"song ""Sisters"" incorrectly attribute the performance to both Lee and Stevens when both parts are sung by Lee using overdubbing. ""Variety"" said, ""Another sock talent parlay adds up to another click pic score package."" Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas is an album with songs from the 1954 movie, ""White Christmas"". Among the featured artists are Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Trudy Stevens (who dubbed for Vera-Ellen in the movie), with Peggy Lee, who was not in the movie, singing some parts. It is one of the last 78 rpm albums Decca produced. An"
"(1942), ""Blue Skies"" (1946) and ""Easter Parade"" (1948), with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" (1954). The 1942 film ""Holiday Inn"" introduced ""White Christmas"", one of the most recorded songs in history. First sung in the film by Bing Crosby (along with Marjorie Reynolds, whose voice was dubbed by Martha Mears), it has sold over 50 million records and stayed no. 1 on the pop and R&B charts for 10 weeks. Crosby's version is the best-selling single of all time. Music critic Stephen Holden credits this partly to the fact that ""the song also"
"Blue Christmas (song) ""Blue Christmas"" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre. The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948, and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by musical conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and chorus, and one by bandleader Russ Morgan and his orchestra (the latter featuring lead vocals"
"Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas The Voice of Christmas: The Complete Decca Christmas Songbook is a two-disc collection of Christmas music recorded by Bing Crosby for the Decca label between 1935 and 1956, released by Universal Music Group on October 6, 1998. Crosby was the first popular singer to record Christmas songs, and his 1942 recording of ""White Christmas"" for the movie ""Holiday Inn"" is the best-selling single of all-time. The most prolific period for his Christmas recordings was between 1942 and 1955, including his Christmas songs recorded with The Andrews Sisters. Crosby continued to record Christmas titles for"
"Singers. In 1942, American Decca released the first recording of ""White Christmas"" by Bing Crosby. He recorded another version of the song in 1947 for Decca; to this day, Crosby's recording of ""White Christmas"" for Decca remains the best-selling single worldwide of all time. In 1943, American Decca ushered in the age of the original cast album in the United States, when they released an album set of nearly all the songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein's ""Oklahoma!"", performed by the same cast who appeared in the show on Broadway, and using the show's orchestra, conductor, chorus, and musical and vocal"
"Holiday Inn (film) Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. With music by Irving Berlin, the composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being ""White Christmas"". The film features a complete reuse of the song ""Easter Parade"", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue ""As Thousands Cheer"". The film's choreography was by Danny Dare. The film received a 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song (Irving Berlin for ""White Christmas""), as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Robert Emmett Dolan) and"
"Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby album) Merry Christmas is a compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945 on Decca Records. It has remained in print through the vinyl, CD, and downloadable file eras, currently as the disc and digital album ""White Christmas"" on MCA Records, a part of the Universal Music Group, (reissued in June 1995) and currently on vinyl as ""Merry Christmas"" on Geffen Records (re-issued in September 2014). It includes Crosby's signature song ""White Christmas"", the best-selling single of all time with estimated sales of over 50 million copies worldwide. The album has sold over 15"
"The Christmas Waltz ""The Christmas Waltz"" is a Christmas song written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne for Frank Sinatra, who recorded it in 1954 as the B-side of a new recording of ""White Christmas"", in 1957 for his album ""A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra"", and in 1968 for ""The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas"". Cahn recalls, ""One day during a very hot spell in Los Angeles the phone rang and it was Jule Styne to say, 'Frank wants a Christmas song.'"" Cahn resisted, explaining that any notion of attempting a holiday hit so closely on the"
"created a distinct Christmas chart for seasonal releases. In ""Holiday Inn"", the composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1942. In the film, Crosby sings ""White Christmas"" as a duet with actress Marjorie Reynolds, though her voice was dubbed by Martha Mears. 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 ""White Christmas"", which became the highest-grossing film of 1954. (Crosby made yet another studio recording of the song, accompanied by Joseph J."
