There is an interesting link in the summer 2019 issue of the BING Magazine: At the Mardi Gras parade there had been a carriage with a display of Birth Of The Blues and a larger-than-life puppet of Bing on top of it. As the internet address is slightly wrong in the magazine (one space has to be replaced by a slash) here is the correct link: www.facebook.com/watch/?v=295226567818244
(It's quite funny to listen to the commentators of the parade, one obviously not knowing who Bing Crosby is ...)

If you want to celebrate Ella Fitzgerald's 100th birthday you can do so by watching this nice medley she is doing together with Bing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJXx-Bj8g_w

On the internet page "10 fascinating facts about Ella Fitzgerald" you find the information that at young age she was a fan of Louis Amstrong and Bing Crosby:   http://mentalfloss.com/article/94742/10-fascinating-facts-about-ella-fitzgerald

In the seventies Bing obviously planned to give concerts in Germany. As the reputable German news magazin "Der Spiegel" reports in its issue from September 20th 1976 Bing wanted to appear on stage in Frankfurt, Berlin and Hamburg and thereby thank the Germans for calling him lovingly "Der Bingle". According to "Der Spiegel" he intended to donate the sales revenues of his concerts to German charities. For those who speak German here is the link to the article in the Spiegel news archive: 
http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-41157517.html
Bing's death in 1977 presumably was the reason why the concerts never were realised. As a matter of fact I watched a German TV show ("Am laufenden Band") on October 15th 1977 when the host (Rudi Carrell) announced that it had been planned that Bing Crosby should sing White Christmas in his show but that he unfortunataly had died the day before.... Could it be that the German concerts had been planned for October 1977 for the days following the TV show?
BTW watching this TV show as a 13 year old boy was the starting point for me for becoming a Bing Crosby fan. Hearing from the host that "The Old Groaner" had been the most successful singer on earth I curiously watched all the films and shows which were transmitted during the following days in commemoration of Bing - and as you can imagine I got hooked immediately! 

Two days ago I received my copy of Sepia's newest release "Join Bing & Sing Along 101 Gang Songs / On The Happy Side". And though these may not be Bing's most outsanding recordings I couldn't be happier with the 2 CDs which became my constant companions for the last 48 hours. On the one hand I connect happy memories with the "Sing Along" LPs which I listened to a lot while learning during my last 2 school years in the early eighties. On the other hand the bouncy and rhythmic recordings with Bing's wonderful voice simply generate good mood. And on top of it there are 3 nice bonus tracks: "The Music of Home", It's A Good Day" and "Aloha Meens I Love You". Obviously Malcolm Macfarlane was also involved in the process of compiling the CDs as he gets a friendly mention in the attached booklet. And Malcolm just posted on facebook that ICC members should wait for the spring issue of BING to get a discount offer for members. Best wishes from Salzburg / Austria, Thomas

I think Arne Fogel broadcasted in one of his last issues of his "Bing Shift" a version of Domenica which Bing had recorded for a radio programme.