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From Nazi rockets to drone motors, the secret military history behind the studio gear we use today

How military conflict has fuelled the development of technology that’s now essential in modern music production

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Bing Crosby's former California estate is for sale – its French chateau style is just as appealing as it was in the '60s

Bing Crosby's former home features 11 bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms and 5 half bathrooms, with original decorative details from the 1960s

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"I woke up three days later, in France, in this stupid castle, and I'm thinking: 'What just happened?'": How Stevie Nicks escaped the chaos of Fleetwood Mac and soared solo

In 1980 Stevie Nicks stepped out of Fleetwood Mac with a hit-laden debut solo album that showed she could fly just as high on her own

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"David wasn’t going to do the show, and his mum said, ‘No, you HAVE to work with Bing Crosby!’ She was a fan": The story of David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy

A schmaltzy TV special did not seem the most likely vehicle for a hit Christmas single, but this 1977 collaboration between David Bowie and Bing Crosby yielded an enduring classic that cuts across the generational divide

MusicRadar

I’m one of millions working in retail. This Christmas, don’t ask how we are – or we may tell you

So far today I have dealt with 200 customers. I have smiled 200 times, but that’s getting harder. Consider me a checkout robot

The Guardian - AU

Bing Crosby found it 'really difficult' to sing White Christmas during World War II

Bing Crosby found it "really difficult" to perform 'White Christmas' to the troops during World War II as he sang to thousands of crying soldiers.

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The 17 best Christmas films to stream over the festive season

Whether it’s ‘The Snowman’, ‘Die Hard’ or ‘Home Alone’, you can stream them all

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BTS star V star releasing remix of 'idol' Bing Crosby's White Christmas

V has sung alongside his idol, the late Bing Crosby, on a new remix of his festive classic 'White Christmas'.

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Gaynor, star of South Pacific, dies at 93

Actress Mitzi Gaynor, known for her role as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film South Pacific, has died at the age of 93.

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Kathryn Crosby, actor and widow of famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, dies at 90

Kathryn Crosby, who appeared in such movies as “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad”, “Anatomy of a Murder,” and “Operation Mad Ball” before marrying famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, has died

The Independent UK

Kathryn Crosby death: Anatomy of a Murder actor and Bing Crosby’s widow dies aged 90

Crosby also starred in the 1958 adventure film‘The 7th Voyage of Sinbad’

The Independent UK

"I took a bit of steel railroad track and strung a string along it, then hooked it up to the radio": The story of Les Paul, the man who invented modern music

Visionary, guitar wizard and inspiration, Les Paul invented the electric guitar and drew the blueprint for contemporary music as we know it

Louder

Landmark California hotel, nearly 100 years old, destroyed by fire

Hotel Marysville was renowned for its floating dance floor and once hosted stars such as Babe Ruth and Bing Crosby

The Guardian - US

"He didn't want to do Glastonbury and Michael Eavis didn’t want him — he was worried he was going to do a Tin Machine set or a little drum and bass set": When David Bowie played a career-altering Glastonbury festival set… by accident

"At the end of that show you realised, and he realised, that his career had changed"

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High Society review – a fizzing cocktail of comedy, Cole Porter and emotion

The stage adaptation of the Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra film is brought to life by a full-of-verve cast in Joseph Pitcher’s fine revival

Marie Claire

32 Times Singers Broke Into Acting

From Lady Gaga to Frank Sinatra, it's a time-honored tradition.

Louder

David Bowie: curator, mentor, nurturer, counter-intuitive collaborator, hard rock lover, surfer of the zeitgeist, Tin Machine genius

The death of David Bowie in 2016 sent a seismic shock through the music world, but his chameleon career colours a legacy that endures far beyond his passing

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"We take the original image and split it through a double vibrocated sploshing flange with double negative feedback": The Beatles, Les Paul, or Larry Levine? Who really discovered flanging?

Best of 2023: Lennon and George Martin are often given the credit, but flanging might well have been around for years before they 'discovered' it

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"Yes, we all want to bang our heads at Christmas, but we also want to sit down with a cup of tea and a mince pie and have a bit of a chillout": Rob Halford's 8 favourite Christmas songs

Metal God Rob Halford salutes the most wonderful time of the year, as he selects his eight favourite Christmas songs

TechRadar

6 great Christmas movies on Netflix to stream now

From an old-school classic to a modern one, get festive with these Netflix films.

The Conversation

With 'White Christmas,' Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby helped make Christmas a holiday that all Americans could celebrate

Irving Berlin was a Jewish immigrant who loved America. As his 1938 song “God Bless America” suggests, he believed deeply in the nation’s potential for goodness, unity and global leadership.

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The 10 best Christmas songs of all time: 2023 edition

These 10 Christmas songs are the best of all time.

The Independent UK

11 Christmas movies on Netflix to stream over the holidays

Netflix offers a wide array of holiday movies old and new for subscribers to watch

MusicRadar

The story of David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy: "David wasn’t going to do the show, and his mum said, ‘No, you HAVE to work with Bing Crosby!’ She was a fan"

The Guardian - UK

Chances of white Christmas in UK grow smaller as climate crisis takes toll

Parts of UK have more recently gone decades without Christmas snow, and in the past it was more hardship than dream

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