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Tacoma, Seattle WA, United States (1926 – 1977)

Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby (born May 2, 1903 in Tacoma, Washington; died October 14, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) was an American Grammy Award winning singer and Academy Award winning actor who was one of the first true multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. Widely recognized as one of the most popular musical acts in history, Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers of the era that followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. In 1962, Crosby was the first person to be recognized with the Grammy Global Achievement Award and is one of the few people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O’Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way.

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.

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  • Bye-ya

    Remembering you on the anniversary of your 108th birthday Bing!

    18 days ago
  • usamike

    dude ! it is jean dujardin !

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  • EricValeev

    Dinah

    March 2012
  • MusicHallofFame

    The Music Hall of Fame are delighted to induct Bing Crosby into the Class of 1943. Congratulations. Please join our group too see the latest inductees into the Music Hall of Fame http://www.last.fm/group/Music+Hall+of+Fame

    February 2012
  • MrCzubaJ

    "Here's B-b-b-b-Bing Crosby reminding us of those times, when you absolutely have to kiss the person you love, Something's Gotta Give. Up next."

    January 2012
  • BeckyLovesDelta

    check out his charts for christmas. Impressive!

    January 2012
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    December 2011
  • Hahaha18

    I wish music was as beautiful as it once was in the 1940s:(

    December 2011
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