Death of the Guitar Man: Les Paul (1915-2009) Aug 14, 2009
After assembling a recording studio in his garage (total cost: $415), he produced such performers as Gene Austin, the Andrews Sisters and his pal and patron Bing Crosby. His work with White, Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, as well as some Les Paul Trio sides, can be found on Les Paul: The Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47). (Time.com)
The World Has Lost a Remarkable Innovator and Musician: Les Paul Passes Away at 94 Aug 14, 2009
They cut records for Decca both alone and behind the likes of Helen Forrest, the Andrews Sisters, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Dick Hayes, and, most notably, Bing Crosby. Since 1945, when the crooner brought them into the studio to back him on a few numbers, the Trio had become regular guests on Crosby's hit radio show. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Guitar Legend Les Paul Dies Aug 14, 2009
His work on taping techniques began in the years after World War II, when Bing Crosby gave him a tape recorder. Drawing on his earlier experimentation with his homemade record-cutting machines, Paul added an additional playback head to the recorder. (CBS News)
Les Paul, Guitar Legend, Dead at 94 Aug 14, 2009
" Even as he worked to perfect the electrified guitar, Paul backed up such popular 1940s acts as Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore and the Andrews Sisters. In 1947, he released the revolutionary instrumental "Lover (When You're Near Me)," a precursor to multi-track recording that featured him playing eight different guitar parts. He also recorded hit songs with his wife, singer Mary Ford, including 36 gold records and 11 #1 pop hits such as "How High the Moon," "Lover" and "Vaya Con Dios," many of which... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Les Paul, 94; pioneered recording techniques, inspired ‘a world of guitarists’ Aug 14, 2009
Resuming his career, he played with Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, and at the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts. Still an avid tinkerer, Mr. Paul built a recording studio in the garage of his Hollywood home. (Boston Globe)
Songwriter leaves songs to country museum Aug 13, 2009
Bing Crosby, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Willie Nelson and many more recorded Walker's songs, most of which were solo compositions. advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
Late songwriter Cindy Walker leaves songs to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Aug 13, 2009
Bing Crosby, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Willie Nelson and many more recorded Walker's songs, most of which were solo compositions. Orbison's "Dream Baby" and Charles' "You Don't Know Me" may be her best-known work, but there are also Western swing standards like "Sugar Moon" and "Bubbles in My Beer.". (FOX61, CT)
‘Eldorado’ exits on road to redemption Jul 31, 2009
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby they re not. But director-actor Bouli Lanners and costar Fabrice Adde are on a comedy road to Eldorado, even if it takes place in a flat patch of mostly deserted Belgian landscape rather than some Hollywood Shangri-La, and silence, not show tunes, dominates the soundtrack. (Boston Globe)
Pageants or Pop? Jul 27, 2009
Prejean sang the classic "" jingle that Bing Crosby wrote for the horse racing track in 1937. So will there be a record deal in the works along with her newly-inked book deal. (Fox News)
Entertainer Spotlight on Rick Ross (21) Jul 24, 2009
Currently performing at La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla on the weekends, Ross has appeared at the recently opened Bing Crosby s Restaurant in San Diego and makes the trek to Rancho Mirage every other Tuesday to perform at the Bing Crosby s here in the Coachella Valley. Instruments: Voice, piano, harmonica soprano, alto and tenor saxophone. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Griffin: Songs in the key of life Jul 23, 2009
However, I was delighted to hear Bonde swing on a star, as she performed the song made famous by Bing Crosby in the 1944 hit movie Going My Way. Bing played a young priest, and the great Barry Fitzgerald an old one; their take on the priesthood was light-hearted and droll, and they charmed many movie-goers, including me. (Medford Transcript, MA)
• Hanks, Stewart and high-desert Hollywood Jul 21, 2009
