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Bing Crosby's grandson describes time Dean Martin crunched his luxury car in a McDonald's drive-thru Phil Crosby Jr. tells Fox News Digital of his memories of his mother, Peggy Crosby, dating Rat Pack ...

In the early days of fast-food drive-thrus, Rat Pack legend Dean Martin once destroyed an expensive vintage car trying to get a burger for his girlfriend’s son. Phil Crosby Jr., Bing Crosby’s grandson ...

Bowie and Crosby sang together in 1977's 'Merrie Olde Christmas' special Screen Archives/Getty David Bowie almost walked away from his famous and unlikely duet with Bing Crosby The rock singer agreed ...

For Bowie to agree, the writers of the Merrie Olde Christmas special had to make tweaks to the song “We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ and when we told Bowie ...

Back in 2016 we posted the then oft overlooked performance of "Heroes" recorded for Bing Crosby's 1977 Merrie Olde Christmas TV Special. Notable for the wonderfully bizarre, but nevertheless beautiful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WHEN THE HOLIDAYS ROLL AROUND, it’s music that keeps the fun—and warmth!—in the air as much as anything else. Whether it’s the ...

Among the lengthy list of odd and eccentric musical duets of the last 150 years, the Christmas collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby in 1977 is certainly one of the most festively strange.

Neither of the two stars who recorded “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” in 1977 had a desire to work together. Bing Crosby was 73 years old, American born, and one of the most beloved singers of his ...

In 1940, legendary composer and songwriter Irving Berlin told his musical arranger Helmy Kresa that “White Christmas” was not only the best song he ever wrote, but also “the best song anybody ever ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - If you're dreaming of a "White Christmas" in southern Colorado, you might want to try heading to Vermont like the Haynes Sisters in the 1954 film, as we continue to ...

The private collection of Hollywood icons Kathryn and Bing Crosby sold at Sotheby’s for $6.7 million on December 18. Timed to coincide with the festive period so synonymous with the Crosbys, the sale ...