What a lovely comment.

I’m 65, and have been watching since I was a child! Bing was, and is, still the very best in his music. I intended to become a triple threat till an dance injury changed my path, yet music and my singing was my core original talent so I continued in that. My taste in music is quite diversified, coupled with understanding from experiences in all 3 fields, so watching and growing up around pioneers such as the entire cast of White Christmas is a treasured memory for many. I have not had that privilege of working with them but similar experiences serve me well in the energy on set-whew what moments! We all have our flaws, as I’m sure many pioneers did, yet their work should stand simply as that, their talent shines for all to see on film...forever 🙏🏻🌟🌟🌟

What a beautiful comment...

That’s a bittersweet memory but that means your dad was talented, what a blessing 🙏🏻🌟

me too.

Christmas is never Christmas without Holiday Inn and Bing singing White Christmas and Meet Me In St. Louis with Judy Garland singing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Bing and Judy are National Treasures there will never be another Crosby or Garland. God Bless Them

Savanill has a Bing pipe called Bings Favorite. Long stem.

@@1533ramsay Yes...I have one. Long stem, slightly curved and smokes very nicely thank you (in my best Bing imitation!).

He was an ass of a father. THAT is who you put on a pedestal?

From what I’ve read Bing Crosby never should’ve had children. He was a much better father figure to the world than he was to his own real children. Very sad.

@John Caulfield Did you see him beat them? I got whipped when I was a child, too, but it made me a better person. My mama was the one who whipped us....and we deserved it every time. I loved her dearly and we were very good friends when I grew up.

@John Caulfield Bing's strong drinking days were well behind him, at Dixie's insistence, very very early on in his first marriage. Dixie is credited for being the person who inspired his successful turnaround and his career soared. His son remarked his father was the only family member whom he never saw drunk. He had seven children the last three always speak lovingly of their father as did Phillip from the first marriage. Dennis and Linny, the two sons who suicided, gave quotes defending their father after the eldest sons book was released. "Crosby family blasts book". His eldest sons book has had parts queried over the years and he was reinterviewed later on and when challenged about certain allegations in his book commented, he couldn't remember writing those things as he was drunk at the time. I think there was probably truth and fault from both sides.

@John Caulfield no

Judy Evancic Yes ! Stars interrupted their careers in their prime to do whatever they were asked to do for the war effort. Nowadays it is not like that.

Then why was he so hard on his kids?

@@VirginiaCook-lx1qv Read the new things, books articles and the information about his son being reinterviewed about his book and his responses and that it has been mentioned by another family member that he later apologised to the family in regards to the book. Interesting stuff....

Giddins did finish the second volume . It was published about two years ago. Now whether we get the final volume is another matter entirely.

Any Acclaim he deserves for his talent is overshadowed by the cruel horrific way he treated his family. Being a singer and being rich is not what makes you a success in life. It's what you leave behind and he left nothing but hate and bitterness. Very sad.

@@anniegillespie7935 His wives adored him, 6 of his 7 children supported him and only the one son was highly critical in a book that has had some parts queried. Even Gary's son said some lovely things about his grandfather.

She was in a bad car accident years ago. Her second husband died in it. 2:32

that was a real christmas with or without money

JIM RICK I

You forgot Donald O'connor.

@@debbieking5171 ARE YOU SURE...I KNOW CROSBY PAIRED WITH O'CONNOR IN "ANYTHING GOES" A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER...NEVER HEARD HE WAS CONSIDERED FOR "WHITE CHRISTMAS"...BY THE WAY CLOONEY WAS FANTASTIC SINGIINEG "LOVE YOU DIDN'T DO RIGHT TO ME"....AND LOOK FOR GEORGE CHIKARAS AS ONE OF HER MEN IN THIS NUMBER..HE WAS ALSO IN MONROE'S "DIAMONDS" NUMBER IN "GENTLE PREFER BLONDES" IN 1953...FINALLY HIT IT BIG IN "WEST SIDE STORY" IN 1960...

