- Born
- 3 May 1903, Tacoma, Washington, United States
- First work
- 1930: King of Jazz
- Peak
- 1940 to 1954 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1971: Dr. Cook's Garden
- Died
- 14 October 1977, Alcobendas, Spain; aged 74; natural
Bing Crosby
Film: singer, actor, United States
Bing Crosby was the defining multimedia entertainer of mid-twentieth-century popular culture, pioneering intimate microphone technique and effortless vocal phrasing. Starting in jazz vocal ensembles during the late 1920s, he emerged as a radio giant and supreme box-office attraction. Crosby won an Academy Award for Going My Way and starred in the celebrated Road comedies with Bob Hope, while his recording of White Christmas became an unprecedented global phenomenon. A relaxed, genial screen presence masked consummate professional skill across five decades of music and motion pictures, concluding when he died following a golf outing near Madrid, Spain, in 1977.
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Signature works
- White Christmas song1942
- Holiday Inn film1942
- Road to Morocco film1942
- Going My Way film1944
- The Country Girl film1954
- White Christmas film1954
- High Society film1956
Honours
- Academy Award for Best Actor, 1944
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 1962
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, 1960
Groups: The Rhythm Boys.