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Author | : Gary Giddins |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 2018-10-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 031641235X |
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"The best thing to happen to Bing Crosby since Bob Hope," (WSJ) Gary Giddins presents the second volume of his masterful multi-part biography. Bing Crosby dominated American popular culture in a way that few artists ever have. From the dizzy era of Prohibition through the dark days of the Second World War, he was a desperate nation's most beloved entertainer. But he was more than just a charismatic crooner: Bing Crosby redefined the very foundations of modern music, from the way it was recorded to the way it was orchestrated and performed. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the universally acclaimed first volume, NBCC Winner and preeminent cultural critic Gary Giddins now focuses on Crosby's most memorable period, the war years and the origin story of White Christmas. Set against the backdrop of a Europe on the brink of collapse, this groundbreaking work traces Crosby's skyrocketing career as he fully inhabits a new era of American entertainment and culture. While he would go on to reshape both popular music and cinema more comprehensively than any other artist, Crosby's legacy would be forever intertwined with his impact on the home front, a unifying voice for a nation at war. Over a decade in the making and drawing on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to numerous archives, Giddins brings Bing Crosby, his work, and his world to vivid life -- firmly reclaiming Crosby's central role in American cultural history.
Author | : Ruth Prigozy |
Publisher | : University Rochester Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781580462617 |
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A study of the singer/actor's art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-century music, film, and the entertainment industry. It uses a range of perspectives to explore Crosby's achievements. It also includes tributes and reminiscences and explores his accomplishments as an actor, businessman, and radio and television performer.
Author | : Gary Giddins |
Publisher | : Back Bay Books |
Total Pages | : 768 |
Release | : 2009-11-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0316091561 |
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From Bing Crosby's early days in college minstrel shows and vaudeville, to his first hit recordings, from his 11 year triumph as star of America's most popular radio show, to his first success in Hollywood, Gary Giddins provides a detailed study of the rise of this American star.
Author | : Malcolm Macfarlane |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 864 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Details the life of Crosby, almost on a daily basis, and, with the aid of many contemporary reviews, produces an account of one of the most important show business figures of the twentieth century. A discography, a fact file and a large index, which picks up many other show biz icons, supplements this work.
Author | : Richard Grudens |
Publisher | : celebrity profiles publilshing |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781575792484 |
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Here is the quintessential Bing Crosby tribute from the pen of author and music historian, Richard Grudens, documenting the story of Crosby's colourful life, family, radio and television shows, and films; the amazing success story of a career that pioneered popular music spanning generations and inspiring many followers: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Jerry Vale, Dean Martin, Eddie Fisher, Pat Boone, Elvis Presley and Billy Eckstine, all of whom acknowledge their debt right between the covers of this book. An inspirational introduction by his lovely wife, Kathryn Grant Crosby, is followed by endearing, anecdotal accounts of those ubiquitous 'Road' films with Bob Hope, and detailed personal testimonials from show business icons in their own words. A 'must read' for Crosby fans, collectors, admirers, music lovers, and everyone who cherishes the music and anecdotes of the players involved in the Golden Age of Popular Music.
Author | : Bing Crosby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Gary Crosby |
Publisher | : Fawcett |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1984-04-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780449205440 |
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Author | : Bing Crosby |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2001-11-29 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780306810879 |
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Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of the definitive Bing biography by Gary Giddins, here is "a collection of anecdotes and reminiscences that is as warm and witty as any Crosby performance. [Bing] could have surely become a full-time writer had his schedule not been taken up with being one of the great entertainers of the century." -Will Friedwald
Author | : Kathryn Crosby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | : 9780704323797 |
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The old crooner talked, rather than sang and got away with it.
Author | : Lester Goran |
Publisher | : Picador |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2015-03-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466892390 |
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A novel by the author of The New York Times Notable Book, Tales from the Irish Club It is June 1968: Robert Kennedy has just been murdered, the streets are simmering with discontent, and the Irish community of Oakland Park in Pittsburgh is being swept away by change. Daly Racklin becomes the reluctant leader of a dying neighborhood, culture, and people. He is at once a man torn by his father's omnipotent shadow and the struggles of his own heart, and as his elevated position brings him from one home to another he increasingly discovers the importance of what he sees disappearing. Bing Crosby's Last Song is a hilarious, touching, heartwrenching story of survival and love, a community's demise and a wanderer's rebirth. Full of barroom lore, hard-bitten wisdom, wry humor, and faith tempered by skepticism, this novel will delight readers of William Kennedy and Frank McCourt.