Singer Bing Crosby, who at one time owned several ranches in Elko County, had previously owned part of Winecup-Gamble. The scope of the spread - which includes two landing strips and a railroad spur - is breathtaking. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Sherlock Holmes’s staying power Jul 19, 2009
The Holmes-Watson dynamic would live on in Abbott and Costello, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon - and never more so than when Johnny donned his turban as Carnac, a character no less infallible than Holmes. A character as distinctive as Holmes, let alone as solemn, presents a big comic target. (Boston Globe)
Letters to the Pink Jul 13, 2009
The only ones who deserve consideration are Bing Crosby, Billy Eckstine and Dick Haymes, and none of them could warble in the same class as Ol' Blue Eyes. Arguably, Forrest was the best female singer of popular songs in history, and, as the writer mentioned, her being as great as Sinatra is an opinion subject to question. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Charles Eastman, 'gifted,' 'eccentric' film writer Jul 11, 2009
and his mother was Bing Crosby s longtime secretary. As a young teenager, Mr. Eastman acted in little theater. (Boston Globe)
Bob Mitchell, 96; organist who played in silent films Jul 11, 2009
The group, also known as the Mitchell Singing Boys, sang Ave Maria with Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way and were conducted by Cary Grant in 1947 s The Bishop s Wife. Mr. Mitchell appeared with the ensemble in Blondie in Society, released in 1941. (Boston Globe)
Finding good eats Jul 10, 2009
" Make that potato toss at hanging salami. 938-2633.H H HTo celebrate the storming of the Bastille in Paris to release political prisoners, or simply a great excuse to eat and drink, Valley of the Moon P;tanque Club will host the Grand Concours de P;tanque, which means a p;tanque tournament and picnic on Sunday, July 12, at Depot Park. Visiting chef Christine Piccin will prepare grilled chicken, shrimp and veggies; farmers' market tomato salad; couscous salad; cheese and bread; and peach... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Johnny Mercer is the overlooked great American songwriter Jun 28, 2009
It was a style that took the crooning of Bing Crosby (whom he succeeded in Paul Whiteman s Orchestra) a crucial step further in the artistic relaxation of racial boundaries. Where Crosby nodded in the direction of black vocal style, Mercer ambled right on over. (Boston Globe)
Palin Descent from Mayflower Pilgri... Jun 27, 2009
Famous Brewster descendants include chef Julia Child, singer Bing Crosby, actress Katharine Hepburn, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, politicians Jay and Nelson Rockefeller, U. S. Presidents Zachary Taylor and William Taft, and airplane pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. SOURCES: Presented by William Addams Reitwiesner, a Library of Congress staff member, from data primarily compiled by genealogists Robert Battle and Michael Hurdle; arranged in this form by the current author. (Suite101.com)
'King of Pop' Jackson dead at 50 Jun 26, 2009
He was up there with Elvis and Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby as one of the biggest stars in the history of American music. His Thriller which included the blockbuster hits Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Panel debates role of technology in pop music May 31, 2009
If he had come on the scene 10 years earlier, Bing Crosby wouldn t have been a contender: He mastered the microphone. That was a new genre of art, and there are bands that have mastered the new technology. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Bob Hope Gets His Own Stamp May 29, 2009
The Postal Service Honors The Legendary Comedian. Approaching six years after his death, comedian Bob Hope gets the ultimate tribute as the subject of a U.S. postage stamp. (Suite101.com)
Roy Talbot, at 94; member of calypso band Talbot Brothers May 25, 2009
As the Talbot Brothers toured the world, fans would sign the instrument, among them Babe Ruth, Bing Crosby, and Tommy Dorsey. In their heyday, the late 1940s and '50s, the Talbot Brothers were a major attraction at Bermuda's hotels and clubs and at the private homes of wealthy Americans who were discovering the island. (Boston Globe)
High Time Movie (1960) May 17, 2009
Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld Star in Musical Comedy Film. Bing Crosby plays a wealthy businessman who heads back to college in the 1960 movie High Time ... Bing Crosby stars as widower Harvey Howard, with Fabian and Tuesday Weld as his young college schoolmates. (Suite101.com)
