Going My Way – Bing Crosby and American Culture

Introduction: Bing Crosby -- Nothing Is What It Seems - Gary Giddins Analogies of Ignorance in Going My Way - David E. White Going My Way?: Crosby and Catholicism on the Road to America - Eric Michael Mazur Saint Bing: Apatheia, Masculine Desire, and the Films of Bing Crosby - Elaine Anderson Phillips Bing on a Binge: Casting-Against-Type in The Country Girl - Linda A. Robinson Bing Crosby: Rock 'n' Roll Godfather - John Mark Dempsey American Archetypes: How Crosby and Hope Became Hollywood's Greatest Comedy Team - Walter Raubicheck Crosby at Paramount: From Crooner to Actor - Bernard F. Dick Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, and Ichabod Crane - M. Thomas Inge A Couple of Song and Dance Men: Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire - Jeanne Fuchs Rivalries: The Mutual Mentoring of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra - Samuel J. Chell From Crooner to American Icon: Caricatures of Bing Crosby in American Cartoons from the 1930s to the 1950s - Stephen C. Shafer Not Just "The Crooner": Bing Crosby's Research and Business Endeavors in World War II - Deborah Dolan Bing's Entertainment and War Bond Sales Activities During World War II - Malcolm Macfarlane Bing Crosby's Magnetic Tape Revolution - Peter Hammar and Martin McQuade The Bing Crosby Fan Clubs - F. B. (Wig) Wiggins Conclusion: Bing Crosby -- Architect of Twentieth-Century Style - Will Friedwald Sing, Bing, Sing - Kathryn Crosby Thoughts on Relationships: Father, Son, Grandson - Steven Crosby The Real Bing Crosby - Ken Barnes