Bing Crosby Parkinson 1972

[@FeLiciiaable]

I was born in 1995, but I listen to his music every day. Such a unique voice.

[@dougcrain3036]

faliciaable.. I agree.. his voice was one of a kind.. I listen to his music still.

[@tod3msn]

Bing understood how the voice was a musical instrument and never over powered other instruments. He just appreciated phrasing and his musical humility comes through in his recordings.

[@JRobbySh]

Voice made for the microphone.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

I have clothes older than you! I'm 98. From Los Angeles California USA 🇺🇸 Good Day

[@Ronnie.Raymond]

I was born in 2001 and I too listen to his music every day

[@clurkroberts2650]

Wonderful interview, and Crosby was masterful in telling stories and giving recognition to everyone he worked with.

[@monkeyboy8424]

I watched this in 1972 and again now. Parky, you were good. Always bringing out the best in your guest.

[@SarahGreen523]

I love Bing. He was wrong when he said he couldn't create a mood when he sings. He creates a wistful nostalgia for times past. I spend every Christmas with him in film and music. He was, and still is, one of the Greats.

[@gilldanier4129]

Yes I agree, he was just being modest I think.

[@mollyfilms]

Actors, performers and musicians from his era where beyond most we have today. Total professional, true entertainers. We just don’t get many like either of these people these days.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

What a sharp memory and what a deep but gentle voice! A classy but down to earth gent!

[@JRobbySh]

Crosby and Hope were both highly intelligent men. You could see that in their eyes.

[@badhairdye]

@@JRobbySh I agree with you, and I would add...that they both used that intelligence to craft and create their work, something absent from contemporary performers who pander to audience taste. (This is my opinion, of course.)

[@martintanksley3561]

@Scott S He also messed around with other ladies and drank a lot and possible smoked weed.....

[@mitzymoo3151]

@Scott S Read the new info that has shown that a lot of the things attributed to Bing since his passing are either half truths or mistruths.....he was a very decent person, flawed but not horrible.

[@mitzymoo3151]

@@martintanksley3561 He stopped his heavy drinking very very very early on in his first marriage, at his wife's request. Was for marijuana legalisation and there was no hint of another woman even when he and his first wife were thinking about separation. In fact the people accusing him of this could provide no specifics only their suspicions. Not to say he didn't have the occasional romance with others only that he was either very discreet about it or he was not the womaniser he has been portrayed as. He apparently thought that the embarrassing of one's wife in public was reprehensible. He and Dixie stayed the distance in their 20 year marriage and he was inconsolable when he lost her to cancer. A beautiful, talented woman was Dixie Lee Crosby.

[@noeljamesriggs113]

Bing Crosby's voice is home. It is warm and deep and cherished.

[@eligah8]

Bing Crosby one of the elite GOATS Ever!!! I love his songs and movies. His voice was incomparable.

[@MrMusicguyma]

Bing could tell stories so wonderfully. Wit, humor, elocution, vocabulary.

[@trashpanda9615]

MrMusicguyma must be the Irish

[@jeffstone2136]

Yeah, but he left his wife to die in agony from cancer because he was the only person in his life who mattered and she was no longer of use to him. Oh! And he also used to regularly beat the living shit out of his children, on several occasions to the point that they needed to go to hospital, usually just because he'd had a bad day and needed to inflict it on someone else. An evil man.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Amen to that !

[@jessiem276]

@@jeffstone2136 Why are you watching this, then? It's like you're wanting to tear him down.

[@quabledistocficklepo3597]

@@trashpanda9615, Yeah, like Whitey Bulger.

[@wodgerdog646]

I love this man, he was handsome, classy and the best singer ever. His stories are hilarious and he is also extremely humble about his talent.

[@ccrider3435]

Great singer, terrible father.

[@robertmann1194]

He was not a very nice person towards his children. Ole Bing put a clause in his will where his boys couldn't touch his money until they were 65, and both died before reaching that age.

[@chrisnalina1755]

@@robertmann1194 In your first sentence, You mean like Jerry Lewis was to his sons?

