The now-iconic duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie almost didn’t happen. Filmed for Crosby’s 1977 holiday special, ...

David Bowie nearly passed on his iconic Christmas duet with the legendary Bing Crosby because he hated the song choice.

The two singers from entirely different worlds sang a mash-up of “Little Drummer Boy”, sung by Crosby, and “Peace on Earth”, sung by Bowie. The latter counterpart was added after Bowie said he ...

Crosby died in 1977 of a sudden heart attack at a golf course in Spain. Just a month prior, he had his final televised ...

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 legendary crooner, who first sang the song that reminisces about snowy childhood Christmases, once told his nephew, Howard Crosby, that singing “White Christmas” in front of teary-eyed troops ...

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Bob and Bing celebrates the music and comedy of two iconic Hollywood stars. Bob Hope & Bing Crosby were great friends and in 1940, they were cast in a film called Road To Singapore. The magic of their ...

Mike Connor (Frank Sinatra): I have heard, among this clan/ You are called the forgotten man. C. K. Dexter Haven (Bing Crosby): Is that what they’re sayin’? Well, did you evah?/ What a swell party ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Bing Crosby changed the future of holiday music when he released ...