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I can count on one hand the ones I did not like. … There were a few ‘ugly' ones like Bing Crosby and Jerry Lewis.
It all goes back to Bing Crosby and Pebble Beach Golf Club. He was obviously the biggest recording star for decades, right? He was obsessed with Pebble Beach, so he built a big studio in the Bay Area. After him, a lot of studio and production companies started up here, and that was the beginning of our high-tech industry.
They called it by a different name ... They called it hillbilly music. And I liked it from the very first memories of life. I liked other music, too. I liked Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and people like that. But there was kind of an original hillbilly sound that was coming from around Bakersfield that went on to be world famous. And I was not smart enough at the time to realize it was happening.More quotes »
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Today in History, May 29
the movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy," starring James Cagney as George M. Cohan, premiered at a war-bonds benefit in New York. Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra recorded Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" in Los Angeles for Decca 5/29/12 from KansasCity.com Read more »
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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 29
the biggest selling single record of all time? The answer may surprise you, since it isn't by the Beatles or Elvis. The record is Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," recorded on this date 70 years ago. Crosby's rendition has sold 50 million copies since it was from PR Newswire Read more »
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1942 - Bing Crosby records his record-shattering versi...
Ind., sharing a birthday with her older sister Rebbie. LaToya Jackson Rebbie Jackson Bing Crosby records his record-shattering version of "White Christmas" with the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra. Where are they now? Bing Crosby from VH1 Read more »
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Haggard reminisces
said. “They called it hillbilly music. And I liked it from the very first memories of life. I liked other music, too. I liked Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and people like that. But there was kind of an original hillbilly sound that was coming from around from The Montana Standard Read more »
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Booker can't play by his own set of rules
Mayor Cory Booker and Governor Christie, the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby buddy tandem of New Jersey politics, are not the stars of "On the Road to the White House 2012." Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are the marquee players, not these two guys from Jersey with a propensity from NorthJersey.com Read more »
