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Actually, as I recall Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters had a zippy rendition of "Clementine", too.
My Darling Clementine (1946) Jacqueline T Lynch 2009
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The man in the picture bore a resemblance to the F.B.I.'s composite sketch, which many Coopermaniacs have dubbed the "Bing Crosby picture" because of the similarity to the crooner.
NYT > Home Page By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE 2011
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Mr. Hamilton recalls that 38 artists rejected the song, including top performers such as Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore and Perry Como.
Crying a River for Years John Berlau 2010
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The days when Catholics overwhelmingly went to Mass, as they did in movies such as Bing Crosby's 1944 film Going My Way, are long gone.
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Whereas Louis Prima chose the black street musicians of New Orleans as his role models, Sinatra idolized the symbols of Caucasian performance of his day: the Protestant Anglo-Saxons Bing Crosby, a descendant of Mayflower pilgrims who grew up in Washington State, and Rudy Vallee, native of Maine and Yale graduate whose first band was called “the Connecticut Yankees.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The man who more than anyone reinvented the image of Italian Americans saw Bing Crosby as “the father of my career, the idol of my youth.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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It was drawn by Betty and shows her character singing that song which was later "cleaned up" and recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.
Danny Miller: Remembering Betty Garrett Danny Miller 2011
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The Yule Tide: The Christmas movie cavalcade continues, and you can choose between two '50s chestnuts: On TCM, the definitive 1951 version of A Christmas Carol (8/7c), starring Alistair Sim as Scrooge; or on AMC, the 1954 Irving Berlin musical White Christmas (8/7c), worth watching again if only for Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye's "Sisters" act.
Critic's Guide to Monday TV: Fear Factor, a Hawaii Five-0 Wedding and More! 2011
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The best known version was sung by Bing Crosby and it became an anthem of the Great Depression.
US searches for a cultural response to economic hardship 2011
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It was drawn by Betty and shows her character singing that song which was later "cleaned up" and recorded by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.
Danny Miller: Remembering Betty Garrett Danny Miller 2011
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