Bing Crosby

L’homme pour qui a été inventé le terme « crooner » incarne une certaine idée de la décontraction élégante en musique. Entertainer absolu pour deux générations d’Américains, symbole de la chanson à papa, il n’en était pas moins un grand innovateur dans le domaine du divertissement musical. S’il n’est pas forcément toujours cité en référence par les historiens européens de la musique, Bing Crosby fut aux Etats-Unis, pendant plus de vingt ans, un véritable titan du show-biz : chanteur, comédien, homme de télévision, l’homme était incontournable, inventeur selon certains d’une catégorie d’artistes à la fois séduisants, élégants et simples, prototypes d’une personnalité artistique à la fois distinguée et typiquement américaine.

The man for whom the term "crooner" was coined embodies a certain idea of elegant relaxation in music. An absolute Entertainer for two generations of Americans, a symbol of dad's song, he was nevertheless a great innovator in the field of musical entertainment. Although not necessarily always cited by European music historians, Bing Crosby was in the United States, for more than twenty years, a real titan of show biz : singer, comedian, television Man, the man was inescapable, inventor according to some of a category of artists at the same time attractive, elegant and simple, prototypes of an artistic personality at the same time distinguished and typically American.

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Bing Crosby was, without doubt, the most popular and influential media star of the first half of the 20th century. The undisputed best-selling artist until well into the rock era (with over half-a-billion records in circulation), the most popular radio star of all time, and the biggest box-office draw of the 1940s, Crosby dominated the entertainment world from the Depression until the mid-'50s, and proved just as influential as he was popular. Unlike the many vocal artists before him, Crosby grew up with radio, and his intimate bedside manner was a style perfectly suited to emphasize the strengths of a medium transmitted directly into the home. He was also helped by the emerging microphone technology: scientists had perfected the electrically amplified recording process only a few months before Crosby debuted on record, and in contrast to earlier vocalists, who were forced to strain their voices into the upper register to make an impression on mechanically recorded tracks, Crosby's warm, manly baritone crooned contentedly without a thought of excess.

It's Christmas Time is a compilation album released in 1989 that unites the music of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole. This edition was released by LaserLight in 1992.

This article is a discography for American singer Bing Crosby.

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark warm bass-baritone voice made him the best-selling recording artist of all time, having sold over one billion analog records and tapes, as well as digital compact discs and downloads around the world. The first multimedia star, from 1931 to 1954 Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses. His early career coincided with technical recording innovations such as the microphone. This allowed him to develop a laid-back, intimate singing style that influenced many of the popular male singers who followed him, including Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine said that he was the person who had done the most for American soldiers' morale during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.