He was the youngest of four sons from Bing Crosby's first marriage to Dixie Lee, his older brothers being Gary and twins Phillip and Dennis.

[2] Lindsay had sung with his brothers on their father's radio shows, and they participated in a record with Bing in 1950 called "A Crosby Christmas" which charted at number 22 in the Billboard lists in December 1950.

On October 13, 1957, he had a guest spot on a major TV special called The Edsel Show, singing "In the Middle of an Island".

The frères – Gary, Phillip, Dennis and Lindsay – have a superlative act that is likely to abash those skeptics who surmised the boys would trade merely on the lustrous family name.

[6] Phillip, Dennis, and Lindsay continued without Gary and they were given useful exposure on the Bing Crosby Show seen on ABC-TV on February 29, 1960.

Bing took the place of Gary to sing "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" with his sons, who also sang two other songs themselves.

[7]To promote the album, the brothers appeared on the I've Got a Secret show, and taught the panel how to lip-sync to "I Can't Give You Anything but Love.

Earlier in the year, Lindsay's wife Barbara Frederickson, who was eight months pregnant, attempted suicide and was rushed unconscious into St. Joseph Hospital, Burbank.

Lindsay, who was in Miami, suffered feelings of guilt which necessitated lengthy psychological treatment, including being hospitalized for some time.

He never held a steady job, and his own attempts at an entertainment career, including appearances in such low-budget films[12] as "The Glory Stompers" and "Scream Free!"

A family spokeswoman said Crosby shot himself dead in an apartment in the Las Virgenes area of Calabasas, California.