When and where was Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. born?
Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. entered the world on the 3rd of May 1903, in Tacoma, Washington.
Questions about Bing Crosby
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What is the significance of Bing Crosby's White Christmas recording?
Bing Crosby's recording of White Christmas remains the bestselling single of all time with over fifty million copies sold worldwide. The song reached number one on the 31st of October 1942, and stayed there for eleven weeks before topping the charts again in 1945 and January 1947.
How did Bing Crosby influence the development of magnetic tape recording technology?
Crosby hired Jack Mullin to start recording his Philco Radio Time show on the 1st of August 1947 using fifty reels of I.G. Farben magnetic tape found at Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt. He invested fifty thousand dollars to Ampex to help expand production of their tape recorders by 1948.
Which films earned Bing Crosby Academy Award recognition during his career?
In 1944 Crosby won an Academy Award for Best Actor for Going My Way and was nominated for its sequel The Bells of St. Mary's released in 1945. He received critical acclaim and his third Academy Award nomination for playing an alcoholic entertainer in The Country Girl.
What were Bing Crosby's major business investments outside of entertainment?
From 1946 until his death Crosby owned a twenty-five percent share of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. In 1935 he bought his first racehorse and two years later became founding partner of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club which operated from Del Mar Racetrack.