Bing Crosby discography


This article is a discography for American artist Bing Crosby. Crosby was considered the world's first multimedia star, having appeared in film, television, radio, and recording. He was an influence on multimedia stars that followed, including Elvis Presley. Musicially, Crosby set the benchmark for the intimate "easy listening" genre that influenced future male artists including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Dick Haymes. He first started recording in 1927 with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, he released his first album containing compilations in 1939, and his first studio album Ballad for Americans, in 1940. His final album Beautiful Memories was released in 1976, however material recorded before his death was issued posthumously in 1977 as the album Seasons. Crosby also recorded with numerous other artists, including Al Jolson, his fellow film stars Judy Garland and Bob Hope, and The Andrews Sisters.

Albums

Singles

Pre-Decca era

Decca and beyond

Holiday 100 chart entries

Since many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to Christmas music each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over. In December 2011, Billboard began a Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data", and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100. Many Crosby recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there.