[@mitzymoo3151]

​​​@@robertmann1194Oh my maybe because they had received a lot of money each upon turning 21. That Bing turned over his portion from Dixie's will to the sons and added to it. Maybe because money was invested which gave the boys an ongoing income even long after Bing had passed. Or could it be the boys weren't exactly great with money...so Bing had money to look after them later on upon them turning 65. Maybe read the things Bing was accused of that have been debunked...starting with his sons infamous book. Four boys from his first marriage that received the huge trust funds, one daughter and two sons from his second marriage that adored their father.

[@yummybaconandeggs8804]

Give Parkinson his due, what a fabulous collection of interviews.

[@greg4161]

this guy transcends generations. I'm only 56 and I love this guys great voice, charisma, and easy personality

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

55 here. Grew up with the Christmas specials in the '70s.

[@jamieorourke767]

And now your 61❤

[@edisone1]

Bing Crosby treated his fans with golden respect, and always with incredible modesty. He really was a fine man- AND he appreciated Al Jolson

[@celiabooth3411]

Every time it snows at Christmas, I always listen to Bing Crosby sing White Christmas. It just melts my heart every time. 🎅🦌❄🌨☃️🎄🎁

[@amileoj9043]

I don't believe I've ever heard an interview with Crosby before this one. He was a truly charming & affable man for one possessed of such fame.

[@analyne3024]

I love him with Bob Hope the most. I thought their onscreen chemistry is unmatched! 😊

[@colindayo]

A gifted singer and magical storyteller. 😀

[@pmajudge]

R.I.P. DEAR BING CROSBY .THAT VOICE WAS HEAVEN SENT INDEED !!!FROM (U.K.).

[@charliebuttocks2400]

What a wonderful man looks so youthful and happy hear talking about his life

[@lizdoyle7158]

BING CROSBY ⚘⚘⚘ HE WAS A REAL TALENTED PERSON A TRUE SUPERSTAR 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@photo161]

A masterful performer, he holds an audience in the palm of his hand as effectively while speaking as he would ever do when singing, so consummate is his understanding of what it means to entertain.

[@nancysessions7672]

Class act....all the way!Smooth,a gent,and good sence of humor....he makes that pipe look good!!!

[@billyhardin4862]

The great came and most are gone what a golden years of TV it well never be repeated

[@mistyliffey.ie-abe7]

Loved this interview .. Bing was natural, down to earth such a warm friendly character like you knew him all your life .. Magnificently talented man

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

What an Amazing interview. Bing Crosby was a legend and so humble. They really don't make them like this anymore!☺😍👏🙏

[@margaritadikanti9062]

Bing Crosby is so witty :-D A truly pleasant gentleman♥

[@halrobinson2737]

Bing and Al Jolson on radio together were the best.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

I’m utterly astonished when I watch these old interviews with the great legends from the ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood...such poise, such talent...we live in culturally impoverished times.

[@tgilldesign]

Yes - what a smooth conversational voice he had as well.... very calming.

[@Megalocade]

Bing was like an analogue wave form... nice and smooth

[@JRobbySh]

Excellent comment.

[@professorjams]

Bing was America's first Musical Icon.

[@Thisrate6763]

what a fantastic speaking voice he had

[@dianekiley4394]

Bìngcròbysyouwhereverygoodinyourmovies

[@sisterpacifica]

Anthony Mccaffrey couldn’t agree more!!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I have a notion to second that emotion !!

[@ArsPraestigium]

His singing voice wasn’t too bad, either.

[@69VAJRA]

Until you heard Jim Reeves...and he would have outsing B.C anytime

[@delmariecrandall9229]

Bing was my mom's favourite. from Canada

[@billmoran3812]

I grew up during the golden years of the 50’s listening to Bing. Even his speaking voice was musical. So many of the great entertainers of that era were great storytellers. I would have loved sitting with a good bourbon listening to his stories. Unfortunately he passed on before I might have had that opportunity. His music is timeless and unequalled.

[@KEVINKEVINKEVINWWW]

Compare his command of the language with anyone interviewed today. Quite a stark contrast.