You left out Donald O’Conner who was seriously ill at the time they asked him 🙏🏻🌟

Sounds classy like Bing.

I agree!

@@jessiem276 Amen sister! ;0)

Agree.

Amen

Away in a Manger and Silent Night (among many others) do a pretty good job of covering the religious aspect of the holiday season. The secular "classics" celebrating the popular cultural activities of the season are meaningful to people as well. Most people can make room in their hearts for both. For anyone who chooses to listen to or sing exclusively religious songs that is their prerogative....and vice versa, of course.

except all that stuff is made up. but whatever lol

@@mbellizia75 Yeah, along with that Season Greetings idiocy, come on, there is no season without the reason, and the reason is that Jesus was born. And that's no 'made up stuff' !!!

Awesome story. I envy you meeting bing.

Well look at you Sir, that means you’re talented as well!!! Oh to see that moment would be a treasure for me as well. First let me say thank you for your service, and 2nd: DID YOU GET ANY PHOTOS??? Lol you have wonderful stories so you should write and share for commemorative purposes. This platform is good to a degree, and loving I’m on it for moments like this; however, there’s nothing like pen and paper! Blessings of Joy and Love for the New Year 🙏🏻🌟

Yes! Along with Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, they don't make them like them today!

Connie Johnson Thanks for letting us know ! 👍

Drives me NUTS when people mispronounce it. Class of 1994. ;)

John Derosa Some people just want their privacy and good for them.

She is a pretty talented lady as was Dixie Lee, Bing's first wife. He married two beautiful women.

I AGREE THAT "HOLIDAY INN" IS A SUPERIOR FILM...BUT IT WAS SHOT RIGHT AFTER WE ENTERED THE 2ND WORLD WAR...SO NO TECHNICOLOR BECAUSE OF COST AND FILM STOCK WAS RATIONED...BUT I LOVE THOSE GREAT SONGS HE DID WITH ROSIE AND DANNY KAYE IN "WHITE CHRISTMAS" DANNY AND VERA ELLEN SWEPT YOU AWAY WHEN THEY DANCED TO THAT FABULOUS SONG "THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOUR DANCING" AND OF COURSE "COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS" WITH BING AND ROSIE....SO BOTH FILMS ARE ALWAYS WORTH WATCHING....

Nailed it! Holiday Inn was a much better film by far.

I love that scene by the fireplace where he sings "White Christmas" with the dubbed Marjorie Reynolds---it actually is one of my fav versions of the song he did where he hums and whistles and hits the bells on the tree with his pipe---I love that! Back when they lit candles on a Christmas tree!!! I think one of the reasons Holiday Inn gets so overlooked is because in this overly politically correct world, the Abraham song and dance number is probably objectionable....Yes it was wrong we did those things but it was a very real part of our history, and maybe people didn't want to know that many of the big time entertainers actually started out early in their careers in "blackface"....to pretend it didn't happen would be worse than to just bury this good movie due to one song and dance number about Abraham Lincoln.

I COULDN"T AGREE MORE! It's like NO ONE Wants to EVER talk about the CRIMES that this country has done to others! INSTEAD we just try to BURY them and Act as IF they NEVER HAPPENED! In GEMANY they actually TEACH their children about the CRIMES of HITLER and the NAZIS! They don't BURY and HIDE from "THE TRUTH"! They EMBRACE IT and TEACH ABOUT IT so that it DOESN'T Happen EVER AGAIN!

Holiday Inn is my favourite Christmas film, followed by White Christmas and the Alistair Sim version of Scrooge.

What a sad sad pathetic comment. Read the new information about Bing, his sons book and the mistruths and half truths that are being cleared up. This man has a list of charitable acts for friends strangers employees and children's causes that very few could hope to achieve.

One committed suicide is what I heard.

I was just going to Google to see if Kathern was still alive. Man she lived a whole life since his death...

