Crosby, Bing

Cultural  

1. A twentieth-century American singer and actor. He appeared several times in films with Fred Astaire and with Bob Hope and received an Academy Award for his part in Going My Way in 1944. His most successful song recording was “White Christmas.”

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Example Sentences

Within a year of the premiere, Bob Crosby, Bing’s brother, adopted it as his band’s theme.

From The Wall Street Journal

With such competition, it is not very hard for another young comer named Gary Crosby�Bing's oldest boy�to steal the show with a light-fingered skill that makes his performance considerably more than a clever paparody.

From Time Magazine Archive