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.

Gioia admits that the only familiarity many today might have with him is the Christmas song “White Christmas,” which is “the ...

In 1977, David Bowie was tapped for a duet with Bing Crosby for the holiday special, Merrie Olde Christmas. He apparently did ...

Crosby said he struggled to keep it together as he sang the song for crying soldiers during World War II The song became an anthem for American soldiers abroad during the war Bing Crosby’s rendition ...

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 all long for a White Christmas. The peaceful way that those pristine white crystals fall from the sky create the perfect sense of calm. The scenery that they create is even better. During the ...

Among the lengthy list of odd and eccentric musical duets of the last 150 years, the Christmas collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby in 1977 is certainly one of the most festively strange.

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen brought the classic holiday film to life Paramount/Getty No matter the weather where you live, there’s one movie that can always make you feel ...

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, ...

“White Christmas” might be the best-selling Christmas song ever, but the song’s backstory has less to do with tidings of comfort and joy than it does with the tragedy of loss and war. Written by ...