Bing Crosby

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American actor crooner film actor human radio personality recording artist singer television actor

Bing Crosby was an American singer and actor whose smooth baritone voice and laid-back style made him one of the most popular and influential entertainers of the 20th century.

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Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly 1
Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy 1
Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
actor ⓘ
crooner ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Going My Way ⓘ
birthName Bing Crosby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Harry Lillis Crosby Jr.
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Dennis Crosby ⓘ
Gary Crosby ⓘ
Harry Crosby ⓘ
Lindsay Crosby ⓘ
Mary Crosby ⓘ
Nathaniel Crosby ⓘ
Phillip Crosby ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-05-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-10-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Gonzaga University ⓘ
employer NBC ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
familyName Crosby ⓘ
genre Christmas music ⓘ
easy listening ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
givenName Harry ⓘ
hasStarOn Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
influenced Dean Martin ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Perry Como ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is not a group he was in ⓘ
nickname Bing ⓘ
notableAchievement one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century ⓘ
pioneered relaxed, conversational singing style in popular music ⓘ
notableWork Going My Way ⓘ
Holiday Inn ⓘ
Road to Morocco ⓘ
Road to Singapore ⓘ
Road to Utopia ⓘ
The Bells of St. Mary's ⓘ
White Christmas (song) ⓘ
surface form: White Christmas (1942 film)

White Christmas (song) ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
radio performer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
television personality ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Tacoma, Washington, United States
placeOfDeath Madrid ⓘ
surface form: Madrid, Spain
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Spokane, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Spokane, Washington, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Dixie Lee ⓘ
Kathryn Grant ⓘ
vocalRange baritone ⓘ
yearsActive 1920s–1977 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bing Crosby → birthName → Bing Crosby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry Lillis Crosby Jr.
Rosemary Clooney → coStarredWith → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Charles Walters → collaboratedWith → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Jimmy Van Heusen → collaboratedWith → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Silver Bells → coveredBy → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Blue Skies → featuresPerformer → Bing Crosby ⓘ
High Society → hasCastMember → Bing Crosby ⓘ
subject surface form: Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City)
subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?
subject surface form: Mountain Greenery
Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → Bing Crosby ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Sitting on Top of the World
subject surface form: Where or When
True Love → hasRecordingBy → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Satch → influenced → Bing Crosby ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
True Love → introducedBy → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Blue Skies → leadActor → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Holiday Inn → leadActorRole → Bing Crosby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy
subject surface form: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Stardust → notableInterpreter → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Blue Skies → notableWorkOf → Bing Crosby ⓘ
True Love → originalPerformers → Bing Crosby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly
True Love → performer → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Well, Did You Evah! → performer → Bing Crosby ⓘ
C. K. Dexter-Haven → portrayedBy → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Holiday Inn → songPerformer → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Blue Skies → starring → Bing Crosby ⓘ
High Society → starring → Bing Crosby ⓘ
Holiday Inn → starring → Bing Crosby ⓘ