Nederlander Drops 2 Leases May 9, 2009
Originally a stage for live radio broadcasts (Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope), it was the main home of the legendary Actor's Workshop in the '50s, and the first local home of ACT.. E-mail Robert Hurwitt at. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Jackman cements star status in Hollywood Apr 28, 2009
Jackman's markings sit alongside the legends of Hollywood, with the likes of Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Doris Day and Humphrey Bogart performing similar ceremonies in the theatre's iconic forecourt the past 70 years. "I have to tell you," Jackman told a vocal crowd of about 500 fans and dignitaries, including Rupert Murdoch, owner of the 20th Century Fox film studio, which is releasing the Wolverine film. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The same old song? What is the most-played hit of all time? Apr 14, 2009
Bing Crosby - White Christmas Source: PPL. Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker, who last year won back full royalty rights to the band's hit after a court battle, said its number one position in the 100-song chart was a "great and unsought honour". (BBC News -- UK)
Louisville: Where New Plays Go to Be Born Apr 12, 2009
It opens with a recording of Bing Crosby singing "Dear Hearts and Gentle People," then slides into a series of Rockwellian scenes: a Thanksgiving dinner; a high school couple on a first date, accompanied by a recorded 1950s lesson in dating etiquette. In between, the actors create rickety constructions out of found objects (a football, a blonde wig, a skirt on a hanger); badger audience members for details of their sex life; parade on and off the stage in an assortment of absurdist masks and... (Time.com)
Taste of Palm Springs 40 restaurants to dazzle your taste buds Apr 10, 2009
Restaurants scheduled to participate as of this writing include Azul, Georgie s Alibi, Lappert s Ice Cream, Piero s Acqua Pazza, California Pizza Kitchen, Boscoso, Bongo Johnny s, New Leaf Catering (Cathedral City), Sherman s Delicatessen and Bakery, Aspen Mills, Delhi Palace, Purple Palm @ The Colony Palms Hotel, Cipolline, El Mirasol, Norma s, Mister Parker s, Peaks at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Citron at The Viceroy, Riccio s Steak & Seafood, Billie D s, Trilussa (Cathedral City),... (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Augusta's revived Broad St. Apr 7, 2009
Luigi's, 590 Broad St., near the Museum of History, old-fashioned spaghetti-and-meatballs joint, with Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters on booth jukeboxes. 706-722-4056. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Senator wants city to control property Apr 5, 2009
The History of Golf exhibit at the museum includes "Stories and Legends: Remembering the Augusta National," which traces the club's beginnings in 1934, when Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones proposed an annual tournament to patrons who included Bing Crosby and President Eisenhower. Also this week, the movie, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius , will be playing in the museum theater. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Bill Tapia: String master brings ukulele back Apr 3, 2009
While he's only gained fame late in life, he spent much of his career in the company of musical royalty as an ace accompanist to stars like Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong. Tapia returns to the Bay Area for performances tonight at Santa Cruz's Kuumbwa Jazz Center and Saturday at Berkeley's Freight ge with bassist Ruth Davies, drummer Akira Tana and Hawaiian jazz singer Mihana, the same cast captured on his forthcoming album "Livin' It Live" (recorded partly at the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
E-Free Church Home residents celebrate 1930s week Apr 1, 2009
Moving on to Tuesday, March 24, residents took part in the "Sights, Sounds and Tastes of the 1930s, where staff and volunteers provided the residents with the chance to sample foods that were created during that timeframe, including Spam, Ritz crackers, Fritos corn chips, Twinkies, 3 Musketeers candy bars and Royal Crown Cola. Another highlight of the day that Bell said residents thoroughly enjoyed was a lip sync show in which staff and volunteers dressed like famous entertainers of the '30s,... (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Famous North Dakotans on radio Mar 15, 2009
