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  2. Bing Crosby - Wikipedia

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    The man was listening to Bing Crosby sing, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". I stopped and smiled in grateful acknowledgment. The Hindu nodded and smiled back. The whole world knew and loved Bing Crosby." [77] His popularity in India led many Hindu singers to imitate and emulate him, notably Kishore Kumar, considered the "Bing Crosby of India". [78]

  3. Alexander's Ragtime Band - Wikipedia

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    This earlier composition recounts the reconciliation between an African-American musician named Alexander Adams and his flame Eliza Johnson as well as highlights Alexander's innovative musical style. [ b ] [ 8 ] Berlin's friend Jack Alexander, a cornet-playing African-American bandleader, inspired the title character.

  4. A Look Back At The Little-Known Bing Crosby Sitcom That ... - AOL

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    In the fall of 1964, legendary crooner and film star Bing Crosby made a failed attempt to be part of the television sitcom landscape. The series was titled, The Bing Crosby Show.

  5. What We So Proudly Hail - Wikipedia

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    What So Proudly We Hail is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1946 featuring songs that were sung by Crosby in an American-type patriotic style. This album featured Bing singing patriotic songs such as: "Ballad for Americans", "God Bless America" and "The Star-Spangled Banner".

  6. 1950s in music - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Kirsten and Bing Crosby in "Mr. Music". Popular music dominated the charts for the first half of the decade. Vocal-driven classic pop replaced big band / swing at the end of World War II , although it often used orchestras to back the vocalists. 1940s style Crooners vied with a new generation of big-voiced singers, many drawing on ...

  7. Saint Louis Blues (song) - Wikipedia

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    "The Saint Louis Blues" (or "St. Louis Blues") is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire.

  8. Bing Crosby filmography - Wikipedia

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    Bing’s “White Christmas” can be heard in the background during a scene in a supermarket. Licorice Pizza (2021) - A coming-of-age comedy-drama film starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie. Bing and the Andrews Sisters version of “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” is heard on the soundtrack.

  9. Rhythm on the Range - Wikipedia

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    Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, and Bob Burns.Based on a story by Mervin J. Houser, the film is about a cowboy who meets a beautiful young woman while returning from a rodeo in the east, and invites her to stay at his California ranch to experience his simple, honest way of life.