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Bing Crosby
Author: Malcolm Macfarlane
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 864
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Details the life of Crosby, almost on a daily basis, and, with the aid of many contemporary reviews, produces an account of one of the most important show business figures of the twentieth century. A discography, a fact file and a large index, which picks up many other show biz icons, supplements this work.
Bing Crosby
Author: Gary Giddins
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 2009-11-29
Total Pages: 768
ISBN-13: 0316091561
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star.
Bing Crosby
Author: Richard Grudens
Publisher: celebrity profiles publilshing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781575792484
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Here is the quintessential Bing Crosby tribute from the pen of author and music historian, Richard Grudens, documenting the story of Crosby's colourful life, family, radio and television shows, and films; the amazing success story of a career that pioneered popular music spanning generations and inspiring many followers: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Jerry Vale, Dean Martin, Eddie Fisher, Pat Boone, Elvis Presley and Billy Eckstine, all of whom acknowledge their debt right between the covers of this book. An inspirational introduction by his lovely wife, Kathryn Grant Crosby, is followed by endearing, anecdotal accounts of those ubiquitous 'Road' films with Bob Hope, and detailed personal testimonials from show business icons in their own words. A 'must read' for Crosby fans, collectors, admirers, music lovers, and everyone who cherishes the music and anecdotes of the players involved in the Golden Age of Popular Music.
Call Me Lucky
Going My Way
Author: Ruth Prigozy
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781580462617
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A study of the singer/actor's art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-century music, film, and the entertainment industry. It uses a range of perspectives to explore Crosby's achievements. It also includes tributes and reminiscences and explores his accomplishments as an actor, businessman, and radio and television performer.
Going My Own Way
Author: Gary Crosby
Publisher: Fawcett
Published: 1984-04-12
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780449205440
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Call Me Lucky
Author: Bing Crosby
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2001-11-29
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780306810879
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of the definitive Bing biography by Gary Giddins, here is "a collection of anecdotes and reminiscences that is as warm and witty as any Crosby performance. [Bing] could have surely become a full-time writer had his schedule not been taken up with being one of the great entertainers of the century." -Will Friedwald
My Life with Bing
Author: Kathryn Crosby
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780704323797
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The old crooner talked, rather than sang and got away with it.
Bing Crosby
Author: Gary Giddins
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2018-10-30
Total Pages: 736
ISBN-13: 031641235X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The best thing to happen to Bing Crosby since Bob Hope," (WSJ) Gary Giddins presents the second volume of his masterful multi-part biography Bing Crosby dominated American popular culture in a way that few artists ever have. From the dizzy era of Prohibition through the dark days of the Second World War, he was a desperate nation's most beloved entertainer. But he was more than just a charismatic crooner: Bing Crosby redefined the very foundations of modern music, from the way it was recorded to the way it was orchestrated and performed. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the universally acclaimed first volume, NBCC Winner and preeminent cultural critic Gary Giddins now focuses on Crosby's most memorable period, the war years and the origin story of White Christmas. Set against the backdrop of a Europe on the brink of collapse, this groundbreaking work traces Crosby's skyrocketing career as he fully inhabits a new era of American entertainment and culture. While he would go on to reshape both popular music and cinema more comprehensively than any other artist, Crosby's legacy would be forever intertwined with his impact on the home front, a unifying voice for a nation at war. Over a decade in the making and drawing on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to numerous archives, Giddins brings Bing Crosby, his work, and his world to vivid life--firmly reclaiming Crosby's central role in American cultural history.
