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Bing Crosby American Singer Born 1903 in Tacoma
Bing Crosby · singer and actor · American
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Biography
Bing Crosby was an American singer born on 3 May 1903 in Tacoma. He died on 14 October 1977, aged 74. He was known for Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) and Show Business at War (1943).
The records show 132 albums and 18 singles released between 1932 and 2017. The first title in the list is Let's Put Out the Lights (And Go to Sleep) / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1932); the latest is Among My Souvenirs (2017). Listed genres include traditional pop and jazz. Releases appeared through Decca.
Notable work on record includes White Christmas.
Awards on record come to 7 wins and 3 nominations. The earliest win listed is Academy Award for Best Actor in 1945 for Going My Way. The list of wins runs up to American Music Award of Merit in 1974.
Discography
150 releases| Year | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Among My Souvenirs | Album |
| 2010 | On the Sentimental Side | Album |
| 1998 | Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas | Album |
| 1993 | A Little Bit of Irish | Album |
| 1991 | White Christmas | Album |
| 1982 | Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy | Single |
| 1979 | Holiday Inn | Album |
| 1977 | A Tribute to Duke | Album |
| 1977 | Seasons | Album |
| 1976 | At My Time of Life | Album |
| 1976 | Beautiful Memories | Album |
| 1976 | Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium | Album |
| 1976 | Feels Good, Feels Right | Album |
| 1975 | A Southern Memoir | Album |
| 1975 | Bingo Viejo | Album |
Show all 150 releases
| Year | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | That's What Life Is All About | Album |
| 1975 | Tom Sawyer | Album |
| 1972 | Bing 'n' Basie | Album |
| 1971 | A Time to Be Jolly | Album |
| 1970 | Goldilocks | Album |
| 1969 | Hey Jude / Hey Bing! | Album |
| 1968 | Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love | Album |
| 1968 | Thoroughly Modern Bing | Album |
| 1966 | Bing Crosby's Treasury - The Songs I Love | Album |
| 1966 | The Summit | Album |
| 1965 | Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits | Album |
| 1965 | That Travelin' Two-Beat | Album |
| 1964 | 12 Songs of Christmas | Album |
| 1964 | America, I Hear You Singing | Album |
| 1964 | Return to Paradise Islands | Album |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods – Original Score From The Motion Picture Musical Comedy | Album |
| 1962 | Holiday in Europe | Album |
| 1962 | I Wish You a Merry Christmas | Album |
| 1962 | On the Happy Side | Album |
| 1961 | 101 Gang Songs | Album |
| 1961 | El Señor Bing | Album |
| 1961 | My Golden Favorites | Album |
| 1960 | Bing & Satchmo | Album |
| 1960 | How the West Was Won | Album |
| 1960 | Join Bing & Sing Along | Album |
| 1960 | Songs of Christmas | Album |
| 1959 | Bing’s Buddies and Beaus | Album |
| 1959 | Our Common Heritage | Album |
| 1959 | Say One for Me – An Original Sound Track Recording | Album |
| 1958 | Bing in Paris | Album |
| 1958 | Fancy Meeting You Here | Album |
| 1958 | In a Little Spanish Town | Album |
| 1958 | Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy | Album |
| 1958 | Never Be Afraid – A Musical Adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes | Album |
| 1958 | That Christmas Feeling | Album |
| 1957 | A Christmas Story - An Axe, An Apple and a Buckskin Jacket | Album |
| 1957 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Album |
| 1957 | Bing with a Beat | Album |
| 1957 | Christmastime | Album |
| 1957 | New Tricks | Album |
| 1957 | Once Over Lightly | Album |
| 1957 | The Bible Story of Christmas | Album |
| 1956 | A Christmas Sing with Bing around the World | Album |
| 1956 | Anything Goes | Album |
| 1956 | Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings | Album |
| 1956 | High Society – Motion Picture Soundtrack | Album |
| 1956 | High Tor | Album |
| 1956 | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day / Christmas Is A-Comin' (May God Bless You) | Single |
| 1956 | Songs I Wish I Had Sung (The First Time Around) | Album |
| 1955 | The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost | Album |
| 1954 | Bing Sings the Hits | Album |
| 1954 | Bing: A Musical Autobiography | Album |
| 1954 | Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas | Album |
| 1954 | Some Fine Old Chestnuts | Album |
| 1953 | Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris | Album |
| 1952 | Road to Bali | Album |
| 1952 | Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" | Album |
| 1952 | When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Album |
| 1951 | Beloved Hymns | Album |
| 1951 | Bing and the Dixieland Bands | Album |
| 1951 | Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from... | Album |
| 1951 | Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1-8 | Album |
