Bing Crosby once shared with his nephew the hardest performance of "White Christmas" he ever gave, serenading G.I.s in the ...

But the story doesn't end there. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" arrived as a single five years later, in November 1982, and became a massive U.K. chart hit, landing at No. 3 in early 1983. It was ...

The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — ...

Crosby died in 1977 of a sudden heart attack at a golf course in Spain. Just a month prior, he had his final televised performance: a Christmas special. Fitting as that is, there's something pretty ...

When entertainer Bing Crosby stepped up to the microphone in New York’s NBC Studios on Christmas Day 1941, many of the tens ...

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1 Exclusive: Celia Berk to Release New Winter EP; Watch New Lyric Video The original 1957 twelve-track New Tricks LP has been freshly mastered from the original session tapes and expanded with twelve ...

It’s a little-known fact, but Bing Crosby’s voice used to be bottled and sold and people would butter their bread with it. Kidding, of course, but the idea speaks to just how smooth the legendary ...

John Lennon said one of his No. 1 songs just came to him. He said it would have sounded clichéd except “now clichés are not clichés anymore.” The tune sounds more like a 1950s Elvis Presley rock ‘n’ ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?