After becoming the lead female vocalist for Benny Goodman's band, Lee was a featured vocalist on the radio programs "The Bob Crosby Show," "The Bing Crosby Show" and "Meet Me at Parkys.". During the later '40s, she was the hostess of "Rhapsody in Rhythm" and "The Chesterfield Supper Club." In 1951, Lee was the star of "The Peggy Lee Show.". (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Dent May plays the ukulele with a novel touch Mar 12, 2009
And when you sing like a droll dandy - a swinging hybrid of Morrissey and Bing Crosby - and wear smoking jackets and Coke-bottle glasses that bring to mind Truman Capote after a hipster makeover, then you're really appealing to a niche audience. "Definitely there are people who dismiss me completely because they're so angry that I play ukulele," May, 23, said last week from Rock Island, Ill. (Boston Globe)
The Voyage of the Yes TV Movie (197... Mar 9, 2009
William Stratton wrote the teleplay for Andrew J. Fenady Productions and Bing Crosby Productions. Lee H. Katzin (Le Mans, The Salzburg Connection, Sky Heist) directed. (Suite101.com)
Greenspring’s Old-Time Radio Celebrity Mar 4, 2009
They appeared with Sammy Kaye, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and Al Jolson. Bing Crosby told Scott at a rehearsal that he was colorblind. (South County Chronicle, VA)
Has Greater Union overreacted? Mar 2, 2009
How did Bing Crosby introduce us to his quintessential Chrissie croon White Christmas. In 1942's Holiday Inn. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
National Film Month: Time warp, anyone? Mar 1, 2009
He used "Bing" for his stage name because of his admiration for US comedian Bing Crosby. Besides producing films in which he starred Bing Slamet also released music albums and was part of comedy group. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
...the Republicans failed to lead and continue to fail to impress. … Feb 26, 2009
Jim, based on your column s name today On the road to socialism , are you making a movie with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. If you can t stand Obama,and the Democrats, Delta is ready when you are. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Hollywood offers economic insights Feb 25, 2009
When World War II was at its peak in 1944, Going My Way, starring singer Bing Crosby, was the highest-grossing movie and won Best Picture. The lighthearted musical comedy was meant to lift the spirits of a country stuck in a devastating war. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Academy needs to get in tune Feb 18, 2009
Bing Crosby and Carol Richards were the first to press it to wax (a year later), but this version should have seen Oscar gold. 6 "Love Me Tender", Elvis Presley. (Vancouver Sun)
Movie: The Great Santini (1979) Feb 14, 2009
Lewis John Carlino and an uncredited Herman Raucher wrote The Great Santini for Bing Crosby Productions. Carlino (The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, Class) directed. (Suite101.com)
Pebble Beach: Trails And Tees Feb 12, 2009
Ever since Bing Crosby became the World War II generation's reigning crooner, Pebble Beach has been synonymous with preternaturally green swaths of turf, men in $300 polo shirts and homes only movie stars and moguls could afford ... Visit Pebble Beach for trails as well as tees Articles Ever since Bing Crosby became the World War II generation's reigning crooner, Pebble Beach has been synonymous with preternaturally green swaths of turf, men in $300 polo shirts and homes only movie stars and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Nancy Franklin: Tina Fey’s “30 Rock.” Feb 8, 2009
Baldwin has to know how good he is, but he wears it lightly, and you actually take pleasure from how much pleasure you re taking from his performance just as you do, say, when Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby sing that put- er-there-pal number Well, Did You Evah. in High Society. (New Yorker)
Christmas for Javier Feb 7, 2009
-- As Bing Crosby sang in "I'll Be Home For Christmas". RANDOM McDONALD'S, Conn. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Where is Americas best hotel? Feb 7, 2009
Several decades later, the Ranch boasted a guest list that could substitute for a gossip page: Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Audrey Hepburn, Groucho Marx, Winston Churchill, Sinclair Lewis, Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock have all stayed here. John Houston finished writing the screenplay for The African Queen while in residence; Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh were married on the grounds; and Oprah regularly puts up her guests here. (MSNBC -- Travel)
