CROSBY, BOB

Homebase: Tacoma / Spokane, WA.
Stats: August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993
Misc Notes: George Robert Crosby was an American jazz singer and bandleader, who was born in Spokane and was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. Bob Crosby attended Gonzaga College, but he dropped out to seek a career in music. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marines, leading a band for much of his time in service. Crosby had begun singing in the early 1930s with the Rhythm Boys, which included vocalist Ray Hendricks and guitarist Bill Pollard, and with Anson Weeks (1931–34) and the Dorsey Brothers (1934–35). He led his first band in 1935 when the former members of Ben Pollack's band elected him their titular leader. In 1935 he recorded with the Clark Randall Orchestra, and Crosby's "band-within-the-band," the Bob-Cats, was a Dixieland-type octet with soloists from the larger orchestra. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show and was also seen on The Jack Benny Program. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show, which aired from 1953 to 1957. Crosby received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, for television (at 6252 Hollywood Boulevard) and radio (at 6313 Hollywood Boulevard).

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