Bing & Phillip Crosby - Hollywood Palace Medley
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Phillip Crosby is upset because father Bing recorded so many songs with brother Gary instead of him. So to remedy the situation the two of them sing a medley of Bing and Gary's hits on the 4/5/69 Hollywood Palace.
"Sam's Song" / "When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues" / "Play a Simple Melody"
I use to be Phil's next door neighbor in Woodland hills, California from 1993 - 1996. Great guy with jaw dropping stories. Phil was very generous and he had a good sense of humor. Phil told me his father "Bing" was a good father but his parents worked a lot and all the stuff the media said about abuse by Bing was a lie.
Phil holds his own with Dad. "Sam's Song" rendition is as good as the original. Very affable He definitely seemed to enjoy performing with his Dad. The ingrate son was very troubled. When asked about THE book, Bob Hope said that he didn't dare die for what would be written about him
@@emg8810 Phil, like every son of every father, has a limited understanding about his dad. I did too about my dad! It's because we can't see everything that our fathers could! Fathers have much more experience simply because they're usually 20 or more years older than their kids! It's actually quite absurd that anyone doesn't eventually understand this fact!!!!
Excellent! I wish there were more of Philip Crosby here. I feel that he was the most talented of Bing's first family. Even Kathryn, Bing's second wife, said that Philip was the best singer of the four. I also admire that he always defended his father. Gary even, later in life, admitted that his book was not wholly the truth and that he was blaming othes for his own problems. Lots of misunderstands all over the place. Harry Lillis Crosby III of his second family was the most talented of them. Wish there were more of him here, too. Thanks for posting this wonderful father/son medley.
I love the way Phillip idolises his dad in this video and in other videos. He has a great voice.
This is very nice. Boy at times if you are just listening and not watching their voices, they sound one in the same. Thank you for this video. 😄👍
"I have nothing but fond memories of dad, going to studios with him, family vacations at our cabin in Idaho, boating and fishing with him. To my dying day, I'll hate Gary for dragging dad's name through the mud. My dad was my hero. I loved him very much. He loved all of us too, including Gary. He was a great father." - Phillip Crosby
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The truth is probably somewhere in between. Not every child shares the same relationship with their parents as their siblings.
Paddy Lee You know that Phillip was also a failure in life right? Out of the brothers he denied anything bad that happened, and yet never went anywhere. I don't think he was happy
Not actually true, when the book was released Dennis and Lindsey both had comments supporting their father and Nathanial said that the other boys were not happy with Gary for writing the book. Lindsey's ex-wife said that Bing had been a very good father to Lindsey and Mary said that when Gary spoke to her about the book he said it wasn't really the way it went down. Unfortunately Bing's reputation over the years has been sullied by unsubstantiated rumours.
Phil may not have made a go of the singing career, but apparently he had made money out of other business ventures. A talented guy and a good looking guy, Phillip's mannerisms always reminded me of his dad.
Phil had the best voice.
His oldest boys were talented singers but had such tragic lives and ends.
Phillip has the best voice of Bing's Boys, nothing of course like the master, but he very good.
Wonderful thanks
Father and Son. Great!
Bing was THE BEST VOICE EVER!!! Bing did his best for Gary who was spoiled and did not appreciate it. The boys had every opportunity to make good of their lives and to do well. It was their OWN choices and decisions that caused them to end up as the did. I DO NOT blame Bing at all!
Wow they sound alike
People can say what they want about Bing and his skills as a father but no one understand the other side of the coin....he had 4 boys while working on his career in Hollywood no less. Sure he made mistakes and he admits such later in life. But he surely loved his kids and there is so much more to the story that we will never know. That is why I just continue to enjoy the great music and movies....he was a entertainer.
At the beginning, they joked about how Bing never recorded with Phil like Bing did with the rest of singing sons. I think a good reason why would probably be because Phil was the most talented and had the talent to make it on his own without his father having to throw his voice on the record to sell it. Sadly, though, Phil never made it huge. I think it may have to do with the way music was going and since he was still a "newer" voice without a huge fanbase, he wouldn't have been able to keep up the change in music that was happening. We already had the Beatles by this point who changed music and then folk music was starting to become popular and then give way to prog-rock/jazz fusion. So sadly he was left behind.
Phillip said in an interview that Bing was a great father, and that Gary's book was "propaganda".
In Bings own book he admitted to hitting Gary with belts, cains, ect.... in Bings defence he changed later in life.
@@juandomingoperon7965 I've read his books and I dont remember Bing mentioning he used canes. He mentions using a belt but only for the very worst indiscretions and this infamous belt four or five times their whole lives. He mostly took privileges away. But seeing Bing started early finished late and was away for huge periods of time during the boys growing up years, the discipline would have been mainly dealt with by the boys mum and nannies.
Phil was the voice of Bing's boys
@figmo397 Bing had struggled with alcohol and women early in his career. He was no saint. Probably all these comments hold truth. People aren't all good or all bad. Bing might have been both a good father, but there may have been problems, too. I hope it's all more good than bad and that hearts heal if they've been broken.
My grandmother used to tell me Bing Crosby wasn't nice to his first set of kids, but he was nice to his second set of kids.
I DIG ...BUT FEEL ONLY SADNESS>>> HOO WUZ TO BLAME?
