His father was of Scottish and English descent an ancestor, Simon Crosby, emigrated from England to New England in the 1630s during the Puritan migration to New England. His mother was a second generation Irish-American. His parents were Harry Lowe Crosby (1870–1950), a bookkeeper, and Catherine Helen "Kate" (née Harrigan 1873–1964). It functions today as a museum housing over 200 artifacts from his life and career, including his Oscar.
The house sits on the campus of his alma mater, Gonzaga University. In 1913, his father built a house at 508 E.
In 1906, his family moved to Spokane in Eastern Washington state, where he was raised.
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In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, during which time the team won two World Series (19).Ĭrosby was born on in Tacoma, Washington, in a house his father built at 1112 North J Street. Through the medium of recording, he constructed his radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) used in motion picture production, a practice that became industry standard. He became the first performer to prerecord his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. He then persuaded ABC to allow him to tape his shows. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in California electronics company Ampex to build copies. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. films from 1940 to 1962.Ĭrosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. He was also known for his collaborations with friend Bob Hope, starring in the Road to. He is one of 33 people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the categories of motion pictures, radio, and audio recording. In 1963, Crosby received the first Grammy Global Achievement Award. Mary's (1945), opposite Ingrid Bergman, becoming the first of six actors to be nominated twice for playing the same character. Ĭrosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Going My Way (1944) and was nominated for its sequel, The Bells of St. : 6 In 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Yank magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954.
The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor.
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