It’s been almost 18 years since the publication of “Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams,” Gary Giddins’ intelligent and formidably well-informed biography covering the entertainer’s life from his birth ...

Crosby set the mold for the multimedia star: on radio, on the big screen and on record. The 1940s was the period when his star shone brightest and... New Biography Chronicles Bing Crosby's Most ...

When Bing Crosby recorded 1942’s “White Christmas,” the entertainer was reportedly “in the dumps.” Author Gary Giddins, who recently wrote the biography “Bing Crosby Swinging on a Star: The War Years ...

Jazz critic Giddins's latest subject will probably surprise those who think of Bing Crosby (1903-1977) as ""a square old man who made orange-juice commercials"" and sang ""White Christmas"" every year ...

What: Gary Giddins celebrates the release of “Bing Crosby: Swinging On a Star - The War Years 1940-1946” with two events in Spokane 2 p.m. Thursday: The Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague Ave. 7 p.m.

It’s been almost 18 years since the publication of “Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams,” Gary Giddins’s intelligent and formidably well-informed biography covering the entertainer’s life from his ...

Welcome to Afterglow, I’m your host, Mark Chilla. Even as early as the 1940s, Bing Crosby was already a jazz legend. Crosby was blessed with a rich baritone, an innate musical sense and a winning ...