| 1951 | In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening / Misto Cristofo Columbo | Single |
| 1951 | Way Back Home | Album |
| 1951 | Yours Is My Heart Alone – Beautiful Love Songs Sung by Bing Crosby | Album |
| 1950 | Go West Young Man | Album |
| 1950 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / The Teddy Bear's Picnic | Single |
| 1950 | Songs from Mr. Music | Album |
| 1950 | Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz | Album |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Album |
| 1949 | Christmas Greetings | Album |
| 1949 | Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Album |
| 1949 | Sing the Song Hits from "South Pacific" | Album |
| 1949 | Sings Cole Porter Songs | Album |
| 1949 | Sings Songs by George Gershwin | Album |
| 1948 | Auld Lang Syne | Album |
| 1948 | Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows | Album |
| 1948 | Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters | Album |
| 1948 | Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer | Album |
| 1948 | Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan | Album |
| 1948 | Selections from Road to Rio | Album |
| 1948 | St. Valentine's Day | Album |
| 1948 | The Emperor Waltz | Album |
| 1947 | Drifting and Dreaming | Album |
| 1947 | El Bingo – A Collection of Latin American Favorites | Album |
| 1947 | Selections from Showboat | Album |
| 1947 | Selections from Welcome Stranger | Album |
| 1947 | St. Patrick's Day | Album |
| 1947 | The Christmas Song / O Fir Tree Dark | Single |
| 1947 | The Man Without a Country | Album |
| 1947 | The Small One | Album |
| 1947 | Victor Herbert | Album |
| 1947 | White Christmas / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Single |
| 1946 | Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster | Album |
| 1946 | Blue Skies | Album |
| 1946 | Don't Fence Me In | Album |
| 1946 | Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One | Album |
| 1946 | Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two | Album |
| 1946 | Jerome Kern | Album |
| 1946 | Selections from Road to Utopia | Album |
| 1946 | Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's | Album |
| 1946 | The Happy Prince | Album |
| 1946 | What We So Proudly Hail | Album |
| 1945 | Merry Christmas | Album |
| 1945 | Selections from the Paramount Production Going My Way | Album |
| 1945 | You Belong to My Heart / Baía | Single |
| 1944 | Amor | Single |
| 1944 | Going My Way / Swinging on a Star | Single |
| 1943 | I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) / Danny Boy | Single |
| 1942 | Holiday Inn | Album |
| 1942 | Silent Night, Holy Night / Adeste Fideles | Single |
| 1942 | White Christmas / Let's Start The New Year Right | Single |
| 1941 | Crosbyana | Album |
| 1941 | Hawaii Calls | Album |
| 1941 | Small Fry | Album |
| 1941 | Under Western Skies | Album |
| 1940 | Ballad for Americans | Album |
| 1940 | Christmas Music | Album |
| 1940 | Favorite Hawaiian Songs | Album |
| 1940 | Sierra Sue / Marchéta | Single |
| 1940 | Star Dust | Album |
| 1939 | Cowboy Songs | Album |
| 1939 | George Gershwin Songs, Vol. 1 | Album |
| 1939 | Patriotic Songs for Children | Album |
| 1939 | Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. 1 | Album |
| 1939 | Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. 2 | Album |
| 1937 | Never in a Million Years | Single |
| 1937 | Sweet Leilani / Blue Hawaii | Single |
| 1937 | When You Dream About Hawaii / Sail Along Silvery Moon | Single |
| 1933 | The Last Round-Up / Home on the Range | Single |
| 1932 | Let's Put Out the Lights (And Go to Sleep) / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Single |
| Around the World with Bing! | Album | |
| Bing At Christmas | Album | |
| Bing's Hollywood vols.1-15 | Album | |
| Music of Hawaii | Album |
Awards and nominations
7 won, 3 nominated| Year | Award | For | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | American Music Award of Merit | Won | |
| 1962 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
| 1960 | Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award | Won | |
| 1945 | Academy Award for Best Actor | Going My Way | Won |
| Peabody Awards | Won | ||
| star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Won | ||
| World Golf Hall of Fame | Won | ||
| 1955 | Academy Award for Best Actor | The Country Girl | Nominated |
| 1946 | Academy Award for Best Actor | The Bells of St. Mary's | Nominated |
| 1945 | Academy Award for Best Actor | Going My Way | Nominated |
Filmography
91 credits| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | I.O.U.S.A. | Film | |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Film | |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | Film | |
| 1971 | Dr. Cook's Garden | Film | |
| 1966 | Stagecoach | Film | |
| 1964 | Robin and the 7 Hoods | Film | |
| 1964– | The Bing Crosby Show | TV series | |
| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong | Film | |