@@vikinggoddess2126, he had four sons by is first wife, 2 of them committed suicide.

@@brule1961 oh dang!

@@vikinggoddess2126 Two suicided. One was Lindsay, youngest son from Bing's first marriage to Dixie Lee.

Wow!! Same here!! I just now saw this video. Posted 2:36 am EST December 20, 2018. We are on the same wavelength!!

12/21/18

Its Armani here now in 2019. Merry Christmas. 🤗

One of my favorite movies. No, I didn't know that. Thank you, Ma'am :-D

He was a very traditional Catholic father, a total totalitarian king with his family being his subjects. I grew up in such a loveless authoritarian family also with a dad who felt that any love on his part might turn us into pansies.

He was horrible to his first kids!! An awful person!! Did not care for ! Bing at ALl

If the boys all supposedly despised him how come the three younger boys from Dixie gave defensive quotes about their father after the book was released. Another son said the 3 sons in question were devastated by Gary's book. There are a number of lovely comments about Bing by Phil and Linny. Gary himself was apparently planning a tribute album to his father before his passing, and his book has been queried over time. Not the discipline rather the extent thereof. He was later reinterviewed, 9 hours taped, and challenged about certain claims, his responses were interesting.

I read she and a friend were in a horrific car accident. Her friend died and her facial surgeries were reconstructive not elective.

I love that song!

@@1533ramsay me too!

You see face lifts all the time, but don’t know it....... the good work is not obvious at all. But this poor woman has had way too much work....or very bad work.

Could be that her Dr.'s name was Picasso.

Was that why she looked like this. Shes a billionaire though. Bing was loaded.

Harsh much?

Very old building

His wife explained that that was taken out of context. Bing very rarely entertained any celebrity/friends at his home, why? Because he valued his privacy, because of his first wife's problems and also apparently because his mother, who later lived with them, wouldn't allow entertainment people in the home. Bing loved Louis Armstrong and went into bat for him against the movie studios. I'm glad it was explained that the quote about Bing and Louis was taken out of context. They were friends who greatly respected one another. Fabulous men and entertainers. Louis had the most beautiful smile ever.

@@mitzymoo3151 Why did Pops say that in the biography witten about him, Satch was quoted as such. According to a biography of Bob Hope, Bing never had them to dinner. As far as your quotation from Kathryn, Do you really think that she would disagree. In rhe long run it is all water under the bridge. A Happy Thanksgiving.

@@tomkelly4336 And recently I read that the quote was said back to Bing and he fondly responded that he had not been invited to Mr Armstrong's house either. But I am sure that I read of bob having had been invited to Bing and Kathryn's for a meal in one of the books about Bing's life. They were all good friends and completely talented people. I especially love Bing and Louie.

@@mitzymoo3151 Actually the Bob Hope quote was from the bio that came out a few years ago. As far as Pops and Bing Crosby, if Bing didn't invite Louis to his house why should reciprocate? I have read though that Bing Crosby was a very private man and that except for family was pretty much a loner. I love Louis Armstrong, indeed he is one of the greatest musicians of the 20rh century.

@@tomkelly4336 I'll have to check but I'm pretty sure I read of bob being at Bing's in one of Kathryn's books. It's like the second hand quote attributed to bob about not liking Bing, when in one of bobs books, written by bob himself, he says Bing's was the best friendship he ever had and that he thought Bing could do no wrong. He did defend Bing and acknowledge his friendship with Bing for years after Bing's passing. His wife Delores also spoke of the love they had for each other as friends. There have been numerous half truths and mistruths about bing since his passing, a lot of which are now being cleared up.

Whom she adored....