[@hairyscotman]

the decline of Western Civilization is what I call it.....that generation was so clever, witty, intelligent and FUN!!!

[@alphabeets]

From Wiki... Crosby influenced the development of the postwar recording industry. After seeing a demonstration of a German broadcast quality reel-to-reel tape recorder brought to America by John T. Mullin, he invested $50,000 in a California electronics company called Ampex to build copies. He then convinced ABC to allow him to tape his shows. He became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings onto magnetic tape. 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 an industry standard. In addition to his work with early audio tape recording, he helped to finance the development of videotape, bought television stations, bred racehorses, and co-owned the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.

[@PresidentGas1]

My God this man just oozed class and dignity .......an American icon that sadly so much of this country has no idea even existed. As I was born in the Bay Area in 1962 ...... I knew all about him from a child through my grandparents. Man I miss those days ....

[@1533ramsay]

I was born in 1962 too. In Fort Lauderdale...My parents would go to the Fountain Blue Hotel on Miami Beach to see the Rat Pack perform...What great days those were. My parents were a very handsome couple and dressed to the nines...

[@kevinmadden1645]

How he could have been a friend of someone like Bob Hope is inexplicable.

[@Msnando09]

What a wonderful speaking voice.

[@peterjanman7562]

I saw Bing at the Palladium in 1976 when I was 17 ,he was fantastic along with Rosemary Clooney I saw him again in 77.

[@weB3now]

I miss how classy people were in these times. That is hugely missing now.

[@michaelhasenstein721]

Born in 1965. My favorite vocalist, still!

[@sarahayden4054]

Bing Crosby has always been one of my all time favorite singers. Also one of my all time favorite movies is White Christmas!

[@goldenera4ever]

All I can say is Christmas time just wouldn't be the same w/o Bing. He's been apart of it all my life. 🎶 It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas....🎶 Already getting in the spirit.😁

[@1533ramsay]

It's a true tribute he is still the go to for the Christmas season! 🎅

[@SM-ot7kb]

Great interview! Enjoyed him in so many movies! Christmas isn’t complete without listening to his CDs!

[@libertygiveme1987]

LOVED Bing Crosby!!!! His movies have been, and will continue to be adored throughout the years!!!!

[@almeggs3247]

The only interviewer besides Carson that let his guests finish their thoughts!

[@HC-cb4yp]

That's exactly right, unlike Charlie Rose, in particular, who never let a guest get a word in edgewise.

[@Megalocade]

Parkinson was a good host and the best one here in the UK to interview Bing both guys well laid back just chatting and going with the flow

[@Omnicient.]

Carson rarely let his guests finish anything; he was always interupting giving a never ending running commentary which Jerry Lewis took him up on. Carosn tried, like any egoist, to make everything about him!

[@rach5516]

@@Omnicient. that's such a shame, imagine the anecdotes if he let them speak. Parkinson was wonderful.

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Dick Cavett was pretty great also

[@billycharles]

Crosby just loved to sing

[@marieoreilly4334]

What a great singer and all the movies love watching them this was a lovely interview Michael is so good at his shows Bing loved his visits to Ireland I was at a golf course when he was playing he loved his golf nice man Great Singer and Actor Marie Dublin Ireland

[@charliekane135]

Parky was a great host. He kept quiet and asked all the right questions when he did speak. Master of his genre.

Great share! Love this interview. Life long fan. He left a generous endowment to Gonzaga. He used to hang out in Seattle in the 50s early 60s with his pals including John Wayne on Lake Union. I never met him in person but my dad did several times. Loved the stories.

[@ferraridinoman]

Hard not to love this Guy!

[@kanecol2401]

I could listen to his voice all day

[@korosu2204]

First time I have ever watched a Bing Crosby interview. Watched the whole thing. What an absolute gentleman. Really enjoyed listening to him all these years later..

[@roywinstanley9402]

What a great guy Bing was,a proper star.There was something special about yesterday's stars...Bing Crosby,Bob hope,Jack lemon,Jimmy Cagney and James Stewart,just to mention a few,all sadly not with us any more.May they all RIP.god bless them all.

