
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian and actor. The first multimedia star, Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. Crosby won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of St. Mary's opposite Ingrid Bergman the next year, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. He was also known for his collaborations with longtime friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to... films from 1940 to 1962. Crosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build copies. He then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became an industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.

Showbiz Goes to War

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Christmas with Crosby & Kate

Rat Pack

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1

Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

Songs That Won the War

This Is Bob Hope...

The Jack Benny Program

Little Boy Lost

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キャロル・バーネット・ショー

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

High Tor

My Music: A Classic Christmas

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

That's Entertainment!

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Out of This World

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Grace face à son destin

East Side of Heaven

The Big Broadcast

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Bing Crosby: Rediscovered

That's Entertainment! III

Show-Business at War

It's Showtime

The Bob Hope Show

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Country Girl

The Princess and the Pirate

Pennies from Heaven

Road to Morocco

Road to Rio

The Bells of St. Mary's

Rhythm on the River

Here Is My Heart

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Angels in the Outfield

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上流社会

We're Not Dressing

Road to Utopia

Going My Way

Sing, You Sinners

Mississippi

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Dinah!

My Favorite Brunette

Double or Nothing

Welcome Stranger

Dr. Cook's Garden

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Top of the Pops

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Road to Singapore

Two for Tonight

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

If I Had My Way

My Favorite Blonde

Scared Stiff

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地上最大のショウ

The Movie Orgy

Road to Zanzibar

Pepe

Son of Paleface

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

King of Jazz

The Merv Griffin Show

Road to Bali

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Blue Skies

High Time

Variety Girl

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

Duffy's Tavern

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

The Emperor Waltz

Anything Goes

Stagecoach

Birth of the Blues

Star Spangled Rhythm

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Doctor Rhythm

Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show

Jolson Sings Again

Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

Swing Out, Sweet Land

The All-Star Christmas Show

Alias Jesse James

They Got Me Covered

Disney's Halloween Treat

Man on Fire

The Road to Hong Kong

Riding High

Confessions of a Co-Ed

You Can Change The World

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

Blue of the Night

Cinerama's Russian Adventure

I Surrender Dear

She Loves Me Not

Sing, Bing, Sing

La grande olimpiade

Off Limits

Waikiki Wedding

The Big Broadcast of 1936

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

Lifetime of Comedy

Bing Crosby: Live In Mysen, Norway

Top o' the Morning

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

Reaching for the Moon

The Mike Douglas Show

Going Hollywood

College Humor

Anything Goes

Cancel My Reservation

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

Here Comes the Groom

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Here Come the Waves

Showdown at Ulcer Gulch

Too Much Harmony

The All-Star Bond Rally

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

One More Chance

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

The Bing Crosby Show

Legends

The Danny Thomas Hour

Just for You

Hollywood Handicap

Say One for Me

Two Plus Fours

The Road to Hollywood

Rhythm on the Range

Mr. Music

The Shining Future

Billboard Girl

Paris Honeymoon

Hollywood on Parade

Dixie

The Bing Crosby Show

The Sound of Laughter

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

Moments in Music

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

Halloween Hall o' Fame

The Hollywood Clowns

Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank

Classic Commercials: Volume 3

Big Night Out: The Peggy Lee Show

Goldilocks

The March of Time

Please

The Star Maker

Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

The Bing Crosby Show

Bing Crosby: Cooling It

A Bing Crosby Christmas

Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin

Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials

The Magic of Bing Crosby

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration

The Bing Crosby Show

Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

The Edsel Show

Bing Crosby: Legends in Concert

Down Memory Lane

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Shanks for the Memory

A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show

Hooray for Hollywood

The Best of Johnny Carson

Showbiz Ballyhoo

Classic Comedy Teams

Michael Bublé: Home For The Holidays

The Frank Sinatra Show