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Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby (May 2, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977.

Bing Crosby’s influence on popular culture and popular music is considerable, as from 1934 to 1954 he held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. He is usually considered to be a member of popular music’s “holy trinity” of ultra-icons, alongside Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

Bing Crosby popularized singing with conversational ease, or ‘crooning’. His musical interpretations amalgamated rhythm and romance with scat singing, whistling, rhythmic improvisation and melodic paraphrasing as elements of a hotter, sexier sound than had been conceived before.

Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers that followed him, including the likes of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Dean Martin. Tony Bennett summed up Crosby’s impact, stating, “Bing created a culture. He contributed more to popular music than any other person - he moulded popular music. Every singer in the business has taken something from Crosby. Every male singer has a Bing Crosby idiosyncracy.”

Crosby’s recording of

White Christmas is recognized as the best-selling single in any music category with over 40 million copies sold.

In 1962, Crosby was the first person to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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1	White Christmas full track	386
2	Swinging on a Star full track	133
3	I'll Be Home for Christmas full track	125
4	Silver Bells full track	88
5	Dinah full track	80
6	Jingle Bells full track	79
7	Silent Night full track	76
8	It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas full track	73
9	Winter Wonderland	61
10	Brother Can You Spare A Dime	54
10	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen full track	54
12	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams	50
13	Adeste Fideles full track	42
14	Don't Fence Me In full track	32
15	The First Noel full track	29

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hogan's heroes ftw

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BernaO wrote:
March 2009

Mr Booze is a classic¡¡¡ I love his performance in Robin and the Seven Hoods with all the Rat Pack ;)

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JonnyBluMusic wrote:
March 2009

Lovin' it! ;) Cheers! Jonny www.jonnyblumusic.com

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listinka wrote:
March 2009

http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Grace+Kelly/

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tehprincess wrote:
February 2009

His Christmas music is my absolute favorite, but his non-Christmas music is just as great and is extremely underrated.

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Vector_light1 wrote:
January 2009

ебаные иностранцы о_О да вы повсюду!!!!!! >_<

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AllyWonderland wrote:
December 2008

Agreed Humpage. I must listen to him, Como, Nat King Cole, and the Rat Pack every Xmas.

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Humpage wrote:
December 2008

His Christmas Album completes my Christmas. Mele Kalikimaka is so underrated!

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Aakoo0 wrote:
December 2008

gagagagagagoooooooooommmmmmmmm!!!

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JRBYRD wrote:
December 2008

vavavavooooooooooooooom!

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JRBYRD wrote:
December 2008

Bababoooooooooooom, what a crooner!

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Ragaddicted wrote:
December 2008

So adorable! What a voice, I just love it

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-kufi- wrote:
December 2008

best christmas music, definitely

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laura_mac wrote:
December 2008

What a fox! Best baritone ever. If you haven't seen "Holiday Inn," rent it now.

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omgitswes wrote:
November 2008

and may all your Christmases be white

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athaiya wrote:
November 2008

beautiful and warm voice!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
November 2008

amazing! less than 1M plays!
onitorment wrote:
October 2008

OMHFNEG!

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arrell wrote:
October 2008

Mr Crosby isn't doing much for me =(

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Twiggystickstoo wrote:
October 2008

The Ultimate Rendition of Silent Night is by this fabulous singer!

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