{"id":1253761,"date":"2019-11-18T11:59:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T11:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=1253761"},"modified":"2019-11-18T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T11:59:54","slug":"decca-launches-the-search-for-uk-people-called-bing-crosby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2019\/11\/18\/decca-launches-the-search-for-uk-people-called-bing-crosby\/","title":{"rendered":"Decca launches the search for UK people called Bing Crosby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decca Records has launched a nationwide search for anyone in the UK who was named Bing Crosby at birth. <\/p>\n<p>There are three official Bing Crosbys in the UK with at least one of them registered as living in Kent. Decca wants to bring them all together for a once in a lifetime festive celebration.<\/p>\n<p>In an advert running last week in the Kent Messenger, Bing Crosby\u2019s long-time record label Decca launches the quest with the headline, \u2018Calling All Bing Crosbys\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Bing Crosbys are invited to a 5-star Christmas lunch at one of the famous Bing Crosby\u2019s favourite London restaurants, and will be presented with a special commemorative disc to mark the totally unique occasion. They will also be joined by a very special surprise guest. <\/p>\n<p>Vice President of Decca Records, Tom Lewis, says of the mission: \u201cThere is Christmas magic in Bing Crosby\u2019s voice \u2013 he will always be THE voice of Christmas. When he sings, he brings us all closer together, and these new recordings have him sounding better than ever. When we discovered there were possibly three people called Bing Crosby living in the UK, it caused complete pundemonium in the office and we knew we had to do what we could to bring them together\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hunt for the Bings coincides with the release of a brand new album entitled Bing at Christmas, released on 22nd November, on which Bing Crosby\u2019s utterly distinctive original vocals are set to newly-recorded orchestral arrangements, performed by the UK\u2019s most prestigious orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>The album includes a special version of the song most synonymous with the season and the singer, White Christmas, which hit the headlines last month for being the world\u2019s biggest-selling single of all time, but never having reached the top of the Official UK Charts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your name is Bing Crosby, then the major label wants to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1253762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37249],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - 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