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Authors: Gary Giddins

Scott Ables, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Steve Allen, Mike Alpert, Bill Angelos, Army Archerd, Bob Bakewell, Danny Bank, Ken Barnes,
Marti Barris, Rose Baylis, Tom Bell, Milt Bernhardt, Ann Blyth, Victor Borge, Jimmy Bowen, Eddie Bracken, Buddy Bregman, Nancy
Briggs, Earl Brown, Les Brown, Pamela Crosby Brown, Violet Brown, Bud Brubaker, Pat Stanley Burke (Matthews), Rory Burke,
Fran Bushkin, Joe Bushkin, Red Buttons, Billy Byers, John Cahill, Sammy Cahn, Frank Capp, Mary Carlisle (Blakely), Bill Challis,
Saul Chaplin, Doc Cheatham, Rosemary Clooney, Alan Cohen, Dawn Coleman, George Coleman, Perry Como, Frank Converse, Alex Cord,
Gary Crosby, Gregory Crosby, Harry Crosby, Howard Crosby, Janet Crosby, Mary Francis Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, Phillip Crosby,
Susan Crosby, Blythe Danner, Fred DeCordova, Bob DeFlores, Alan Dell, Norman Dewes, Dante DiPaolo, Kurt Dieterle, Ivan Ditmars,
Ray Dolby, Father John W. Donahue, S.J., Robert Dornan, Gordon Douglas, Richard Drewitt, Ted Durein, Don Eagle, Harry “Sweets”
Edison, Blake Edwards, Trudy Erwin, Nanette Fabray (MacDougall), Robert Farnum, José Feliciano, Bob Finkel, Alan Fisher, Ray
Flaherty, Rhonda Fleming, Father Patrick J. Ford, S.J., Sister Mary Francis, John Frigo, Jack Fulton, Milt Gabler, Beverly
Garland, Leslie Gaylor, Mitzi Gaynor, Dick Gibson, Johnny Grant, Hy Grill, Basil Grillo, Bob Haggart, Florence Haley, Gloria
Haley, Jack Haley Jr., Jake Hanna, Bill Harbach, Phil Harris, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Edmund Hartman, Skitch Henderson, Sid Herman,
Ray Herzog, Jim Hillbun, Milt Hinton, Celeste Holm, Bob Hope, Dolores Hope, Dr. George J. Hummer, Marsha Hunt, Jack Hupp,
Carl Jefferson, Herb Jeffries, Hank Jones, Hal Kantor,
Frieda Kapp, Mickey Kapp, Joseph H. King, Robert Kipp, Buz Kohan, Miles Krueger, Mort Lachman, Duncan Lamont, Burton Lane,
Johnny Lange, Peggy Lee, Gene Lester, Howard Levine, Lou Levy, Frank Liberman, Rich Little, Jay Livingston, Alice Ludes, A.
C. Lyles, Sheila Lynn, June MacCloy (Butler), Murdo MacKenzie, James T. Maher, John Mandel, Carolyn Manovill, Gerald Marks,
Tony Martin, Billy May, Ginger Mercer, Don Mike, Henry Miller, Donald Mills, Geoff Milne, Lyle Moore, Pete Moore, Tom Moore,
John Mullin, Lillian Murphy, Farlin Myers, David Nelson, Sheri North, Red Norvo, Robert O’Brien, Donald O’Connor, Jerry O’Connor,
Lillian Oliver, Nancy Olson, Bill Osborn, Norman Panama, Marty Pasetta, John Patrick, Les Paul, Elsie Perry, William Perlberg
Jr., Jerry Pickman, Terry Polesie, Dorothea Ponce, Joey Porter, Mike Post, Leslie Raddatz, Fred Reynolds, Carole Richards,
Julia Rinker, Max Roach, Bob Roberts, Kenneth Roberts, Buddy Rogers, Roy Rogers, Lina Romay (O’Brien), Bob Roose, Meta Rosenberg,
Kevin Ross, Cal Rossi, Jimmy Rowles, Iris Flores Schirmer, Vic Schoen, Mozelle Seger, Nick Sevano, Hazel Sharp (Diane Notestine),
Melville Shavelson, Artie Shaw, Virgil H. Sherrill, Bob Sidney, Kevin Silva, Frank Sinatra Jr., Nancy Sinatra, Ann Slater,
Daniel G. Smith, Francis X. Smith, Johnny Smith, Michael Smith, Paul Smith, Kay Starr, Gary Stevens, Rise Stevens, Gloria
Stuart, Ralph Sutton, Jim Tainsley, Norma Teagarden (Friedlander), Todd Thomas, Noble Threewitt, Mel Tormé, Marguerite (McGhee)
Toth, Arthur Tracy, Barry Ulanov, Mickey Van Gerbig, Bobbe Van Heusen, Felisa Vanoff, Betty Caulfield Vietor, Helen (Tuttle)
Votachenko, Robert Wagner, Ray Walston, Pauline Weislow, Sandy Wernick, Paul Weston, Charlie Whittingham, Spiegel Wilcox,
Max Wilk, Joe Williams, Jane Wyman.