Say what you will but I think bing worked hard to.make it up.to. Sons any hurt he caused ! He was always having them on tv to boost their.carer sadly.the industry changed Beatles in folks like them an Ricky Nelson out a sad time for music ! But we still.love Bing an his family an we have his music!
@@williameason5795 MY MAIN TAKEAWAY AT 83 IS THIS LOUD & CLEAR!! WE ARE LIED TO BY ALL SO OFTEN WE NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT ALMOST ANYTHING ANYMORE. THIS "FAMILY" SAGA IS WAY OVER ME HEAD. AS A65% IRISH guy I CANT HELP LIKING ALL I SEE OF DER BINGLE....I HOPE ALL I'VE SEEN & ENJOYED IS THE TRUE FELLA....SO Y THE "F" IS THERE ANY CONTROVERSEY AT ALL??? U MAY NO THE ANSWER. BE Well
There's no question of Bing's talent, both as a great singer, and his often overlooked legacy as an actor. But he also had the distinction of having not one, but two sons who committed suicide. Not one of his sons even made it to age 70. Those who think the stories of Bing's brutality towards his children are overblown hogwash are star struck; they don't get it. The Hollywood Palace, while entertaining- I watched them new as a child- is not reality.
mitzymum3 mitzymum3 And what, pray tell, do you think was a major factor in these boys winding up with personal relationship issues and money issues?
mitzymum3 mitzymum3 You could be assuming I know only fan folklore about Bing, Dixie (Wilma), Kathryn and kids of both families. No, I have read books about them and one by son Gary. What I meant is beyond the cruel stinginess of Bing, intentionally giving his first family's sons nothing until they turned 65, but the pure, unalloyed miserable bastardly- if that's a word- nature of Bing's parenting and philandering, which would certainly drive children to drink, drugs, promiscuity, as well as distrust in relationships. I think Bing was a musical genius and a very credible actor as well. But I don't confuse Bing the performer with Bing the husband and father.
mitzymum3 mitzymum3 Of all the material written about Bing, I found Gary's as-told-to book the most insightful because it answers the child-like question dubious people ask about anything: "Where you there?" Well, yes, he was there. And I believe what he wrote. I'll tell you, although you may have read it. Bing had seen enough of spoiled Hollywood children, and- like Joan Crawford- had good intentions when he embarked on programs designed to make their children's lives as insecure, unappreciated, parsimonious, and all-around miserable as possible. This, Bing thought, would strengthen his sons (the first marriage) morally and even physically. One nasty tidbit: Bing had a weekly weigh-in for the chubby Gary. Nude. And setting up a system in which each boy would have to sweat it out like the peasantry before getting Bing's inheritance at age 65. Regarding Dixie (Wilma Wyatt), there's no question in my mind that Bing's horrible disposition at home plus his over-the-top adultery is what made her drink and put her mind 'round the bend. And no, no, no, I do not believe Gary recanted to his daughter, or to anybody. Of course you are not required agree or you get suspiciously poisoned. I'm not Putin.
I don't understand if Gary supposedly despised his father and wanted to be his own person and appreciated for his own talents, why from a lot I have seen on the net and read about in books, did he always run to his father for help when in trouble over the years during his marriage his naughty escapades and if you read Bing's second wife's book when he wanted something new like a house, etc... And also if his father wasn't proud of him and love him, why Bing promoted him so heavily with recordings and tv work and even organising for Gary to tour with Louis Armstrong (apparently where Gary behaved terribly). When I see Bing and Gary perform together it seems to me that Bing thought that his son had enormous talent. Even Gary's ex-wife said that she had never witnessed anything bad between Gary and his father. I recently went looking for a snippet of an interview with Rosemary Clooney in which she was asked about Gary's book and she said that she thought he had been given some very bad advice when writing the book and that it wasn't exactly the way he described because she had been around for some of that time. It seems that a lot of the boys beefs centred around a lack of freedom and the strict curfews put in place by both Bing and Dixie. But it also seems that Bing at one time or another may have received kidnap threats about his boys and apparently had a very real fear of something bad happening to them. And while it does seem to be true that Bing could go cool very quickly if he was displeased with the boys I have read quotes from Linny and Dennis and Phil all defending their childhoods and their father. I love Bing but I am under no illusion that he had a good number of flaws, but I can't help thinking if he was so horrid to his boys why 3 out of the 4 admitted to him having faults but largely defended him and their upbringing and then why Gary seemed to have a tribute album to his father in the works before he passed.
A little article on the site Redemption of Bing Crosby (2017 article), might help you out a bit as to the credibility of his son's accusations and seeing as his other 6 children defended him, I am choosing to believe that Bing was in fact a really decent guy. The suicides have long been known to have very little to do with Bing and mainly other contributing factors.
I note the veiled put-down of his son, suggesting that any album they made would sell only in supermarkets.
I think Bing was talking about himself as Bing was not selling well with his new albums in the 60s.
Bing was always known for his self deprecating sense of humor.
I think what Gary and the rest of the boys wrote/said about Bing was overblown garbage. Sounds like they were just spoiled and frankly weak. Dad's spank their kids. I'm sure Bing had his moments, but I'm also sure he's not the monster they made him out to be.