[@5333cate]

They had class....you can,t buy class..and you can,t fake it with designer clothing...you have it or you don,t.....

[@1533ramsay]

Amen!

[@JRobbySh]

Clint Eastwood belongs in that league. No formal education but he is very well-spoken.

[@lamarravery4094]

Imagine, Bing was born around the turn of the century. During the roaring 20s, he was in his 20s driving model Ts, then he lived through the depression, WW2, and saw a man land on the moon. I'm thinking back in my life, I was born in the 70s, major changes I've seen are electronics. We went from landlines to cell phones and floppy disks to high speed internet. Cars haven't changed much since my childhood. We still don't have flying cars, lol.

[@MTknitter22]

Quite a few of the OLD Hollywood big stars were well-educated classy and eloquent people. Just listen to Bing. Wow.

[@1533ramsay]

A big memorable WOW!!!👍

[@toinimoore3463]

Many of them went through high school and were in college and of course had Better Education than us take a look at the history books don’t hardly have WW2 in them at least they didn’t in early 70s .🙄

[@demef758]

Bing always prided himself on having a very good vocabulary, as this interview ably demonstrates. If you listen to some of his live performances, he never misses the chance to speak eloquently. It became part of his schtick. Man, I still love this guy!

[@citizen1163]

Apart from anything else, the Hollywood legends had good stories to tell bc many of them had interesting lives before stardom unlike the pampered celebs today.

[@silverlakeas]

I believe he had a very high IQ.

[@bekind8243]

It’s a shame that there aren’t any classy men or women in Hollywood now.

[@rsrfm24]

I was 12 years old when I watched this…..and remember my dad and myself watching Parkinson every week seeing and listening to Stars of the day! Sadly programmed missed and stars then of days now passed,but great they are recorded to continue watching time after time. 😉👏👍❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@JSB1882]

There is no one like Bing Crosby. So much more than the greatest recording artist of the 20h Century.

[@jamesp8569]

There's a story of Crosby taking a nap on stage during a break in rehearsal, in his vintage years. Someone shouts, "Cue Bing", and he's right back on the mark, on song, in tune! Got to love it. Also, for those Parky detractors. Parkinson was a professional journalist and his researched, incisive interviewing skills were only matched by Dick Cavett, in my opinion.

[@nemo227]

Delightful interview. I've been a Crosby fan since the first of his movies I saw in the forties. Young people today have their own special entertainers but I've read several comments by young people on youtube regarding entertainers from this era and they often write that they wished they had been born earlier so they could have enjoyed these "old" entertainers.

[@1533ramsay]

I guess I was lucky. However, I was at the tail end.

[@1533ramsay]

When I was young men all around me had his kind of gentle class. Men including myself just can't hit that mark... What a great man!!!😊

[@user-tf9fh4sy4c]

One of the true greats,effortlessly entertaining. A very rare commodity in todays world.

[@richardernsberger5692]

Wow--what a fantastic interview. Parkinson is an excellent interviewer---good questions--and I was so impressed, listening to this, by how intelligent Crosby is (was), how bright, entertaining and detaileld his responses are. Really good stuff.

[@jazzpianoman01]

So effortless being interviewed and as always nice and easy going; incredible this was 49 years ago in 1972.

[@vince1638]

what a life he experienced, fabulous.

[@MirandaMilner]

OMG I love that he mentions Mildred Bailey. She really had such a beautiful voice, I've been listening to her song "Have You Forgotten So Soon?" a lot recently.

[@IFINEVERSING]

I was at his opening night of a two season at the London Palladium.. what a night a night that was with Rosemary Clooney

[@jazzpianoman01]

What a great interview with Bing and his description of Al Jolson especially.

[@JCASHES1]

I did a BBC session the same day that this lovely man had just left the studio,I was singing wth the same Bbc orchestra that he had just been singing,I did 6 songs to be broadcast the following week. Great memory 😱

[@rickrichmond1406]

Love Bing. Total Class.

