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25 Dec 2023, 12:39 am by Immigration Prof
In The Conversation (With "White Christmas," Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby helped make Christmas a holiday that all Americans could celebrate), Ray Rast writes about two truly American songs written by an immigrant in times of crisis. [read post]
13 Aug 2023, 5:18 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Filed in Manhattan federal court late Friday, the complaint alleges infringement of 2,749 works, recorded by deceased artists, including Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. [read post]
9 Jul 2023, 6:33 am
 [It was believed by some] that if Bowlly had not died during the war, he would have been "bigger than Bing Crosby," and that "he had a better voice. [read post]
10 Dec 2022, 8:42 am by Jack Sharman
Plus, from the 1970s—when Christmas really was Christmas—Bing Crosby (in a sharp cardigan) and David Bowie. [read post]
20 Nov 2022, 10:21 am
This strange body of music includes Italian restaurant staples like Sinatra’s 'Strangers in the Night,' gunslinger melodramas like 'El Paso' by Marty Robbins, Vegas gruel by Dean Martin, and the Yale 'Whiffenpoof Song' as sung by Bing Crosby, Fred Waring, and the Glee Club. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 4:17 am
There’s an analysis of Bing Crosby’s version of Yale’s “Whiffenpoof Song. [read post]
27 Oct 2022, 6:00 pm
., you’ll never run out of things to do here.It’s no wonder Palm Springs has been the home to many A-listers over the decades, including Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Kirk Douglas and Leonardo DiCaprio.Located in the Old Las Palmas celebrity neighborhood, Villa de Leone is currently on the market for $4.8 million. [read post]
31 May 2022, 4:00 pm
As a film actor, Hope was well known for My Favorite Brunette and the “Road” movie series, which consisted of seven films made with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, between 1940 and 1962. [read post]
8 Feb 2022, 8:00 pm
California Golf Haven with ‘Style’Iconic actor, singer, and songwriter, Bing Crosby, was perhaps one of the most notable celebrities of the mid-20th century, and now his former home in Thunderbird Heights, California, is on the market for a cool $4.5 million.Located in a gated golf community, Crosby’s former residence sits on an impressive 1.36 acres and sports 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. [read post]
4 Oct 2021, 3:57 pm by Mark Walsh
ShareA View from the Courtroom is an inside look at significant oral arguments and opinion announcements unfolding in real time. [read post]
30 Aug 2021, 8:55 am by Eric Goldman
  They specifically cited classic pre-1972 sound recordings (including Bing Crosby’s classic 1942 recording of “White Christmas”) in their arguments. [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 8:50 am
" In the 40s, popular taste turned away from his style, toward "crooners" like Bing Crosby. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 8:00 pm
Throughout her longstanding career, she has brushed shoulders with the likes of such Hollywood legends as Robert Mitchum, Bing Crosby, and Elizabeth Taylor, among many others. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 10:33 pm by Jeff Nowak
Of course, we ended our webinar with a holiday jingle that reflected the mood of the day: “I’m Dreaming of a COVID-Free Christmas” sung to the tune of “White Christmas” by the Bing Crosby (a version which you can listen to or skip on the recording!) [read post]
25 Nov 2020, 2:30 am by Jack Sharman
Read the entire article here and listen to the Te Deum below, cherubs and all: Second, let’s go to the American fountainhead—Bing Crosby with 1942’s “I’ve Got Plenty To Be Thankful For,” one of the songs on the soundtrack to Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (which also features, of course, “White Christmas”): Third, to bring us into this century, here’s a Thanksgiving playlist from NPR (Shaunna Morrison… [read post]
1 Sep 2020, 5:22 am
"[They wrote] an adorable half-hour comedy-mystery with a lovable and hapless Great Dane — a character modeled, they often said, on the character Bob Hope played alongside Bing Crosby in the 'Road' movies. [read post]
9 Apr 2020, 3:00 am by Jack Sharman
Stay-at-home continues in the coronavirus pandemic, but much to cover here — subpoenas and search warrants, cocktails and Bing Crosby, a Turkish poet and a Southern one, eighteenth-century gin addiction, and Bill Withers and John Prine. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 7:09 am by Jack Sharman
Takes some patience, but Gibbon is actually very funny.Gary Giddins, Bing Crosby: Swing On A Star — The War Years — Der Bibgle. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 11:41 am by Jonathan Bailey
Davis and performed by the Trapp Famly Singers) and White Christmas (written by Irving Berlin and performed by Bing Crosby) were created around that time. [read post]