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Thanks for mentioning this, Malcolm. I still hope for a volume 3...
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Due to a loss in the family, Gary Giddins: Bing, Biography, and I has been rescheduled to Sunday, April 11 at 1:30pm.
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Is anybody reading, or just read or about to read any book concerning Bing, at all?
I'm currently wallowing in our own, our very own Malcolm Macfarlane's monumental and mightily impressive tome "Bing Crosby, Day by Day". If ever the term, "A labour of love" could be most relevantly applied as far as things all Bing are concerned, then this would be it.
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Ian, I wanted to get a copy but it is very expensive here in the USA. I am so behind on my reading these days. I am at the end of the second volume of Giddins book and I am 5 issues behind with Bing Magazines. Malcolm is Amazing! I am sure Day by Day will be a Great read! His Perry Como book must be excellent too. If I ever catch up with my reading, I will look into both. Enjoy Ian! Just curious, did Bing do anything on my birthday, June 26, 1964? Probably a game of golf and Toddy for the Body. Lol!
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Carmela,
I have great news for you!
I have just remembered that The International Club Crosby's website, of which of course you know Malcolm does such a wonderful job in editing those "Bing" magazines we both enjoy - has published Malcolm's book, "Bing Crosby, Day by Day" online. You should be able to access its title page here:
... and then follow the easily navigable links of its contents page.
Yes, it's such a shame that due to its limited print run, copies are expensive everywhere. I believe in the past, I've seen it listed on Amazon UK for as much as around a thousand pounds (so currently once converted, just over a cool one thousand, three hundred dollars!!!) I was fortunate in that three years ago, I spotted my copy on the "Abe Books" website for just over two hundred dollars (posted from Der Bingle's Germany)- but I still gulped before clicking on to order it. Well worth it though!
However, the advantage of the online edition, is that Malcolm's research continues, adding fresh dates, as he discovers newly revealed activities of Bing.
"Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record" - Malcolm and Ken Crossland's book is a wonderfully researched delight. They really have dug deep into Perry's career and with what must surely be the most extensive listings ever published of all his professional activities - and the only biography ever to be published on this fondly remembered entertainer.
What do you think of the Gary Giddens books? Are you you enjoying them?
PS: Sorry about the disappointment you'll encounter on the day of your birth - but have fun checking the same date for all your other birthdays through the years, to see if there's anything on any of those for you to see what our man was up to.
Last edited by Ian Kerstein (08/10/2024 2:06 pm)
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Thanks Ian! Yes, I remember Malcolm mentioning Day by Day is online. Thanks for all the info!
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I wonder if Gary Giddins will ever do a third book on Bing. I try to be optimistic, but I am thinking it will not ever come out.
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Ian, I love the Giddins books, especially the first one. I read many Bing books over the years. I love Kathryn's books too, as well as Bing's "Call Me Lucky". Ian, you have inspired me to catch up with my reading. Today I read the last five Bing Mags so now I am ready for the next issue and I read some of Giddins second book, The War Years. I have about 119 pages left of that. You also inspired me to listen to The 10th Anniversary 3 Cd Set again and after that I will listen to Mosaic set again. Maybe,I will put Mosaic on USB's. Thanks Ian!
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Pleased to read that you've caught up with the latest "Bing" magazines, Carmela. They are a wonderful source of information and entertainment, aren't they? Delighted to read I am the source of such inspiration!
Does everyone think the Giddins books will eventually be looked upon as the definitive life of Bing - even if it only makes it to its current, two volume incomplete state?
Last edited by Ian Kerstein (12/10/2024 2:38 am)
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David Lobosco wrote:
I wonder if Gary Giddins will ever do a third book on Bing. I try to be optimistic, but I am thinking it will not ever come out.
I saw an interview or a lecture with him on YouTube. He gave it when publicising volume two. He said all the research for "three" was complete and that things with the current (2018) publisher rested with volume two's success as to whether they would be prepared to invest in volume three. There was originally only intended to be two volumes. Does anyone know whether the publishers of volume two deemed it a success?
I have also heard whispers that a volume three might also have been delayed, due in only a modest part to certain sensitivities which up until very recently, have had to be observed.
Last edited by Ian Kerstein (12/10/2024 2:56 am)
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Thanks for the info Ian on Giddins third volume. I have read many Crosby books over the years, Giddins first volume will always be my favorite. Giddins did an amazing job on both volumes. I do think the books will be thought of as the definitive life of Bing. Bing's "Call Me Lucky" and Kathryn' s books are up there too as favorites. The Bing mags are excellent, so much info, all involved do a great job!
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Do we know if a third Giddins book would cover all the remaining years till 1977? Or it would be just about a specific period in Bing's life?
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Pantelis Kavouras wrote:
Do we know if a third Giddins book would cover all the remaining years till 1977? Or it would be just about a specific period in Bing's life?
I recall Giddins saying somewhere that it would be all the way until 1977. That would have been a few years ago when the second book came out. Of course, that could be all up in the air now, so we'll have to wait and see if there's even a third.
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Yes, I've also seen Mr Giddens say it would be the third and final volume up to 1977. I also imagine, being the assiduous biographer that he is, that if completed, he would bring (to an extent) us up to date with Bing's survivors, family, friends and also his legacy.
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Does anyone know of any updates on Giddins Vol. 3?