It’s a little-known fact, but Bing Crosby’s voice used to be bottled and sold and people would butter their bread with it. Kidding, of course, but the idea speaks to just how smooth the legendary ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Bing Crosby changed the future of holiday music when he released ...

Bing Crosby’s son lost his father when he was 19 years old, but he still hears his voice every year at any Christmas party he attends. The crooner, who remains a holiday staple with songs like "White ...

Bing Crosby is one of the iconic voices of Christmas. Now, fans have the opportunity to hear even more holiday classics from the legend himself with Bing Crosby’s Christmas Gems. The album finds ...

7" Vinyl Single of Bing Crosby/David Bowie Duet—The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth Once again, the Bing Crosby Archive digs deep into the vault to release a treasure trove of rare and unreleased ...

“We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ and when we told Bowie about the number, he said, ‘I won’t sing that song.' We said, ‘Why?’ and he said, ‘I hate that song,' ...

During John Lennon's formative years in Liverpool, UK, well before his fame with the Beatles, he drew significant influence from some of music's greatest vocalists. Beyond his fascination with icons ...

Bing Crosby ‘White Christmas’ (1942) Irving Berlin won an Oscar for writing this seasonal standard, which Bing Crosby first recorded for “Holiday Inn,” a film released in 1942, establishing a market ...

A copy of the 1933 Albany Law School yearbook, "The Verdict," which contains information on James Kimball “Kim” Gannon, a 1934 graduate of the school who wrote the Bing Crosby holiday classsic "I'll ...

Oct. 23, 2025 Updated Thu., Oct. 23, 2025 at 2:27 p.m. Mary Crosby, with her two sons Benjamin and Christopher Crosby-Brodka, talks about her father Bing Crosby after a plaque was dedicated on the ...

There’s something truly magical about a classic Christmas song and its ability to fill a person with the Christmas spirit, conjure memories of the kind of holiday you’re meant to dream of when Bing ...