Bing Crosby is synonymous with Christmas. The giga-star dominated the '30s and '40s as both a movie star and a musician, but now is known mostly for his Christmas songs, which have stayed in the ...

"We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a 'Little Drummer Boy,' and when we told Bowie about the number, he said, 'I won't sing that song.' We said, 'Why?' and he said, 'I hate that song,' ...

Back in 2016 we posted the then oft overlooked performance of "Heroes" recorded for Bing Crosby's 1977 Merrie Olde Christmas TV Special. Notable for the wonderfully bizarre, but nevertheless beautiful ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. David Bowie and Bing Crosby's odd Christmas collaboration “Peace on ...

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

For Bowie to agree, the writers of the Merrie Olde Christmas special had to make tweaks to the song "We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a 'Little Drummer Boy,' and when we told Bowie ...

The now-iconic duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie almost didn't happen. Filmed for Crosby's 1977 holiday special, Merrie Olde Christmas, there was one big reason that Bowie almost walked away.

Bowie and Crosby sang together in 1977's 'Merrie Olde Christmas' special Screen Archives/Getty David Bowie almost walked away from his famous and unlikely duet with Bing Crosby The rock singer agreed ...