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Bing Crosby
8 quotes
“My two sons, Harry and Nathaniel, my father and my father-in-law and many of my friends idolized Roberto Clemente and so did I. I called him a double superstar.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in “Bing Crosby: He Was Always a Pirate Fan” by Les Biederman, in Baseball Digest (April 1978), p. 91
“He was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Louis Armstrong, as quoted in The Big Band Almanac (1989) by Leo Walker, p. 12
“[Crooning] started with Vallee, Rudy Vallée, didn't it? ... I was glad to be classified [as] anything, just to be working.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[ Frank Sinatra was] another singer, and a good one.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cole Porter, he never missed, that fellow.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't think I ever did pick a hit song, unless it was "Sweet Leilani". ... Some of the songs that [[w:Jack Kapp|Jack [Kapp] ]] picked didn't work, but 99% of them did.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just played Bing Crosby. ... Sometimes I had a priest's collar; sometimes I dressed some way else.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Louis Armstrong ... was marvelous to be with. He had tremendous warmth, appeal. And I idolized him, not only for how great he was singing and playing, but for himself. ... I used to get postcards from him [from] all over the world. ... He went to every accessible place in the world.”
Bing Crosby (1903–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source