Ongoing History Daily: A Bob Hope impersonator? WTF?
It’s time for another look at the greatest contract riders in history. The rider is the part of the deal
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Bing Crosby
Random music news for Wednesday, December 21, 2022
First day of winter. Just 91 days to go until the first day of spring. Here’s your solstice music news
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Random music news for Saturday, December 21, 2019
There’s no way I’m going anywhere near a mall today. I’ll just end up behind someone who insists on backing
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The Flaming Lips have covered that David Bowie/Bing Crosby Christmas classic
In September 1977, a still reasonably coked-out David Bowie was invited by Bing Crosby to appear on his annual Christmas
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The True Story of the David Bowie-Bing Crosby “Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth” Duet
Bing Crosby was an old-time radio and recording star whose career began in the 1920s. Before rock’n’roll came along in
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Unusual Christmas Song, Take 8: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Doing “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy”
It’s not David Bowie and Bing Crosby, but it’s close. Sort of. (Via Michael)
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The Story of “White Christmas,” the Biggest-Selling Single of All Time
As far as anyone can tell, the single biggest-selling record in the history of the galaxy is “White Christmas,” a
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Here Are 15 of the Top Selling Albums on Amazon
We’re quickly coming to the end of 2016 and vinyl’s relatively recent return to popularity doesn’t seem to be coming
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Annoyed How Secular Christmas Has Become? Blame Popular Music
When I made a reluctant trip to the mall yesterday–I had to park two time zones away–I passed several cars
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The Weirdest Duets of All Time
It’s that time of year again when people talk about the time a coked-out David Bowie somehow ended up singing
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