[@irenekent4335]

bing was one of the greatests

[@pushbikeman]

Crosby What A Guy, Great Humour, could sing a little!

[@robg71]

Talent & Class.

[@KnitzyKitzy]

Great interview with an amazing talent. I play Bing to my little one. Really miss Parkinson ad his great interviews. Always kept quiet when he should and gently drew the best out of his guest.

[@declanmcleod9025]

Best voice of the 20th CENTURY! The greatest talent!!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Aren't you forgetting about Florence Jenkins ??

[@declanmcleod9025]

@@jubalcalif9100 , not really, as I've never heard of her! Lol...sorry! And I'm talking about male singers...lol

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@declanmcleod9025 Oh, my mistake ! I didn't know you were referring to male vocalists ! Sorry about the misunderstanding ! In penance, I shall give myself 40 lashes with a wet noodle ! By the way, Florence's singing can be heard here at KZbin.

[@declanmcleod9025]

@@jubalcalif9100 ha, ha....well, I dont think Imwould punish myself too much! Lol, I should have made that clear! Lol....and thank you so much! I will check Florence Jenkins out....was a professional singer myself for a number of years when I was young....so, I always enjoy hearing a great set of pipes!!!! Thanks again!!!!

[@declanmcleod9025]

@@jubalcalif9100 , ha, ha! You are funny! Now I remember who Jenkins is!!!! Too funny! You made my day! Lol!!!! I haven't seen the movie yet....but for sure, now, I will! Lol

[@jazzpianoman01]

Great interview and especially Bing’s recollection of Al Jolson, wonderful upload, thanks.

[@abrahamlincoln5185]

Crosby's voice hasn't changed since the 20s

[@bruceleehace20anos17]

He always had a wonderful voice

[@FranssensM]

You don’t hear about him now, that’s such a shame, young people might appreciate his talent.

[@Revix-ok5zb]

A Beautiful human being he was.

[@jimrick6632]

ONE OF A KIND...LOVED THIS GUY....

[@showtunestarpower]

Bing is in a great mood - and a brilliant story teller!

[@SpaceCattttt]

Well, performers tend to love it when they're being asked good questions that they're actually allowed to answer before the next question arrives. And if the interview takes place in front of an interviewer and an audience who both adore them, then they are in their element. After all, isn't unconditional adoration what most people dream of when they seek fame? Well, that's what Bing got here, so it must've been very flattering.

[@larrydewein5078]

Bing was THE BEST VOICE EVER!!!

[@lindashelley3635]

Larry DeWein Well, speaking as a huge Dean Martin fan, I would probably disagree with you about that. Though of course Dean himself always credited Bing, along with Harry Mills of the Mills Brothers, as being one of his biggest influences when he was just starting out, so you may have a point...🙂

[@rouman7]

@@lindashelley3635 deans fav singer was bing

[@swell1guy]

This is a great interview

[@NCLUSA]

There's no such thing as a perfect man, we all have our faults , but I weigh a person by does the good out weigh the bad?, and in most cases most people pass. Every Christmas they still play "White Christmas" on the radio, it wouldn't be Christmas without this song would it?. Bing had Class, no matter what some say about the man he had class.

[@jeffstone2136]

We all have our faults?!!! I dunno about you, pal, but my faults do not quite extend to Bing's level. Somehow I have managed to go 45 years without abandoning my wife when she got cancer or regularly beating my children to a pulp just because I'd had a shitty day at work. I would imagine you have inexplicably been able to avoid such 'flaws' yourself.

[@tomggabin5838]

@@jeffstone2136 Exactly. Charm and appearance is what the movie business is all about.

[@stickitupyourasteric]

who do you get your info from...someone selling a book no doubt....

