Trivia of Bing Crosby
Trivia of Bing Crosby (3 May 1903 - 14 October 1977)
*Crosby’s nickname actually came from a saucy neighbor who called him “Bingo from Bingville” while the singer was growing up.
*In the mid-1920s, Crosby found his first slice of success, performing in a trio called The Rhythm Boys. This is where his passion for jazz took flight.The Rhythm Boys toured the States for 3 years then to Los Angeles where they appeared in the film 'The King of Jazz'.
*Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Priest Chuck O'Malley in Going My Way (1944) and was nominated for its sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), opposite Ingrid Bergman, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character, though "Going My Way" was banned in several Latin American countries because Crosby wore a white shirt as a priest.
*Crosby influenced the development of the post World War II recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to the United States by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in the California electronics company Ampex to build copies. He then persuaded ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to prerecord his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape.
*Bing Crosby was the first artist to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In recognition of his immense contributions to the music industry, Bing Crosby was honored with the first-ever Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1962.
*His last TV appearance was in Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas (1977) which was taped in London and broadcast, after his death, in the USA on 30 November 1977, and in the United Kingdom on 24 December 1977. This show has also been made available on commercial video. It is memorable for Crosby and David Bowie singing a duet, where the two performed song “Peace on Earth”.
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