*ps I wonder if his sons were listening to 'Dear Old Dad' singing "White Christmas" when they were committing suicide*

His first wife suffered from extreme shyness and low self esteem. She apparently drank socially early on and it exacerbated over time. It has been said that she was lonely with her husband being away for vast amounts of time but she was not comfortable going out socially with Bing and refused to accompany him at times. Everything I've read states she was a beautiful, kind and honest woman who struggled with her Hollywood life. Bing tried to get her help and they say she was good for periods of time but would relapse when he went on the road again. She was a strict disciplinarian herself, not always available to her son's, but when well was warm loving and attentive. She passed from cancer, not suicide and she adored her husband. The boys weren't disinherited, they had received substantial trust funds at 21 and were receiving cheques from investments from money set up through their parents, long after Bing had passed these investments went bust, after this the youngest son suicided. The boys were to receive their money at 65, not out of cruelty, but so the money wouldn't be squandered and to make sure they were looked after later. This is all from things I have read. Bing wasnt the best father, which he regretted, but I'm not sure he was the monster he has been portrayed as either. 2017 redeeming Bing Crosby is a gem article that talks about some of the mistruths about bing, how they began and clears up and puts in perspective some of the stories about him.

He never cut any of his children out of his will. The boys from the first marriage received trust fund money when they turned 21 and financial help from their father all his life. When he died he left them another chunk of money they were to receive when they turned 65. As for Elvis, yeah he never credited Bing with influencing him but he did say his biggest influence was Dean Martin and guess who Dino said was HIS biggest influence.

Bing was always totally honest with how he raised his children, if you read about him. His oldest son, who wrote the book, commented he could feel the unspoken love of his father and the book that he wrote has had parts queried. He was later reinterviewed and asked about some of his claims and his responses were interesting. His son's suicided in their 50s and it has been known that their actions had very little if anything to do with their father. People need to read about Bing more and ignore some of the half truths and mistruths aimed at him since his passing. His second wife was very nice to the first set of boys and they never spoke negatively about her at all in anything I've read, rather they were complimentary. Bing wasn't a great father first time around, but he loved his boys and his first wife. His persona as you say, was perpetuated through movies, etc. Bing never claimed any angel like qualities, rather it was the public projecting the perfect image on to him. He spoke about spanking his children and the strictness very early on, but back in his day a lot of parents disciplined the same way and so rather than being critical they actually wrote to him seeking advice about parenting. He learnt better the second time around when he was semi retired and had a second wife who did not have the issues that his beautiful first wife suffered with. Both wives adored him.

Bing rarely invited anybody to his home for various reasons. He was a very private person, his wife's problems and later because his mother, who was living with them, refused to have celebs in the house, from what I've read. Bing was a great champion of equality. Try reading how he went into bat for Mr. Armstrong in his movies, there is also a great interview with a lovely lady who worked with Bing for many years who sang his praises.

It is hysterical that you think that White Christmas is a devotional film, or has anything whatsoever to do with Christianity, other than the season and name of the film. His Catholicism has nothing to do with that movie.

I never said the FILM is a devotional film. You read into my statements that fact, exposing your own bias against Christianity. And the fact that a person's incarnate faith means nothing to you, shows how shallow your own existence is. Every writer, including Jesus himself, stated that the premise of Deut 6:4 would suffuse a believer's life. That you would deny this to Bing, is just sick. You may disagree with me, but don't blaspheme.@@jonholcombe

I was raised a Roman Catholic you lunatic.@@moirbasso7051

As was I, but you seem to have a hatred for Christianity, probably because of Vat. II. That's typical. And I am not a lunatic, ass.@@jonholcombe

"After the second or third exchange with a heretic, leave him in his sins" .- St. Paul. I think I'll leave you now....just as the priests taught me, prior to 1966.

Why are candy canes politically incorrect?

We also lost Elvis and Maria Callas that year.

Kathryn Grant, Bing's widow. At one time, a beauty. But then she got WAY too much plastic surgery. Google Wayland and Madame and see how she now looks like the puppet.

Gavin Burnes she’s always tried to retain her youth, still looks somewhat like she did in the 60s and 70s.

She is around my mother's age, my mother looks way better never having any surgery or botox.