"Crosby's signature song ""White Christmas"" on shellac disc record. The 1942 version would only be released only one more time, in ""Merry Christmas"" in 1945 before the song was re-recorded (because the original master recording wore out) and the later version became the standard. Billboard was very enthusiastic saying: These newly issued songs were featured on a 6-disc, 78 rpm album set, Decca Album No. A-306. Discs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are sung by Bing Crosby while Disc 5 is sung by Fred Astaire. On Disc 4, both sing on the track ""I'll Capture Your Heart"". All songs"
"White Light (George Michael song) ""White Light"" is a song by English singer George Michael. It was released to radio on 29 June 2012, in order to commemorate the 30-year anniversary since his first single (co-written by Andrew Ridgeley) entered the British charts in 1982. The song was inspired by Michael's illness in late 2011 with pneumonia and the resulting near-death experiences. The song received its debut live performance (alongside ""Freedom! '90"") at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony on 12 August 2012 and subsequently entered the UK Singles Chart at number 15. This was his final original song released"
"appeared in his movie ""Holiday Inn"" (1942). His record hit the charts on October 3, 1942, and rose to No. 1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks. A holiday perennial, the song was repeatedly re-released by Decca, charting another sixteen times. It topped the charts again in 1945 and a third time in January 1947. The song remains the bestselling single of all time. According to ""Guinness World Records"", his recording of ""White Christmas"" has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. His recording was so popular that"
"version of the song done by Linda Ronstadt and Midler. Sisters (song) ""Sisters"" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1954, best known from the 1954 movie ""White Christmas"". Both parts were sung by Rosemary Clooney (who served as Vera-Ellen's singing vocal dub for this song, while Trudy Stevens dubbed Vera-Ellen's other songs in the film). The movie ""White Christmas"" also starred Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. It was not possible to issue an ""original soundtrack album"" of the film, because Decca Records controlled the soundtrack rights, but Clooney was under exclusive contract with Columbia Records. Consequently, each"
"Christmas Greetings (album) Christmas Greetings is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released in 1949 featuring popular Christmas songs. Crosby had recorded Christmas songs for the first time in 1935 and he had a huge hit with ""Silent Night"" that year. In 1942, he recorded ""White Christmas"" with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers for Decca Records in just 18 minutes on May 29, 1942, and it was released on July 30 as part of an album of six 78-rpm discs from the film ""Holiday Inn"". In 1943, he recorded three more songs"
"1943, by Walter Kent (music) and James ""Kim"" Gannon (words). Kent and Gannon revised and re-copyrighted their song on September 27, 1943, and it was this version that Bing Crosby made famous. According to Ram and newspaper articles from the era, Ram wrote the lyrics to ""I'll Be Home For Christmas"" as a gift for his mother when he was a sixteen-year-old college student. In 1942, Ram's publisher chose to hold the song for release because they were going to release Irving Berlin's ""White Christmas"" first. Not completely satisfied with the song, Ram discussed his concerns with casual acquaintances Kent"
"Child of Winter (Christmas Song) ""Child of Winter (Christmas Song)"" is a Christmas song written by Brian Wilson and Stephen Kalinich (and incorporating in its structure the opening verse from ""Here Comes Santa Claus"" by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman). It was recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys and was released as a single in 1974 backed with ""Susie Cincinnati"". It was the only Beach Boys single between the albums ""Holland"" and ""15 Big Ones"". An early version with Dennis Wilson on lead vocals and Carl Wilson singing the bridge is reported to exist. When released in"
"Sisters (song) ""Sisters"" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1954, best known from the 1954 movie ""White Christmas"". Both parts were sung by Rosemary Clooney (who served as Vera-Ellen's singing vocal dub for this song, while Trudy Stevens dubbed Vera-Ellen's other songs in the film). The movie ""White Christmas"" also starred Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. It was not possible to issue an ""original soundtrack album"" of the film, because Decca Records controlled the soundtrack rights, but Clooney was under exclusive contract with Columbia Records. Consequently, each one issued a separate ""soundtrack recording"": Decca issuing ""Selections from"
