THE CROSBY CALENDAR 2012

It gives us great pleasure to present the Crosby calendar for 2012 and again we have mainly used photos from the late Ron Bosley’s collection. The one exception in the monthly pictures is the photo for July which has been provided by Brook Babcock of the Van Heusen Music Corporation. You will see that many of the photos are stills from movies and most of the “Songs of the month” are related to those films. We know that many members write to radio presenters requesting Bing songs and it would be nice if you could ask for the “Song of the Month” each time.

Several photos which are rarely seen have been employed this year and we hope that they will be new to members. The cover photo has been supplied by Greg Van Beek and shows Bing with Maurice Chevalier and Carol Lawrence in a publicity shot for “The Bing Crosby Show” of March 20, 1961. It is particularly appropriate to use this as 2012 is the 40th anniversary of Chevalier’s death on January 1, 1972.

Advance orders were taken for the calendar this year but after satisfying these there are a few left. Contact Wig Wiggins at 5608 North 34th. St., Arlington. Virginia 22207 (phone: 703-241-5608) or Michael Crampton at 19 Carrholm Crescent, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 2NL, UK (phone: 0113 2689556) to obtain a copy. Price: $12.50 (postpaid) in the USA and Canada, £6.50 (postpaid) in the UK. Mainland Europe & Ireland £7, Remainder £8 (also postpaid).

Make cheques payable to F. B. Wiggins, or in the UK to The International Club Crosby.

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