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Madrona88 t1_irvcmjw wrote

Also a mover and shaker in the use of video and audio tape. Record the show, go golfing.

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Darknessie t1_irvd73b wrote

The original King of All Media

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herrsharky1 t1_irvgrs2 wrote

He'll beat you with a sack of oranges.

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AudibleNod t1_irvihzj wrote

A multimedia star without a TikTok account?

/s

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GullyShotta t1_irvubb0 wrote

All I think is Family Guy when I hear the name Bing Crosby

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Scrappy_Larue t1_irvuf2z wrote

I heard that he sold more units of music (albums, singles, downloads...) than anyone else in the 20th century.

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Salmol1na t1_irw26im wrote

More like Cha-Ching Crosby

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LikeEpisodeVIThemost t1_irw5qme wrote

Yeah Im sure no musician/play actor ever got famous before bing crosby

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ShivvyMcFly t1_irw5vte wrote

Also has an amazing Chritmas album

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Grim1316 t1_irw6g3b wrote

Replying to LikeEpisodeVIThemost (#77,790)

I think you misunderstand the important world here, Media. He was very likely the first, or at least the first to make it popular to be both a famous recording musician as well as also be a famous film star. Meaning his work was on some sort of media, Film and Records. That would not be the case with play actors who are even now not commonly record on either media.

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LikeEpisodeVIThemost t1_irw6qnk wrote

Replying to Grim1316 (#77,835)

I just think it willfully ignores media that came before. Books, paintings, poetry, songwriting etc etc all existed before and are considered media. Yeah he probably did a lot for films and music but he's not the first.

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Grim1316 t1_irw7zok wrote

Replying to LikeEpisodeVIThemost (#77,858)

Kinda moving the bar's here since you just said musicians and play actors. Since you brought it up and in continued fairness, most of those cases the average person would have little to no idea or access to all forms of media that any person created. It isn't until true mass media that you see household names become increasingly more common.

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Daqpanda t1_irw8emv wrote

Mr. New Vegas made him popular.

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ChronosBlitz t1_irw8fcx wrote

Denise Crosby, Tasha Yar on Star Trek, didn’t really know him growing up and tried to use a different last name when she went to theater school so as to not ride on his fame.

She claims her classmates never let it go though and eventually she just decided to lean in and see if she could use it to her advantage.

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bananafor t1_irwoix1 wrote

His sister was a big star before him, but she retired to get married.

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ShiningRayde t1_irwpdgy wrote

So THIS is the mfer who started the war on Christmas with all his 'Happy Holidays!' Nonsense smh my head

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lee-galizit t1_irws512 wrote

And beat his children, Hell of a guy

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_irwt7sj wrote

I see by the picture Bing Crosby must have inspired Bob Dobbs.

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placeaccount t1_irwtq8g wrote

Replying to dougola (#78,261)

My father, back in the early 70s, told me that if I ever married a black ("colored") girl, he would disown me. I could be friends, but don't ever marry one. Bing was born in 1903 and my father was born in 1922, so roughly the same era.

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Ok-disaster2022 t1_irx1c71 wrote

Replying to jcd1974 (#79,304)

Dolly is a for profit personality. Sure she gives back to her community, but her wide acceptance of people is 2 fold: she never wants others to feel ostracized and the more accessible she seems the wider her customer base.

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Whyisthissobroken t1_irx37jt wrote

Not only could he belt out a song but a sound amount of discipline to his kids too when the situation called for it. Emphasis on...the belt

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Lucky_War_1568 t1_irx38rw wrote

All that and still had time to abuse and terrorize his children! wow!

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ninjas_in_my_pants t1_irx4r6u wrote

Heard on a podcast a few months ago that if you turned on a radio in America in the late 1930s (I think), there was a 50% chance you would hear his voice.

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MattyEC t1_irx81rf wrote

And remembuh, Petuh.

If ya kids give ya any lip, you can beat 'em with a sack of sweet Valencia oranges.

They don't leave a bruise and it teaches them who's boss -- there's no doubt about it.

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Bloorajah t1_irxhvom wrote

He also beat his kids so hard they wrote books about it lol

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SweatyTax4669 t1_irxoz70 wrote

Studios didn't like the idea of Bing recording his shows for later playback, said nobody wanted to listen to not-live radio shows.

Bing insisted, and set the stage for the rest of the industry.

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keetojm t1_irxtgm9 wrote

He loved the ladies. He and Bob Hope would trade mistresses.

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joeface71 t1_irxugp4 wrote

Does he have an EGOT?

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AiurHoopla t1_irxzhoq wrote

Read that as Bill cosby. My bad bing. Sorry...

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darkage_raven t1_iry4hoh wrote

I swear I have seen like 50 movies during his era that is basically "2 or 3 couples go skiing/cottage/resort, an intro song or two, and something happens, but is easily resolved and more songs, the end."

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Jaefaed t1_iryc9bh wrote

Read this too fast and read bill cosby lmao

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_Birbie_ t1_irylonl wrote

Read that as Bill Cosby for some reason lol

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JoeDiBango t1_iryqfcr wrote

And beat his kids, can’t forget about that.

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Stray_Alleycat t1_irywzne wrote

Sad so many people know so little about him. More hit records than Elvis, the Beatles and Sinatra COMBINED.

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Stray_Alleycat t1_iryx4ew wrote

His son who wrote the memoir (Gary) recanted everything and admitted he did it for money. But no one seems to know that and sadly still think of Bing as the child beater.

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Black_Otter t1_irz4bj5 wrote

The guy was also a raging pile of shit , which is sad because his movies and songs are great

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dressageishard t1_irz6bex wrote

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas! 🎼🎵

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Wendy1982 t1_irzhoxq wrote

TIL Bing Crosby was white. I think because of his name I linked him to Bill Cosby and imagined a black guy.

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entrepreneurofcool t1_is0akb8 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#76,674)

The way I heard it was good first family got the constantly working, touring version, which I imagine wouldn't have been easy for anyone, while his second family had him after he'd largely stepped away from performing and was semi-retired, which I imagine was less stressful for everyone.

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