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13:29 10/13/2007
"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song whose lyrics reminisce about White Christmasses. The morning after he wrote the song, (Berlin usually stayed up all night writing), he went to his office and told his musical secretary, (Berlin couldn't read or write music), "Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I've ever written...hell...I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!"
"White Christmas" was first sung by Bing Crosby in the 1942 musical, Holiday Inn, (he actually 1st. sang it his radio show in late 1941. But it wasn't taped) and, when released as a record, sold over 30 million copies. The song was re-used as the title theme of the 1954 musical film, White Christmas, which starred Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen .
Crosby's single of "White Christmas" sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was recognized as the best-selling singles in any music category for more than 50 years until 1998 when Elton John's tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, "Candle In the Wind 1997", overtook it in a matter of months. However, Crosby's recording of "White Christmas" has sold additional millions of copies as part of numerous albums, including his best-selling album Merry Christmas, which was first released as an LP in 1949.
The most familiar version of "White Christmas" is not the one Crosby originally recorded for Holiday Inn in 1942. Crosby was called back to the Decca studios on March 19, 1947, to re-record "White Christmas" as a result of damage to the 1942 master due to its frequent use. Every effort was made to reproduce the original Decca recording session, once again including the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers. The resulting re-issue is the one that has become most familiar to the public.
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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be whiteI'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
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White Christmas
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Frank "Grandpa" Schober
13:01 10/13/2007
I played a jazzed up version of White Christmas and am attaching it for your enjoyment and I hope you enjoy it and have a pleasant day with God's blessings.
Your friend, Frank.
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