Gary Giddins\u2019 new biography of Bing Crosby, nearly two decades in the making (\u201cpart one\u201d was released at the beginning of this century) should be the kind of book that\u2019s right up my alley. It\u2019s more than 700 pages long, covering exactly six years of Crosby\u2019s life. Yup, it just focuses on \u201cthe war years,\u201d 1940-1946.<\/p>\n
You know those people who bore us on social media with pictures of what they eat for lunch every day?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s this book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gary Giddins\u2019 new biography of Bing Crosby, nearly two decades in the making (\u201cpart one\u201d was released at the beginning of this century) should be the kind of book that\u2019s right up my alley. It\u2019s more than 700 pages long, … Continue reading