Books and Selected Articles about Bing Crosby

Arnold, Maxine. “Man at the Top.”
Photoplay,
March 1947.

Barnes, Ken.
The Crosby Years.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1980.

Bauer, Barbara.
Bing Crosby.
New York: Pyramid Publications, 1977.

Bishop, Bert and John Bassett.
Bing: Just for the Record.
Gateshead, England: International Crosby Circle, 1980.

Bookbinder, Robert.
The Films of Bing Crosby.
Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1977.

Carpozi, George Jr.
The Fabulous Life of Bing Crosby.
New York: Manor Books, 1977.

Crosby, Bing with Pete Martin.
Call Me Lucky.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.

Crosby, Gary with Ross Firestone.
Going My Own Way.
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1983.

Crosby, Kathryn.
Bing and Other Things.
New York: Meredith Press, 1967.

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My Life with Bing.
Wheeling, I11.: Collage, 1983.

Crosby, Ted.
The Story of Bing Crosby.
Cleveland: World, 1946.

Crosby, Ted and Larry.
Bing.
Los Angeles: Bolton Printing Co., 1937.

Edwards, Anne. “Bing Crosby The Going My Way Star in Rancho Santa Fe.”
Architectural Digest.
April 1996.

Feather, Leonard, “Bing: The Father of Pop.”
Melody Maker.
June 19, 1976.

Hamann, G. D., editor.
Bing Crosby in the 30’s.
Hollywood: Filming Today, 1996.

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Bing Crosby in the 40’s.
Hollywood: Filming Today, 1997.

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Bing Crosby in the 5O’s.
Hollywood: Filming Today, 1998.

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Bing Crosby in the 60s.
Hollywood: Filming Today, 1999.

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Bing Crosby in the 70’s.
Hollywood: Filming Today, 1999.

Hentoff, Nat. “Bing Crosby Is Coming to Town.”
New York News Magazine.
December 5, 1976.

Kiner, Larry.
Directory
&
Log of the Bing Crosby Cremo Singer Radio Series.
Self-published, 1973.

King, Joseph A. “Bing Crosby’s Irish Roots: The Harrigan Family of Co. Cork, New Brunswick (Can.), Minnesota, and Washington.”
Minnesota Genealogist
14, no. 4 (1983).

Marill, Alvin H. “Bing Crosby Photographed as Pleasingly as He Sang.”
Films in Review.
June-July 1968.

Macfarlane, Malcolm.
Bing: A Diary of a Lifetime.
Gateshead, England: International Crosby Circle, 1997.

Mielke, Randall G.
Road to Box Office: The Seven Film Comedies ofBing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour.
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1997.

Mello, Edward J. and Tom McBride.
Crosby on Record.
San Francisco: Mello’s Music, 1950.

Mize, Dr. J. T. H.
Bing.
Chicago: Who Is Who in Music, 1946.

Morgereth, Timothy A.
Bing Crosby: A Discography, Radio Program List and Filmography.
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1987.

Murray, Ken. “Louis, Bix Had Most Influence on Der Bingle.”
Down Beat.
July 14, 1950.

Neuhaus, Mel. “Interview: Bing Crosby.”
Laser Marquee,
November 1994.

O’Connell, Sheldon with Gord Atkinson.
Bing: A Voice for All Seasons.
Tralee, Ireland: Kerryman Ltd., 1984.

Osterholm, J. Roger.
Bing Crosby: A Bio-Bibliography.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.

Pairpoint, Lionel. “…
And Here’s Bing!” Bing Crosby: The Radio Directories.
Gateshead, England: International Crosby Circle, 2000.

Pugh, Colin.
Alternate Bing Crosby.
Bristol, England: John Joyce, 1988.

Reilly, Jim.
The Songs ofBing Crosby on Compact Disc.
Self-published, 1996.

Reynolds, Fred.
The Road to Hollywood.
Rev. ed. Bristol, England: John Joyce, 1986.

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The Crosby Collection, Part One: 1926-1934.
Self-published, 1991-97.

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The Crosby Collection, Part Two: 1935-1941.
Self-published, 1991-97.

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The Crosby Collection, Part Three: 1942-1950.
Self-published, 1991-97.

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The Crosby Collection, Part Four: 1951-1960.
Self-published, 1991-97.

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The Crosby Collection, Part Five: 1961-1977.
Self-published, 1991-97.

Reynolds, Quentin. “The Kid from Spokane.”
Collier’s.
April 27, 1935.

Ruhlmann, William. “Swinging (On a) Star: The Road to Bing Crosby.”
Goldmine,
December 24, 1993.

Scrimger, Mark. “An Intimate Tour of Bing’s Hometown, Spokane.”
Bingang,
April 1984.

Shepherd, Donald and Robert F. Slatzer.
Bing Crosby: The Hollow Man.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1981.

