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Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched over more than half a century from 1926 until his death. Crosby was the best-selling recording artist until well into the rock era, with over half a billion records in circulation. One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. Widely recognized as one of the most popular musical acts in history, Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers of the era that followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also during 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. Crosby exerted an important influence on the development of the postwar recording industry. In 1947, he invested $50,000 in the Ampex company, which developed North America's first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder, and Crosby became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings on magnetic tape. He gave one of the first Ampex Model 200 recorders to his friend, musician Les Paul, which led directly to Paul's invention of multitrack recording. Along with Frank Sinatra, he was one of the principal backers behind the famous United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles. (via Wikipedia)

About Bing Crosby

Voice Type: Baritone/Bass-baritone

Genre: Traditional pop, Jazz, vocal

Place of Death: Madrid, Spain

Occupation: Singer, actor

Name: Crosby, Harry Lillis
Crosby, Bing
Bing Crosby

Record Label: Brunswick, Decca, Reprise, RCA Victor, Verve, United Artists

Years Active: 1926–1977

Instrument Played: Vocals

Associated With: Bob Hope, Dixie Lee, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, The Rhythm Boys, Rosemary Clooney, David Bowie, Louis Armstrong

Name At Birth: Harry Lillis Crosby

Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, United States

Also Known As: Der Bingle
The Old Groaner

Website: http://www.bingcrosby.com

Birth Date: May 3, 1903
May 3, 1903

Death Date: Oct 14, 1977
Oct 14, 1977