Bing Crosby : Crooner of the Century

Foreword xi Kathryn Crosby Bing -- A Celebration xv Richard Grudens PART ONE Early Bing -- The Road to Greatness A New Voice at 1112 North J. Street 2(2) Just Call Me Bingo 4(5) Learning at Gonzaga 9(1) The Musicaladers 10(1) Going to L.A. 11(2) Crosby and Rinker -- Two Boys and a Piano 13(2) Learning to Croon with Paul Whiteman 15(1) The Rhythm Boys 16(3) On Their Own 19(2) Enter Dixie Lee 21(3) Russ Columbo 24(1) The Sennett Shorts 25(5) On the Radio 30(5) All in the Family -- Everett, Larry and Pop Crosby 35(3) Bob Crosby 38(3) Bing's Hawaiian Legacy 41(5) The Del Mar Turf Club 46(3) Life with Dixie Lee 49(3) The First Four Boys 52(2) Gary 54(1) Barbara Crosby (Gary's Wife) in 1983 55(2) Phillip and Dennis, The Twins 57(2) Lindsay 59(3) Bing -- Strictly Business 62(8) Minute Maid, Audio Tape, The Pirates, The Pirates Den An Insightful 1943 Interview with Bing 70(5) PART TWO Recalled to Life For the Love of Kathryn 75(7) Life with Bing --- The New Kids on the Block 82(4) Traveling with Bing and Kathryn 86(1) La Casa Crosby at Las Cruces 86(1) Blood and Sand at Las Cruces 87(2) Back in California 89(2) Kathryn on Television 91(3) Kathryn's Personal Press Report 94(1) Losing Bing 95(4) Commemorations 99(3) PART THREE People and Things Influential Links: Bill Challis 102(1) Eddie Lang --- First Jazz Guitarist 103(3) Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer 106(1) Joseph Matthew ``Wingy'' Manone 107(4) Jack Teagarden --- Big T 111(1) Joe Venuti --- The Fabulous Fiddler 112(2) The Power of Bing's Decca Recordings 114(3) Bing's Gold 117(1) White Christmas 118(1) Bing's Top Forty Hits 119(1) Bing's Academy Award Songs 120(1) Bing and Television 120(2) The Bandleaders 122(1) Paul Whiteman 122(4) Gus Arnheim --- Learning His Craft 126(1) John Scott Trotter --- Best of the Best 127(3) Glenn Miller 130(2) The Songwriters 132(1) Johnny Mercer 133(5) Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke 138(6) Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger 144(1) Irving Berlin 145(13) Anatomy of Two Bing Films Holiday Inn 148(4) If I Had My Way 152(6) Bing's Friends Speak In Their Own Words 158(1) Bob Hope and Bing and the Road Pictures 158(8) Louis Armstrong 166(2) The Andrews Sisters --- Patty, Maxene & LaVerne 168(3) Rhonda Fleming 171(1) Jack Benny 172(2) James Cagney 174(1) Peggy Lee 174(1) Tony Bennett 175(1) Rosemary Clooney 176(3) Les Paul 179(1) Fred Astaire 180(2) Mel Torme 182(1) Mary Martin 183(1) Jack Ellsworth 184(2) Phil Harris 186(2) Herbert Mills 188(10) Joe Franklin Words from Connie Haines 193(3) Jerry Vale 196(1) Frankie Laine 196(1) Sally Bennett 197(1) Roy Chappell 198(7) Bing Assesses his Career in a 1974 Interview 205(2) Epilogue 207(5) PART FOUR The Lists The Movies 212(15) Books About Bing 227(2) The Best Songs 229(6) Bing Things 235(3) Bob Lundberg Bing's Clubs 238(1) Bing's Stamp 238(3) Acknowledgments 241(1) Bibliography 242(5) About the Author 247(2) Index 249