I do not now anything about subconstracting arrangments but I guess that is is almost human imposible for one single musician to arrange so many songs per week for the radio shows that Bing was doing plus the Decca recordings. Bing always spoke highly of him and he was indeed a talented man even if his legacy is not the one he deserved.

What a breathtaking list of unmade projects that would be wonderful to see. It is sad that Bing didn't made any more movies, not that we have any right to complain he made 70 pictures, but he was a great actor and able to do a lot of things on screen, I believe that he prioritize the musical side of his career which is understandable but he could have made even more movies specially in 1960s and 1970s when he had the time to spare, reading Day By Day you can understand that It would have been almost impossible to made more movies in the 1940s or late 30s when he was making three movies per year, a weekly radio show, recordings and so much more. But we will always wish to see more.  I was unaware of this list. Most impressive!

Russ Columbo had a fine voice but I agree with you, it is impossible to record a competitive version of Bing's theme song, Where the blue of the night is a wonderful song that Bing recorded multiple time in his long career, my favorite one is the 1945 version for Decca but the 1931 version for Brunswick was also great. 1931 was a pivotal year for both. Russ Columbo recorded his most remembered song Prisoner of Love and Bing Crosby started his 31-season regular radio show, break in movies with Sennet and recorded hits like his theme song, Just One More Chance, I Found A Million Dollar Baby, Out of Nowhere, At Your Command etc. Thanks for posting 

Very nice clip, he seems to know exactly what he wanted. The movie must have been very close to main shooting when Bing died three weeks later. Bing had the ability to always keep up with each era, he didn't try to understand the audience, he was one of the people and never forget it, he was always enjoying other artists work and  was trying to make the best out of every project he ever did. Not doupt the movie would have been a great succes. The synopsis also would be interesting to be discovered one day.

The Ed Sullivan Show YouTube channel made available two previously unreleased video with Bing’s sons Philip, Denis and Lindsay (Gary didn’t appear on those shows). Both Bing and Dixie had musical talents and it seems that their 4 boys inherited the family voice. There isn’t a point in comparing anyone with Bing, but the boys had fine vocals and some of that Crosby charm.
 
This is from the The Ed Sullivan Show that aired live in May 7, 1961, it is a medley of Bing’s hits with a humorous introduction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR8VQhdoNaQ
 
This number is called “Walk It Of” from The Ed Sullivan Show that aired live in February 25, 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aif7CWssNbI
 
For the history, the four Crosby sons formed a vocal group that sometimes was billed as Crosby Boys or Crosby Brothers. The boys were always exposed in show business first through their father radio shows and they all made their first movie appearance in Duffy’s Tavern in 1945.
Gary was the first to pursuit a solo career as a singer (with a golden record for his duet Play A Simple Melody and Sam’s Song), as radio host of CBS Gary Crosby Show and as an actor (he was a 20th Century Fox contract player) and had perhaps the most successful career of the four, co-starring in popular movies in early 60s, recording for Decca, performing with his father, Louis Armstrong, Sammy Davis Jr and with his brothers.
In 1958 the Crosby’s were featured on the cover of Life magazine. And they started making a series of TV appearances on prime time shows of the era. Finding huge success in Las Vegas and New York City’s top nightclubs appearing famously on Cartier Latin and Desert Inn. They also played together minus Gary on the Rat Pack movie 3 Sergeants and all of them they recorded some records produced by Project Records. The group ended its activities in 1962 after significant success and recognition on the live performances field.
Philip follow it with a

It is very nice for all Bing's fan to see that his Christmas songbook remains popular and it remains mainstream during the holiday season. This is the only way for someone growing up on the 21 century to know and appereciate Bing Crosby and perhaps if he likes music and has good taste to dicover more about his other work to.

That would be wonderful to see. Bing Crosby performed many wonderful songs in television during the 1950s 1960s and 1970s. He also made many memorable duets and medley’s, but his single songs were also amazing. His Hollywood Palace episodes along have so many materials. I agree that Bing presence in television is less researched, compared to radio movies or records. THE CHRONOLOGICAL BING CROSBY ON TELEVISION-Compiled by Lionel Pairpoint, Malcolm Macfarlane and Greg Van Beek is a great source of information for a project like this and it is available on our Clubs website. 

