Guardian Music — The Sunday Telegraph's John Preston has set us a riddle. He tells how a house clearance turned up a box of old photographs in which a Fleet Street showbiz writer, Dick Richards, was pictured with a string of 1950s Hollywood stars.There is Dick discus... more info

Guardian Music — Veteran presenter to front Sky Arts series as channel releases schedule including Tom Jones in first ever acting roleFive years after hanging his talkshow hat up for good, Michael Parkinson is returning to TV – in a talkshow with Sky Arts, which on... more info

Starpulse — Frank Sinatra was arguably the most important popular music figure of the 20th century, his only real rivals for the title being Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles. more info

411 Mania — From John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" to The Kinks' "Father Christmas" and more, 411's Christopher Bell counts down the top 10 songs for Christmas! more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offNeil Cowley Trio The Face of Mount Molehill Former Brand New Heavies keyboardist Cowley moves out from his groove-driven acoustic piano-trio sound to the richer textured m... more info

Stereogum — Last week, My Morning Jacket played MSG and in the midst of their epic sprawl of a live show, the band unwrapped covers of Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Bottle” and Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” a song they also handled on their ... more info

Gigwise — The evolution from Bing Crosby and The Ratpack to Eminem and Rage Against The Machine... more info

ContactMusic — Kasabians Tom Meighan thinks hed write great Christmas Carols The singer says if he were to pen some festive tracks they would have a traditional sound to them in the style of White Christmas hitmaker Bing Crosby He said Theyd sound... more info

Time — I’m a Christmas music traditionalist. Whereas I happily seek out new bands and explore new music throughout the year (and not just because it’s my job), around the holidays I become so conservative, so unyielding in my song choices — it’s Bin... more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga performed a saucy version of the festive classic White Christmas when she appeared at New Yorks annual Jingle Ball concert on Friday 9 Dec 2011 Lady Gaga wanted to add a bit of a twist to the Bing Crosby classic During the performan... more info