trio called The Three Harmony Aces with Al Rinker accompanying on piano from the pit, to entertain between the films. Either in December 1945 or January 1946 Crosby approached Cardinal Francis Spellman with his difficulties with dealing with his wife's alcoholism and his love for Caulfield and his plan to file for divorce. He had a great tolerance for people. [1] He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. In fact, I was sent home two weeks early because I wouldnt have been allowed to get on a plane any later. [75][76][77] He used his clout, both professionally and financially, for innovations in audio. I went to university at 16 and Hollywood at 18.By the time they wed in 1957 Kathryn too was making a name for herself in Hollywood, starring opposite Tony Curtis in the Blake Edwards-directed romance Mister Cory and with Jack Lemmon in comedy Operation Mad Ball. bing!, and I would let him have it again, and then as his friends came to his rescue, shooting as they came, I would shout bing! He also signs a contract with Decca Records for five years at $60,000 per annum plus a percentage. Mar. We heart you!!! Then we got married, which was very good. They had three children: Harry Crosby, Mary Crosby, and Nathaniel Crosby. [3]:6[9] In 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music in America.[9]. They had a lively style that was popular with college students. IHeartHollywood.com is an online magazine about all thing "Hollywood." The Fireside Theater (1950) was his first television production. Belmont, California: Wadsworth. The trust, tied to high-performing oil stocks, folded in December 1989 following the 1980s oil glut. Spring/Early Summer The Rhythm Boys disband. In a poll of U.S. troops at the close of World War II, Crosby topped the list as the person who had done the most for G.I. Apr. He would appear in 79 pictures. [99][100][101][102][103], Crosby and his family lived in the San Francisco area for many years. After a threat of divorce in March 1931, he applied himself to his career. About Kathryn Grant is a 88 year old American Actress. He later described Jolson's delivery as "electric". A survey in 2000 found that with 1,077,900,000 movie tickets sold, Crosby was the third most popular actor of all time, behind Clark Gable (1,168,300,000) and John Wayne (1,114,000,000). In the early 1970s, he made two late appearances on the Flip Wilson Show, singing duets with the comedian. "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)", with his trademark whistling, became his theme song and signature tune. Rediscover the Bing Crosby Era, Clip | Filmmaker Interview with Director Robert Trachtenberg, Clip | Bing Crosby, An All-Purpose Singer, Clip | Performance: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, Clip | Bings Charity and Take Care of List, Clip | Michael Feinstein and Tony Bennett on Bings Intimate Style, S28 Ep10: Bing Crosby Rediscovered - Full Film. The "telefilms" were syndicated to individual television stations. The series consists of Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Road to Bali (1952), and The Road to Hong Kong (1962). They made one film appearance together in Road to Rio singing "You Don't Have to Know the Language", and sang together on the radio throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In January 1974 he felt so ill he consented to be hospitalized, and a large tumor was found in his left lung. They exchanged jokes always. Then the children did it with me, and we had a good time. [52] Paul Whiteman's hiring of Crosby, with phrasing that echoed jazz, particularly his bandmate Bix Beiderbecke's trumpet, helped bring the genre to a wider audience. Formerly known as Kathryn Grant and formerly known as Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, the brunette beauty who goes by the name Kathryn Crosby in public is perky, vivacious, and absolutely stunning. [93] They had three children: Harry Lillis III (who played Bill in Friday the 13th), Mary Frances (best known for portraying Kristin Shepard on TV's Dallas), and Nathaniel (the 1981 U.S. Bing said, I dont feel well. We went to the hospital, and they admitted him because he had kidney stones in both kidneys. Crosby hired Mullin to start recording his Philco Radio Time show on his German-made machine in August 1947 using the same 50 reels of I.G. While in the UK, Crosby recorded his final album, Seasons, and his final TV Christmas special with guest David Bowie on September 11 (which aired a little over a month after Crosby's death). In October 1925, Crosby and Rinker decided to seek fame in California. While the seven movies in the series provided adventure, laughs, romance and music they also showcased the comic chemistry between Crosby and Bob Hope to perfection. Through audio recordings, he produced his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became the industry standard. Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Mrs. Crosby, had Bing been sick, or was his death a surprise? | Steve Hoffman Music Forums", "The Chronological Bing Crosby on Television", "Jack Kapp Bing Crosby Internet Museum", "On the Record: How did Bing Crosby get his nickname? [83] They also established the Binglin Stock Farm in Argentina, where they raced horses at Hipdromo de Palermo in Palermo, Buenos Aires. Kathryn Crosby: Absolutely, from the time that I was about three, I wanted to be an actress. Feb. Bing plays himself in Reaching for the Moon, a film starring Douglas Fairbanks. His last concert was in the Brighton Centre on October 10, four days before his death, with British entertainer Gracie Fields in attendance. Kathryn Crosby: Yes. His biggest best seller is "White Christmas" 2,000,000 impressions of which have been sold in the U.S. and 250,000 in Great Britain. They were married Oct. 24, 1957 in Las Vegas. I had more fun doing that. They had three children, including actress Mary Crosby of Dallas (1978) fame. Apr. Its a wonderful time. The film Little Boy Lost, shot just before Dixies death, is released. Without him, Jack Kapp wouldn't have had a chance in hell of making Decca work and the Great Depression would have wiped out phonograph records for good."[43]. They only worked to about 3:00 in the afternoon, and then theyd go play golf until twilight and come home for dinner. Aug. Harry Lillis Crosby III, Bings first child with Kathryn, is born. In his 1950 film Mr. Music, he is seen singing into an Ampex tape recorder that reproduced his voice better than anything else. [71], Throughout Europe and Russia, Crosby was also known as "Der Bingle", a pseudonym coined in 1944 by Bob Musel, an American journalist based in London, after Crosby had recorded three 15-minute programs with Jack Russin for broadcast to Germany from ABSIE. But it just didnt work because I was very young so I found something more appropriate.Crosby was nominated for best actor as an alcoholic singer in The Country Girl. I asked if he liked baseball because I was Queen of the Texas Buffalos in Houston. They got enormous laughs, which just went on and on. Apr. For fifteen years (1934, 1937, 1940, 19431954), Crosby was among the top ten acts in box-office sales, and for five of those years (19441948) he topped the world. June 6 D-Day: The Allies invade Normandy, France. In 1954, Joan Caulfield admitted to a relationship with a "top film star" who was a married man with children who at the end chose his wife and children over her. Pictured here is the lovely Mary Frances Crosby; the only daughter of Bing Crosby, from his second . They have all reportedly described their father as loving and kind. Bing was also a giving donor to the city's Gonzaga University . Bing Crosby married actress Kathryn Grant in 1957 and raised a second family. Nathaniel, Mary and Harry with their parents Kathryn and Bing Crosby. [42] His recording of "White Christmas", has sold over 50 million copies around the world. [121], Following his recovery from a life-threatening fungal infection in his right lung in January 1974, Crosby emerged from semi-retirement to start a new spate of albums and concerts. I went to Palm Springs to swim in the pool at his house. [23][3] His father was of Scottish and English descent; an ancestor, Simon Crosby, emigrated from England to New England in the 1630s during the Puritan migration to New England. How was the experience working with director Otto Preminger? It was halfway finished then. According to the story, Bing died at the age of 74 on a golf course in Spain. I always loved acting. A "Battle of the Baritones" with singer Russ Columbo proved short-lived, replaced with the slogan "Bing Was King". Bing opens with Just One More Chance and the show becomes a massive hit. 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