Bing’s 1952 record Keep It A Secret is almost totally forgotten and at the time of its release went totally unnoticed. I read somewhere that Bing himself had high hopes for the song and he sung it 6 times in the next few months on his radio show, that’s more than any other song of the same period, Bilboard name the song his best effort in some time but the song reached only no 28 at the charts. Its interesting to notice that some of you have mentioned the same period -early 50s as his most underestimated and that’s right, also Ol Spring Fever that was mentioned above was recorded in 1952. So that seems to bee the period of his career that he was most underestimated and that’s strange because he was still at his prime and he was still working very hard making movies, records, radio shows etc

I believe that this is one of the many songs that Bing sung only in radio and he should have recorded commercially. I liked Bing’s delivery of the song a lot. Usually I also like Buddy Cole (Musical Autobiography of the same year) but this is not one of his best work. But beside that it is a nice recording and Bing’s voice was also on a very nice phase during that period.
 

This filmography includes all her significant movie roles including her full length tv movies, that means that some 1953 and 1954 appearances in movies as an extra are not included. Kathryn also made a series of short films for Ford Television Theater and other anthologies in the 50s that they are not included here.
 
Unchained (1955) – Sally Haskins,
Tight Spot (1955) – Young Bride on her honeymoon
Cell 2455 Death Row (1955) – Jo-Anne
5 Against the House (1955) – Jean
The Phenix City Story (1955) – Ellie Rhodes
Storm Center (1956) – Hazel Levering
Reprisal! (1956) – Taini
The Wild Party (1956) – Honey
Mister Cory (1957) – Jen Vollard
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) – Anne Martin
The Night the World Exploded (1957) – Laura Hutchinson
Operation Mad Ball (1957) – Lt. Betty Bixby
The Brothers Rico (1957) – Norah Malaks Rico
Gunman's Walk (1958) – Clee Chouard
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) – Princess Parisa
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) – Mary Pilant
The Big Circus (1959) – Jeannie Whirling
1001 Arabian Nights (1959) – Princess Yasminda (only vocal)
The House Next Door TV (1964) Ginny Warren
Doesn't Anyone Know Who I Am? TV (1964) Annie Smith
Cyranoh De Bergerac TV (1971) – Lise
The Initiation of Sarah TV (1978) – Mrs. Goodwin
My Husband, My Sorrow TV (1979) – Joyce Williams
Queen of the Lot (2010) – Elizabeth Lambert

As an avid reader in general I adore reading about Bing, I cannot describe my admiration for Malcom Macfarlane’s Day by Day, only after I read it I felt that I was actually knew something about Bing and it is the most useful and complete guide to Bing’s life. I have found very interesting information in all Bing’s book written by biographers or associates of his butI hold a special place for Kathryn’s books.
I believe that a wife is able to understand her husband better than even his children, so I was very fascinated to read her three books. The writing style in all of them was very vibrant. And they were more than 500 photographs in all of them.
 
In 2004 (incidentally the year that I was born) there was a re-printed My life With Bing with the new title My First Years with Bing. I own a hardcover copy of the 1983 first edition, it’s 351 pages book with 250 photographs all in Black and White. And I am wondering if there are any substantial differences between the 1983 and the 2004 version? I would like to know if there are different pictures, another introduction, possible changes in the text, or even if the same photographs are in color.
Judging by the online description they seem identical (minus the title).

Welcome aboard!

Very fascinating article, Lorne Harasen made a wonderful research there. Thanks Malcolm for uploading it!
Ken Darby was indeed a very important man and his high-quality team accompanied Bing in some of his finest recordings. He participated in the best-selling single of all times that’s a huge achievement on its own.

It seems that the information I seek is very rare indeed. it’s amazing how many things in his tremendous (and extremely well-documented) life and career they remain mysteries and as Ian pointed out the more year passes the fewest people remain with first-hand knowledge of the events. But luckily the professional devotion of some fellow-admirers of Crosbyana had made tones of information available to everybody. Unfortunately, at least until know it seems that the vocalist name in If You Please is not among them.
Perhaps someday someone will come up with something.