Philip Alan says on 16/Dec/11
Of course lifts were around in Bing Crosby's day. As a teen in the late '60s I was a theatre usher, and my manager had been in Hollywood in the 20s, had seen Rudolph Valentino while filming, then poolside, and realized in seeing him poolside that (being much shorter) he had to wear lifts. So lifts have been used all along in Hollywood. Heck, even tall people, like John Wayne, wore lifts.

John Lee, Sr. says on 13/Mar/11
Crosby is 5'7" flat. But with him wearing lifts he was 5'9" to be exact.

mcfan says on 15/Jan/11
I think 5'7.5 is correct for Bing, but Sinatra at 5'7.5 is incorrect. Frank was 5'7.

Mr. Kaplan says on 4/Nov/10
Yes, Bing wore lifts. Here's an interesting story about it: "Mary Carlisle, who worked with him in films, noticed he was self-conscious about his height, and he wore lifts. Crosby once told Alan Ladd how pleased he was that Ladd was shorter than him at 5'5". Bing maintained he was 5' 9", but an office secretary named Nancy Briggs recalled a visit to his home when he wore slippers and she realized he was her height - 5' 7"."

maximus meridius says on 2/Nov/10
Bing Crosby was 5ft 7in no taller he never wore life i don't think lifts were around in his hey day