| 1960 | High Time | Film | |
| 1960 | Let's Make Love | Film | |
| 1960 | Pepe | Film | |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | Film | |
| 1959 | Say One for Me | Film | |
| 1957 | Man on Fire | Film | |
| 1957– | The Edsel Show | TV series |
Show all 91 credits
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | The Joker Is Wild | Film | |
| 1956 | Anything Goes | Film | |
| 1956 | High Society | Film | |
| 1954 | The Country Girl | Film | |
| 1954 | White Christmas | Film | |
| 1953 | Little Boy Lost | Film | |
| 1952 | Just for You | Film | |
| 1952 | Road to Bali | Film | |
| 1952 | Son of Paleface | Film | |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Film | |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Film | |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Film | |
| 1951 | You Can Change the World | Film | |
| 1950 | Mr. Music | Film | |
| 1950 | Riding High | Film | |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Hank Martin/Sir Boss | Film |
| 1949 | Top o' the Morning | Film | |
| 1948 | The Emperor Waltz | Film | |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Film | |
| 1947 | Road to Rio | Film | |
| 1947 | The Road to Hollywood | Film | |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Film | |
| 1947 | Welcome Stranger | Film | |
| 1946 | Blue Skies | Writer, Director | Film |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Film | |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern | Film | |
| 1945 | Hollywood Victory Caravan | Film | |
| 1945 | Out of This World | Film | |
| 1945 | The Bells of St. Mary's | Film | |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Film | |
| 1944 | Here Come the Waves | Film | |
| 1944 | Road to Victory | Film | |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate | Film | |
| 1943 | Dixie | Writer | Film |
| 1943 | Show Business at War | Film | |
| 1942 | Holiday Inn | Writer | Film |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Film | |
| 1942 | Road to Morocco | Film | |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Film | |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Film | |
| 1941 | Road to Zanzibar | Film | |
| 1940 | If I Had My Way | Film | |
| 1940 | Rhythm on the River | Film | |
| 1940 | Road to Singapore | Film | |
| 1940 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 | Film | |
| 1939 | East Side of Heaven | Film | |
| 1939 | Paris Honeymoon | Film | |
| 1939 | The Star Maker | Film | |
| 1938 | Doctor Rhythm | Film | |
| 1938 | Sing You Sinners | Film | |
| 1937 | Double or Nothing | Film | |
| 1937 | Waikiki Wedding | Film | |
| 1936 | Anything Goes | Film | |
| 1936 | Pennies from Heaven | Film | |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Film | |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Film | |
| 1935 | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Film | |
| 1935 | Two for Tonight | Film | |
| 1934 | Here is My Heart | Film | |
| 1934 | Just an Echo | Film | |
| 1934 | She Loves Me Not | Film | |
| 1934 | We're Not Dressing | Film | |
| 1933 | Blue of the Night | Film | |
| 1933 | College Humor | Film | |
| 1933 | Going Hollywood | Writer | Film |
| 1933 | Please | Film | |
| 1933 | Sing, Bing, Sing | Film | |
| 1933 | Too Much Harmony | Film | |
| 1932 | Billboard Girl | Film | |
| 1932 | Dream House | Film | |
| 1932 | The Big Broadcast | Film | |
| 1931 | I Surrender Dear | Film | |
| 1931 | One More Chance | Film | |
| 1930 | King of Jazz | Film | |
| 1930 | Reaching for the Moon | Film | |
| 1930 | Two Plus Fours | Film |
Personal life
Marriages on record are to Dixie Lee (1930 to 1952, ended by death) and Kathryn Crosby (1957 to 1977). He was the father of Dennis Crosby, Lindsay Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, Phillip Crosby, Mary Crosby, Gary Crosby and Harry Crosby. Education on record includes North Central High School, Gonzaga University and Gonzaga Preparatory School.
Bing Crosby on Social Media
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Frequently asked questions
How old was Bing Crosby at the time of death?
Bing Crosby died on 14 October 1977 at the age of 74. He was born on 3 May 1903.
What is Bing Crosby known for?
Bing Crosby was known for Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) and Show Business at War (1943).
What is Bing Crosby’s nationality?
Bing Crosby was American, born in Tacoma.
How tall was Bing Crosby?
Bing Crosby was 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall.
Who was Bing Crosby married to?
Bing Crosby’s marriages on record are to Kathryn Crosby (1957 to 1977) and Dixie Lee (1930 to 1952).
Has Bing Crosby won any awards?
Yes. 7 awards are on record, including American Music Award of Merit (1974).
Sources
- Wikidata (Q72984), accessed October 2026
- Follower counts: dated individually above
- Photo: AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain
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