1 Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald got me drunk and stole my wallet.

2 Bing Crosby was a singer and actor whose mother's family came from Ireland.

3 Here is Bing Crosby singing his famous version of White Christmas.

4 "You need your own studio, " Bing Crosby told him in 1947 after Paul had begun playing with him in Los Angeles.

5 Bing Crosby started to sing professionally in the nineteen twenties. His group the Rhythm Boys joined the famous Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra.

6 Do you like the songs by Bing Crosby? His music is soothing.

7 The old Bing Crosby record certainly took me down memory lane.

8 He had heard the name before, in a song recorded by Bing Crosby.

9 But the version most people still know it as was sung by Bing Crosby.

10 In an experiment, volunteers who had consumed 'high levels' of caffeine thought they were listening to Bing Crosby singing White Christmas even though the song was not being played.

11 This week on our program, we remember three Irish-Americans: the labor activist Mother Jones, the early photographer Matthew Brady and the entertainer Bing Crosby.

12 This is a film clip from "The Road To Hollywood" showing Bing Crosby singing "Just One More Chance" and "I Surrender Dear".

13 Music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, recorded in 1955 by Bing Crosby with Buddy Cole and His Trio, that's "Something's Gotta Give".

14 But the version most people still know best was sung by Bing Crosby.