Staff. “Bing Crosby: He Is Still Falling Uphill.”
Time,
April 7, 1941.

_____. “Going His Way Is a Nation’s Habit After Twenty Years of Crosby Song.”
Newsweek,
January 28, 1946.

_____. “The Crosby Story.”
Billboard,
October 26, 1946.

_____. “The Great Throat: Bing Crosby, First in Films, First on the Air, and First on the Phonographs of His Countrymen.”
Fortune,
January 1947.

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Bing Crosby Album
(magazine). New York: Dell, 1949.

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The Bing Crosby Story
(magazine). New York: Lopez, 1977.

Stimson, William. “Bing Crosby: The Road to Hollywood.”
Spokane,
1977.

_____. “Bing We Hardly Knew Ye.”
Pacific Northwest,
December 1987.

Taylor, Vernon Wesley. “Hail KMH!” (six parts).
The Crosby Voice,
Bing Crosby Victorian Society, September 1984, February 1985, May 1985, September 1985, November 1985, February 1986.

Thomas, Bob.
The One and Only Bing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977.

Thompson, Charles.
Bing.
New York: David McKay, 1976.

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The Complete Crosby.
London: W. H. Allen, 1978.

Ulanov, Barry.
The Incredible Crosby.
New York: Whittlesey House, 1948.

Vandervoort, Paul II. “Uncle Sam Sans Whiskers.”
Band Leaders,
January 1, 1946.

Venables, Ralph. “Cross-Section on Crosby. “
Vocal Jazz,
London, 1945.

Zwisohn, Laurence J.
Bing Crosby: A Lifetime in Music.
Los Angeles: Palm Tree Library, 1978.

Selected Bibliography

Adams, Joey.
Here’s to the Friars.
New York: Crown, 1976.

Adams, William Forbes.
Ireland and Irish Emigration to the New World.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (reprint), 1980.

Agee, James.
Agee on Film.
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958.

Andre, Marcella, editor.
Columbia: Portrait of a Label.
New York: Sony Music Entertainment Inc., 1991.

Andrews, Maxene and Bill Gilbert.
Over Here, Over There; The Andrews Sisters and the USO Stars in World War II.
New York: Zebra Books, 1993.

Arce, Hector.
Gary Cooper.
New York: William Morrow, 1979.

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Groucho.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1979.

Armstrong, Louis.
Swing That Music.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1936.

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Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans.
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1954.

Arnold, William.
Shadowland.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Astaire, Fred.
Steps in Time.
New York: Harper & Row, 1959.

Atkins, Irene Kahn, editor.
Arthur Jacobson.
Metuchen, N.J.: Directors Guild of America and Scarecrow Press, 1991.

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David Butler.
Metuchen, N.J.: Directors Guild of America and Scarecrow Press, 1993.

Bach, Bob and Ginger Mercer.
Our Huckleberry Friend: The Life, Times, and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer.
Secaucus, N.J.: Lyle Stuart, 1982.

Balio, Tino.
Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930— 1939.
Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1995.

Barnouw, Erik. A
Tower in Babel.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.

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The Golden Web.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.

Barrett, Mary Ellin.
Irving Berlin: A Daughter’s Memoir.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Barrios, Richard. A
Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Basie, Count with Albert Murray.
Good Morning Blues.
New York: Random House, 1985.

Beck, Jerry and Will Friedwald.
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
New York: Henry Holt, 1989.

Behr, Edward.
Prohibition.
New York: Arcade, 1996.

Bell-Metereau, Rebecca.
Hollywood Androgyny.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.

Beloff, Jim.
The Ukukeke:A Visual History.
San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1997.

Bennett, Tony with Will Friedwald.
The Good Life.
New York: Pocket Books, 1998.

Benny, Jack and Joan.
Sunday Nights at Seven: The Jack Benny Story.
New York: Warner Books, 1990.

Benny, Mary Livingstone and Hilliard Marks with Marcia
Borie. Jack Benny.
New York: Doubleday, 1978.

Berger, Edward, editor.
Bassically Speaking: An Oral History of George Duvivier.
Metuchen, N.J.: Institute of Jazz Studies and Scarecrow Press, 1993.

Bergman, Ingrid and Alan Burgess.
My Story.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1980.

Bergreen, Laurence.
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin.
New York: Viking, 1990.

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Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life.
New York: Broadway Books, 1997.

Blankenship, Mrs. George E.
Early History of Thurston County, Washington Together with Biographies and Reminiscences of Those Identified with Pioneer
Days.
Self-published, 1914.

Bloom, Ken.
Hollywood Song.
3 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1995.

Blumenthal, Ralph.
Stork Club.
Boston: Little, Brown, 2000.

Bogdanovitch, Peter.
Who the Devil Made It.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

Bogue, Merwyn.
Ish Kabibble.
Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1989.

Bordman, Gerald.
American Musical Theatre.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.

Bowen, Jimmy and Jim Jerome.
Rough Mix.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

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