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Harry Lillis “Bing†Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an United States|American popular singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.
One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses.<ref name="giddens">{{cite book|last=Giddins|first=Gary|title=A Pocketful of Dreams|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|date=2001|pages=727|isbn=0-316-88188-0</ref> He is cited among the most popular musical acts in history and is currently the most electronically recorded human voice in history.{{Fact|date=December 2008 Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers of the era that followed him, including Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Dean Martin. ''Yank, the Army Weekly|Yank'' magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for United States|American GI (military)|G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII.<ref name="giddens"/><ref name="crooner">{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Dr. Frank|title=Crooner|url=http://www.jeffosretromusic.com/bing.html|accessdate=2006-29-12</ref> Also during 1948, the ''Music Digest'' estimated ... read all