Bing Crosby was born on this day in 1903, according to This Day in Music. Here he shares top billing with The Andrews Sisters in “Pistol Packin’ Mama.” What a great and distinctive voice.
Here is with Bob Hope singing the title track from “Road to Morocco.” More on Crosby:
Bing Crosby was born Harry Lillis Crosby, Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, the fourth of seven children of Catherine Helen “Kate” (Harrigan) and Harry Lowe Crosby, a brewery bookkeeper. He was of English and Irish descent. Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. (Continue Reading…)
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