[@77777aol]

​@@jeffstone2136 According to his son Dennis' wiki page, it states : Their father had given an interview in 1959 when he said, "I guess I didn't do very well bringing my boys up. I think I failed them by giving them too much work and discipline, too much money, and too little time and attention. But I did my best and so did their mother."[12] Lindsay responded by saying "I don't know how our dad could feel he's failed us as a father. Reading that he had said that in an interview really shook me up. I only hope someday that I can give my son a tenth of what Dad has given us. And that I can rate any part of the admiration we've always felt for him. That's why it hurt so much to see him knocking himself in print. Taking himself apart and saying he punished us too much, that he was too strict with us, that he made us work too hard, that he spent too little time with us. That really shook me up."

[@buckjohnson1119]

Jeff Stone. Guess you missed Gary Crosby stating it was all a lie. The brothers wanted the bucks from the book of fabrications. They inherited the alcoholic syndrome . I saw pictures of Bing crying at his first wife’s funeral. Never heard except from you, He deserted her when she had cancer. She sadly became full blown alcoholic. They drank and he could hold his. They could have been the people in the days of wine and roses. Bing Crosby was a good man.

[@valeriearnon3846]

Loved him to bits - and still miss him. He gave us such a lot.

[@eddieg66]

Great to watch a talk show where the interviewer gives the guest time to tell his story without butting in great stuff !

[@jubalcalif9100]

You are SO right ! Few interviewers give their subjects time to finish their stories ! Mr Parkinson was truly one class act !

[@roserethage1166]

Bing was best singer in an era that was the best ! My Mom meet Frank Sinatra !

[@JCASHES1]

What a lovely lovely man ❤️

[@iap-ug3oy]

I am 81 now ( 2022 ) but I can remember when I was a young girl my mother was in love with Bing Crosby .

[@PresidentGas1]

Amazingly he was gone 5 years later ......

[@sisterpacifica]

PresidentGas1 😢

[@westfield90]

I loved his generation. Truly the greatest generation this nation has produced. Went to War, patriotic, worked hard and were humble.

[@DavidBensonActor]

The best wig ever - an extremely well-made lace front: you literally cannot see the join. I always wonder why Sinatra wore such hideous rugs when he could have had one as sophisticated as this.

[@mitzymoo3151]

Have you ever read about Bing and his toupee. Apparently he was so laid back he would carry the toupee in a box, rock up to the studio, by himself (no entourage), check in and ask where the people were to fit the toup. Apparently a new maid at his house threw the box out one day not knowing and Bing went through the rubbish looking for it. What a marvellous and non egotistical man he was. The funny thing is he looked fantastic even without the hairpiece. I love him.....it is amazing how many of the big stars wore hairpieces, you couldn't even tell they were so well done.

[@mwilliams1330]

You cannot realize how big this man was in entertainment. In 1948 before TV really hit it's stride, "Music Digest" estimated his music filled half of the allocated time for music on radio. Besides his other work in entertainment, that insane percentage has never been matched.

[@davidcullen6797]

Marvelous. I love how his generation often pronounced the town name as "Lohs Angle-ease." Bob Mitchum did it as well; that was really old school. And who says "rahsberry"? Bing, of course. "Shed-yool"? Too much time in Ireland, I guess! It's so much fun to listen to this interview and reflect on a greatness that has passed physically but not in our memories. Thanks for sharing it.

[@danielleross1513]

What an awesome man..noone like this around anymore..so sad. What a beautiful voice and storyteller..🎼

[@1533ramsay]

No one hails to this man today!

[@windstorm1000]

Wonderful interview of entertainment giant!

[@nightbreed7292]

A Pure Legend! Part owner of my Pirates and full owner of the only film of the last game of the 1960 world series. I look forward to heaven to play golf with him and sing songs to my Mom and Grandparents.

[@indieshack4476]

Parky was and always will be the best of British interviewers. Crosby is just a great interviewee - I probably saw this when transmitted in '72 but forgot. A great interview!

[@lindanicola]

My mom always had his music around while I was growing up. Great performing artist; he's done us all proud.

[@haverstock1888]

Meet Bing at Gleneagles hotel A Great gentleman such a nice guy worked in room service

[@1533ramsay]

Your a lucky man to meet a class act...😉

[@mitzymoo3151]

You are one lucky person, I would have loved to meet Bing.