Crosby, Bing (1903-1977)
Bing Crosby is widely recognized as one of the most influential entertainers of all time. He first came to popularity as America's most popular crooner during the 1930s...
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Harry Lillis Crosby (1903-1977) was one of the best-loved show business personalities of his time. He set a crooning style which was imitated for years, recorded over 1,600 songs, had his own radio sh...
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Liquor heir Matthew Bronfman paid $3 million in 1994 for his old townhouse on East 67th Street, and sold the place this year for $33 million.According to a deed filed today in city records, he clos...
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1. Can you name any or all of the Top 3 single TV shows of all time, based on the Nielsen Media Research?2. Name the longest-running national network series ever.3. What was the best-selling phonog...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - The man known as the "honorary mayor of
Hollywood" for his tireless devotion to promoting the home of the
movie industry, was found dead in his penthouse...
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Entertainment highlights during the week of Feb. 3-9:1944: Bing Crosby and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra recorded "Swinging on a Star" in Los Angeles for Decca Records.1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie...
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John Mallinger was on the wrong course at the right time, starting so early that he dodged the worst of the wind along the ocean holes on his way to a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead Thursday in...
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The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay a historic preservation group $4 million to drop a lawsuit and allow for destruction of the last building standing on the site where Robert...
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The holiday classics haven't changed that much _ radio stations still turn to Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Burl Ives to spread yuletide cheer. But your chances of hearing them on the radio are gr...
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Johnny Grant, the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century, has died. He was 84.Grant died just before 7 p.m. Wedn...
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.Laine died of heart failure at Mercy Hospital in San Di...
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.Laine died of heart failure at Scripps Mercy Hospital i...
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