Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977

LC control no.	n 50018853
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML420.C93 Biography
Personal name heading	Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Crosby, Harry Lillis, 1903-1977 Bingsy, 1903-1977
Other standard no.	244 http://dbpedia.org/resource/Bing_Crosby Q72984 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q72984
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, Calif.) Culver City (Calif.)
Located	Spokane (Wash.)
Birth date	1903-05-03
Death date	1977-10-14
Place of birth	Tacoma (Wash.)
Place of death	Alcobendas (Spain)
Field of activity	Singing Acting Popular music
Profession or occupation	Singers Actors Entertainers
Found in	Bing, c1937. Bing [SR] 1977: labels (Harry Lillis Crosby) Bing & Al. Volume 2 [SR] p2000: label (Bing Crosby) container (Bingsy) New Grove, 2nd ed. (Crosby, Bing (Harry Lillis); b. May 2, 1904, Tacoma, WA, d. Oct. 14, 1977, Madrid, Spain; American popular singer and actor) RootsWeb.com WWW site, Aug. 2, 2006: Social Security death index (Harry Crosby; b. May 3, 1903, d. Oct. 1977) All music guide WWW site, Aug. 2, 2006 (Bing Crosby; b. Harry Lillis Crosby, May 3, 1903, Tacoma, WA, d. Oct. 14, 1977, La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain) Find a Grave WWW site, Aug. 2, 2006 (Bing Crosby; b. Harry Lillis Crosby, May 2, 1903, d. Oct. 14, 1977; gravestone reads: Harry Lillis Bing Crosby, 1904-1977) September 22, 2016 (Bing Crosby; original name: Harry Lillis Crosby; birth: May 3, 1903, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington; death: Oct. 14, 1977, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain; burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California) Internet movie database, Aug. 2, 2006 (Bing Crosby; b. Harry Lillis Crosby, May 3, 1903, Tacoma, WA, d. Oct. 14, 1977, Madrid, Spain) Steve Lewis' Bing Crosby Internet Museum, Aug. 2, 2006: FAQs (b. Harry Lillis Crosby, May 3, 1903, Tacoma, Wash.; during most of his life, Crosby gave May 2, 1904 as his birthdate; after his death a priest in Tacoma disclosed baptismal records giving his actual birthdate; birth announcements also appeared in the Tacoma daily news and Tacoma daily ledger on May 6 and 7, 1903, respectively; the family began celebrating May 2 as Bing's birthday in deference to his sister, Mary Rose, who was also born on May 3 in 1906) <http://community.mcckc.edu/crosby/bing.htm,> Giddins, G. Bing Crosby, c2001- : v. 1, t.p. (The early years, 1903-1940) p. 31 ("For all the decisiveness with which May 3, 1903 was flagged as Harry Lillis Crosby's birthday, the date proved controversial in and out of family circles. In all official accounts (generated by Paramount, Decca, the Crosby offices, and, most insistently, Bing himself), it was altered by one day and one year, to May 2, 1904. The true date was additionally obscured as two of his older brothers came to believe he was born in 1901"; the first of his younger sisters was born Oct. 3, 1904, the second, Mary Rose, on May 3, 1906; Bing's birthday was advanced to May 2 because Mary Rose insisted on having May 3 to herself) p. 626 (in 1957, Crosby obtained a baptismal certificate with the correct date and shortly thereafter his brother Larry gave the correct birthdate in a genealogy distributed to the family; 1901 and 1904 continue to appear in reference works) Encyclopædia Britannica online, September 23, 2016 (Bing Crosby, byname of Harry Lillis Crosby (born May 3, 1903, Tacoma, Wash., U.S.--died Oct. 14, 1977, near Madrid, Spain); American singer, actor, and songwriter) Wikipedia, September 23, 2016 (Bing Crosby; Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Jr. (May 3, 1903-October 14, 1977); American singer and actor; born in Tacoma, Washington; in 1906, Crosby's family moved to Spokane; graduated from Gonzaga High School (today's Gonzaga Prep) in 1920 and enrolled at Gonzaga University. He attended Gonzaga for three years, but did not earn a bachelor's degree; died Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain at the Golf La Moraleja golf course; buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California)
Associated language	eng
Invalid LCCN	no 98028357