"Happy Holiday (song) ""Happy Holiday"" (sometimes performed as ""Happy Holidays"") is a popular song composed by Irving Berlin during 1942 and published the following year. ""Happy Holiday"" was introduced by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds (dubbed by Martha Mears) in the 1942 film ""Holiday Inn"" in a scene when the Inn opens for the first time. While it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, in the film it is performed on New Year's Eve, and expresses a wish for the listener to enjoy ""happy holidays"" throughout the entire year. Jo Stafford was the first to record and release it"
"in ensuing decades include: In their ""admittedly subjective"" list of the top Christmas songs of all time, ThoughtCo. ranked their top five favorites as: In 2007 surveys of United States radio listeners by two different research groups, the most liked songs were standards such as Bing Crosby's ""White Christmas"" (1942), Nat King Cole's ""The Christmas Song"" (1946), and Burl Ives' ""A Holly Jolly Christmas"" (1965). Other favorites like ""Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"" (Brenda Lee, 1958), ""Jingle Bell Rock"" (Bobby Helms, 1957) and John Lennon and Yoko Ono's ""Happy Xmas"" (1971), scored well in one study. Also ""loved"" were Johnny"
"Green Christmas (Stan Freberg song) ""Green Christmas"" (styled ""Green Chri$tma$"") is a comedy single written and performed by Stan Freberg and released by Capitol Records in 1958 (catalog number F 4097). Musical arrangement and direction is made by Billy May, and performed by the Capitol Records house orchestra. Other vocal performances are by Daws Butler, Marvin Miller, Will Wright, and the Jud Conlon Chorale. The title is wordplay on the phrase ""white Christmas"", replacing ""white"" (referring to snow and symbolizing sinlessness) with ""green"", the color of U.S. currency, symbolizing greed. This is emphasized by the substitution of a U.S. dollar"
"Delta Music also released an album in 1992 on the LaserLight label titled White Christmas often confused with the newer Decca imprint. Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby album) Merry Christmas is a compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945 on Decca Records. It has remained in print through the vinyl, CD, and downloadable file eras, currently as the disc and digital album ""White Christmas"" on MCA Records, a part of the Universal Music Group, (reissued in June 1995) and currently on vinyl as ""Merry Christmas"" on Geffen Records (re-issued in September 2014). It includes Crosby's signature song ""White"
"White Christmas (Martina McBride album) White Christmas is the fifth album and an album of covers of Christmas songs by country singer Martina McBride issued by RCA Records in 1998. The album was reissued in 1999 with new artwork and two new tracks. It was re-released for the second time in October 2007 with newer artwork and four new tracks added. In 2013, it was reisused for a third time as ""The Classic Christmas Album"". The re-release added her Elvis Presley duet, ""Blue Christmas"", which was originally released on his posthumous album ""Christmas Duets"", while removing the track ""Jingle Bells"""
"The Christmas Song ""The Christmas Song"" (commonly subtitled ""Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"" or, as it was originally subtitled, ""Merry Christmas to You"") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer. In an effort to ""stay cool by thinking cool"", the most-performed (according to BMI) Christmas song was born. ""I saw a spiral pad on his (Wells') piano with four lines written in pencil"", Tormé recalled. ""They started, 'Chestnuts roasting..., Jack Frost nipping..., Yuletide carols..., Folks dressed up like Eskimos.' Bob"
"country artists, as well as some working in other genres. The following are charting recordings. Blue Christmas (song) ""Blue Christmas"" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre. The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948, and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by musical conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and"
"in 2015 and 2016, respectively. This Christmas (Donny Hathaway song) ""This Christmas"" is a song by American soul musician Donny Hathaway released in 1970 by Atco Records. The song gained renewed interest when it was included in 1991 on Atco Records' revised edition of their 1968 ""Soul Christmas"" compilation album and has since become a modern Christmas standard, with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers reporting that it was the 30th most-performed holiday song of all time. Phil Upchurch said the song was ""absolutely the premiere holiday song written by an African American"". It was written by Hathaway"