Listen, no one but you, seems to give a shit.

I think it's just a lot of botox.

Who cares?

CrazyWedz

Check out bing in early Warner brothers cartoons.he was everywhere.

No none of his sons said he was a monster. One wrote a book that has had parts queried. The other three sons gave defensive quotes about their father after the book was published but did admit his faults. The stepsister recalled having lunch with the eldest son, who wrote the book, and he talked to her about why he had written what he did ...she was appalled...and she said he later apologised to the family. The same son was later reinterviewed and when asked about certain things he replied he couldn't remember writing them because he was drunk at the time. His two sons that suicided were in their early to mid fifties and the reasons I've read were addiction, monetary and relationship issues, very little if anything to do with their father. They had been receiving cheques from investments made through money from Bing and Dixie that had been providing for them for years. The investments went belly up and the youngest son suicided. His brother followed a few years later.

NOT true!

He had a 50 year career and dominated movies, radio, music and later success in tv. In his 70s and still performing in sellout concerts. His career was one of the best ever, I think he would have made it big whatever time frame.

He was off he’s time,when if you knew the right people you could get away with anything.I Bet he was a miserable Man in private who didn’t like it unless he was doing only what HE wanted to do

@@alfching2499 From this comment I gather you know very little about what a great man he was and how much he did for others.

I know What a insecure old freak.who is she anyway ??????

@@alfching2499 : Age eventually catches up with everyone. My vain, narcissistic mother had a lot of plastic surgery. When she died at age 92 she looked like the the King Tut mummy.

Read all of the new information surrounding the mistruths and half truths aimed at Bing since his passing. No not an angel but definitely a good man.

Sheryl Benkosky Every one of us have gifts, faults and personality quirks. Bing was a national treasure.

When his latest and probably best biographer interviewed people who knew Bing, he found most of them loved him. His two wives adored him and out of seven children only the one son wrote negatively about him, the others whilst admitting his faults mainly defended him.

John Lennon had a juke box in his Manhattan apartment filled with nothing but Crosby records. As for Elvis, the one popular singer that Elvis admitted to being influenced by was Dean Martin. And guess who Dean Martin said his biggest influence was growing up.

Andy who????

andy shmandy

I think even the son who wrote the book mentioned Bing rarely raised his voice or lost his cool. He might have had a temper but he kept it under control well then. He and his wife didn't argue in front of the kids either from what I've read. I don't know where he was supposed to have had a temper....

Need to read a bit more about him before judging. He was not a perfect parent but he loved his boys as did Dixie, who was a strict disciplinarian as well. Out of seven children only one wrote a derogatory book and the others admitted his faults but largely defended their father after the books release. Later on the son that wrote the book was reinterviewed, 9 hours of recorded time, and when challenged about certain details written, made mention that he couldn't remember writing some things as he had been drunk at the time. Not the only details that would make one think that certain elements in the book should be queried. I've read some terrible things about Sinatra, but choose to think that some things written were either distorted or not true. Actually I thought Bing was not only more talented but better looking as well, but personal preference only.

jaybar redspoon We dont know that

@@MTknitter22 have you asked them?

@@Wife_Mother_Failure Seven children, one wrote the book, the others admitted his faults but gave defensive quotes about their father after the books release.

Just speculation ...... one of his sons denied it all saying the eldest son who claimed all that was a ‘terrible liar ..... doing it just for the money”

@@sallygard63 wow, I had never heard that....3 sides to every story, as they say.

@@gregmatyas4272 that’s what I have always known as the story Greg ...... 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ who knows!

@@sallygard63 well you know the American way....let someone become successful and society tries to tear them back down, lol sad.

@@gregmatyas4272 He adored his first wife who suffered from extreme shyness, self esteem and alcohol issues, which she bravely battled for years. She adored him as well. His second wife didn't have the problems of his first and she also adored him. Both marriages each lasted around 20 years....

Ignorant statement at its best. And for the everyday American, who would want too.