Bing Crosby Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

24^th June 2014

Fact: Sexy star Megan Fox and her husband Brian Austin Green have bought late crooner Bing Crosby's former home in Toluca Lake, California. The couple paid over $3 million (£1.9 million) for the modernised ranch home, according to Tmz.com.

27^th November 2012

Fact: The daughters of Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney are joining forces to celebrate the trio's classic holiday movie White Christmas at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Dena Kaye, Mary Crosby and Monsita Ferrer Botwick will gather for a screening of the beloved 1954 film next week (06Dec12) to mark Kaye's centenary.

10^th January 2011

Fact: Executives at Universal Music are donating a collection of treasured songs by artists including Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday to the American nation. The records will be given to the Library of Congress to be preserved. The collection also includes songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Les Paul.

25^th September 2010

Fact: Black-and-white film footage of the deciding baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series has been found in the wine cellar of Bing Crosby's San Francisco, California home. The sports fanatic and part-owner of the Pirates reportedly hired a company to record the critical Game 7 of the competition because he was too nervous to watch it live.