"and José Mari Chan. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) ""Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)"" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin and used in the 1954 movie ""White Christmas"". It is commonly performed as a Christmas song, although the lyrics make no reference to the December holiday. The song arose from a personal experience of Berlin when his doctor suggested he try ""counting his blessings"" as a way to deal with insomnia brought on by stress. In a letter to 20th Century Fox executive Joseph Schenck, Berlin wrote:""I’m enclosing a lyric of a song I finished here"
"White Christmas (musical) White Christmas is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1954 film of the same name. The book is by David Ives and Paul Blake, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The original St. Louis production starred Lara Teeter, Karen Mason, Lauren Kennedy, and Lee Roy Reams, and the 2004 San Francisco production starred Brian D'Arcy James, Anastasia Barzee, Meredith Patterson, and Jeffry Denman. The musical, titled ""Irving Berlin's White Christmas"", premiered in St. Louis in 2000 at The Muny, after which it opened in San Francisco in 2004. It has since played in various venues"
"of a free land. Crosby, however, seldom bothers to contemplate his future. For one thing, he enjoys hearing himself sing, and if ever a day should dawn when the public wearies of him, he will complacently go right on singing—to himself."" The biggest hit song of Crosby's career was his recording of Irving Berlin's ""White Christmas"", which he introduced on a Christmas Day radio broadcast in 1941. (A copy of the recording from the radio program is owned by the estate of Bing Crosby and was loaned to ""CBS Sunday Morning"" for their December 25, 2011, program.) The song then"
"hit song: ""Be Careful, It's My Heart"". By the end of October 1942, ""White Christmas"" topped the ""Your Hit Parade"" 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 World War II. A few weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Crosby introduced ""White Christmas"" on a Christmas Day broadcast. The Armed Forces Network was flooded with requests for the song. The recording is noted for Crosby's whistling"
"to what is now the common standard for this song; the orchestral backing of this recording has often been wrongly accredited to Winterhalter. Elvis Presley cemented the status of ""Blue Christmas"" as a rock-and-roll holiday classic by recording it for his 1957 LP ""Elvis' Christmas Album"". Presley's version is notable musicologically as well as culturally in that the vocal group the Jordanaires (especially in the soprano line, sung by Millie Kirkham) replace many major and just minor thirds with neutral and septimal minor thirds, respectively. In addition to contributing to the overall tone of the song, the resulting ""blue notes"""
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ""Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"" is a Christmas song released in 1971 as a single by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir. The lyrics, by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, are set to the traditional English ballad ""Skewball"". It was the seventh single release by Lennon outside his work with the Beatles. The song reached number 4 in the UK, where its release was delayed until November 1972, and has periodically reemerged on the UK Singles Chart, most notably after Lennon's death in December 1980, when it peaked at number 2."
"Petit Papa Noël ""Petit Papa Noël"" (literally ""little Father Christmas"") is a 1946 song recorded by French singer Tino Rossi. Written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet, this Christmas song was originally performed by Rossi in Richard Pottier's film ""Destins"". It is currently the best-selling single of all time in France, with over 5,711,000 units sold. The song peaked at #6 on December 28, 1991 (the French SNEP Singles Chart was created on November 4, 1984), and was ranked every year under several labels, including Disques Pathé, Fifty Five and M6 Interactions (every label is charted separately). The song has"
"Christmas Lullaby Christmas Lullaby is a popular sacred choral composition by John Rutter, a lullaby for Christmas. He wrote his own text, beginning ""Clear in the darkness"", three stanzas with the refrain ""Ave Maria"". Rutter scored the piece for four vocal parts (SATB) and piano, adding other versions. He composed it on a 1989 commission from The Bach Choir for the celebration of the 70th birthday of their conductor David Willcocks. It was first performed at the choir's Christmas concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, an event that Rutter knew from being a member of the audience as"