Drifters White Christmas

Contents.Origin Accounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. One story is that he wrote it in 1940, in warm, while staying at the La Quinta Hotel, a frequent Hollywood retreat also favored by writer-director-producer, although the also claims the song was written there. He often stayed up all night writing. One day he told his secretary, 'I want you to take down a song I wrote over the weekend. Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote.' Bing Crosby version. Picture sleeve of 1959 reissue by Decca Records (9-23778)The first public performance of the song was by, on his radio show on Christmas Day, 1941; a copy of the recording from the radio program is owned by Crosby's estate and was loaned to for their December 25, 2011 program.

He subsequently recorded the song with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers and for in 18 minutes on May 29, 1942, and it was released on July 30 as part of from the. At first, Crosby did not see anything special about the song. He just said 'I don't think we have any problems with that one, Irving.' The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs —in this case, written by a Jewish-American songwriter.

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Lankford, Jr., wrote, 'During the 1940s, 'White Christmas' would set the stage for a number of classic American holiday songs steeped in a misty longing for yesteryear.' Before 1942, Christmas songs and films had come out sporadically, and many were popular.

However, 'the popular culture industry had not viewed the themes of home and hearth, centered on the Christmas holiday, as a unique market' until after the success of 'White Christmas' and the film where it appeared, Holiday Inn. Dave Marsh and Steve Propes wrote, 'White Christmas' changed Christmas music forever, both by revealing the huge potential market for Christmas songs and by establishing the themes of home and nostalgia that would run through Christmas music evermore.'

The song initially performed poorly and was overshadowed by Holiday Inn's first hit song: 'Be Careful, It's My Heart'. By the end of October 1942, 'White Christmas' topped the chart. It remained in that position until well into the new year.

It has often been noted that the mix of melancholy—'just like the ones I used to know'—with comforting images of home—'where the treetops glisten'—resonated especially strongly with listeners during. A few weeks after the, Crosby introduced 'White Christmas' on a Christmas Day broadcast. The was flooded with requests for the song. The recording is noted for Crosby's whistling during the second chorus.In 1942 alone, Crosby's recording spent eleven weeks on top of the. The original version also hit number one on the for three weeks, Crosby's first-ever appearance on the black-oriented chart. Re-released by Decca, the single returned to the No.

1 spot during the holiday seasons of 1945 and 1946 (on the chart dated January 4, 1947), thus becoming the only single with three separate runs at the top of the U.S. The recording became a chart perennial, reappearing annually on the pop chart twenty times before created a distinct Christmas chart for seasonal releases.In Holiday Inn, the composition won the in 1942. In the film, Crosby sings 'White Christmas' as a duet with actress, though her voice was dubbed. This now-familiar scene was not the moviemakers' initial plan.

In the script as originally conceived, Reynolds, not Crosby, would sing the song. The song would feature in another Crosby film, the 1954 musical, which became the highest-grossing film of 1954. (Crosby made yet another studio recording of the song, accompanied by 's orchestra and chorus, for the film's soundtrack album.)According to Crosby's nephew, Howard Crosby, 'I once asked Uncle Bing about the most difficult thing he ever had to do during his entertainment career He said in December, 1944, he was in a USO show with. They did an outdoor show in northern France he had to stand there and sing 'White Christmas' with 100,000 G.I.s in tears without breaking down himself. Of course, a lot of those boys were killed in the a few days later.'

The version most often heard today on the radio during the Christmas season is the 1947 re-recording. The 1942 was damaged due to frequent use. Crosby re-recorded the track on March 19, 1947, accompanied again by the Trotter Orchestra and the Darby Singers, with every effort made to reproduce the original recording session. The re-recording is recognizable by the addition of flutes and celesta in the beginning.Although Crosby dismissed his role in the song's success, saying later that 'a with a could have sung it successfully', he was associated with it for the rest of his career.Formats and track listing These are the formats and track listings of single releases of 'White Christmas'.10-inch shellac single – U.S. (Decca – 18429) No.TitleWriter(s)Length1.' White Christmas'Irving Berlin3:022.'

Let's Start The New Year Right'Irving Berlin7-inch vinyl single – U.S. (Decca – 23778) No.TitleWriter(s)Length1.' White Christmas'Irving Berlin3:042.'

God Bless Ye Merry Gentlemen'traditional7-inch vinyl single – U.S. (MCA – 65022) No.TitleWriter(s)Length1.' White Christmas'Irving Berlin3:042.' God Bless Ye Merry Gentlemen'traditionalCD single – UK (MCA Records – MCSTD48105) No.TitleWriter(s)Length1.' White Christmas'Irving Berlin3:062.' Archlord private server.

'(lyrics), Scots folk melody1:383.' ', /H.Onorati2:37Sales figures Crosby's 'White Christmas' single has been credited with selling 50 million copies, the most by any release and therefore it is the biggest-selling single worldwide of all time. The Guinness Book of World Records 2009 Edition lists the song as a 100-million seller, encompassing all versions of the song, including albums. Crosby's holiday collection was first released as an in 1949, and has never been out of print since.There has been confusion and debate on whether Crosby's record is the best-selling single, due to a lack of information on sales of 'White Christmas,' because Crosby's recording was released before the advent of the modern-day US and UK singles charts. However, after careful research, in 2007 concluded that, worldwide, Crosby's recording of 'White Christmas' has sold at least 50 million copies, and that 's recording of ' has sold 33 million. However, an update in the 2009 edition of the book decided to further help settle the controversy amicably by naming both John's and Crosby's songs to be 'winners' by stating that John's recording is the 'best-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s,' while maintaining that 'the best-selling single of all time was released before the first pop charts,' and that this distinction belongs to 'White Christmas,' which it says 'was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later.' Legacy In 1999, included it in the 'NPR 100', which sought to compile the one hundred most important American musical works of the 20th century.

Crosby's version of the song also holds the distinction of being ranked No. 2 on the ' list, behind only 's ',' as voted by members of the RIAA. In 2002, the original 1942 version was one of 50 historically significant recordings chosen that year by the to be added to the. In 2004, it ranked No. 5 on survey of top tunes in American cinema.In a UK poll in December 2012, 'White Christmas' was voted fourth (behind ', ' and ') on the television special.The recording was broadcast on on April 30, 1975, as a secret, pre-arranged signal precipitating the from. Original verse Irving Berlin's opening verse is often dropped in recordings.It is included on, sung by; on 's; on ', sung by Karen Carpenter; on 's; on 's; on 's Christmas Album; and on '.

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