Lyrics Begin: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know, where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleighbells in the snow. to more modern, uptempo tunes like "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (so cheerful! Todd Decker. 75 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1999, and No. 20 on Billboard's pop singles chart (and again in December 1945, reaching No. [1] When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million. The first performer to record this was Bing Crosby in August of 1942. 16 on the Portuguese Singles Chart. Bing Crosby’s version of “White Christmas” is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. in Beverly Hills, L.A. 15 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart in 2003. For example, her "Love You Didn't Do Right by Me" has much more of a blues feel than Clooney's. 2 on the "Songs of the Century" list, behind only Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow," as voted by members of the RIAA. Of course, a lot of those boys were killed in the Battle of the Bulge a few days later."[18]. [87], In 1952, Mantovani and his orchestra reached No. Irving Berlin, who wrote White Christmas, reused some songs from his earlier black-and-white film, Holiday Inn. Where the treetops glisten, And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. [100], Original song written and composed by Irving Berlin, 1942 78 single release of "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby on Decca Records, 18429 A, with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Matrix # DLA 3009. 9 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart in January 1949 on National Records. The song—written in 1940-41 was introduced at a time when sheet music sales were more important than record sales. Many might argue that there are plenty of other songs that are more noted, but the facts do not lie. And that song actually may be a sad one. 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. Do You Hear What I Hear (1963) - Bing Crosby 8. The new "Snow" and the inevitable title song, done as quartets by Crosby, Kaye, Lee, and Trudy Stevens (who replaced Wood on the recording), give the score its holiday flavor. The version most often heard today on the radio during the Christmas season is the 1947 re-recording. "White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. [6] He often stayed up all night writing. "White Christmas" is a holiday tradition beloved by millions. And I am longing to be up North—[30], ^shipments figures based on certification alonesales+streaming figures based on certification alone. [92] It was released in 1968 on Atco Records as a posthumous single from Otis Redding, and reached No. “White Christmas” is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. [86] while Ernest Tubb, with female backing vocals by The Troubadettes on Decca, peaked at No. In Songs from the Paramount Pictures Production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Expanded Edition) by Rosemary Clooney | Nov 4, 2014 4.1 out of 5 stars 44 [98], The Glee cast's version of the song entered the UK charts for the first time in 2018, four years after its release, at No. It is included on A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records, sung by Darlene Love; on Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album; on the Carpenters' Christmas Portrait, sung by Karen Carpenter; on Neil Diamond's The Christmas Album; on Bette Midler's Cool Yule; on Libera's Christmas Album; and on Crash Test Dummies' Jingle All the Way. Typically for the time, this soundtrack album consists not of recordings taken directly from the film itself, but of studio recordings made separately. “White Christmas” is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. White Christmas with chords. [99], In 2020, a version by Meghan Trainor, featuring Seth MacFarlane, went to No. … The set on the Paramount lot was refurbished for the next Christmas classic. Directed by Michael Curtiz. White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen.Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.. And may all your Christmases be white. 21 on Billboard's pop singles chart the same year[84] while Perry Como, with backing orchestration by Lloyd Shaffer, recorded the song for RCA Victor in 1947 and reached No. It first aired during the Kraft Music Hall radio show (yes, sponsored by … One day he told his secretary, "I want you to take down a song I wrote over the weekend. 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[89][90], In 1953, Bing Crosby sang "White Christmas" in a film made in Paris as part of the The Ford 50th Anniversary Show, a two-hour television special broadcast on NBC and CBS. His version of "White Christmas" also … White Christmas, or, as the songwriter who instigated the project would have it, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, was the big holiday movie of 1954 (and, ultimately, the highest grossing picture released during that year). Songs like White Christmas, written during the Tin Pan Alley era, had a prescribed format. [9] By the end of October 1942, "White Christmas" topped the Your Hit Parade chart. Exact numbers are difficult to pin down even by the careful staff of Guinness Book of World Records. Crosby's version of the song also holds the distinction of being ranked No. CD sleeve: Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits (1955 – Present), 1989 Rhino Records Inc. 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[2] 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 Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later."[26]. [9] The song would feature in another Crosby film, the 1954 musical White Christmas, which became the highest-grossing film of 1954. LISTEN NOW. 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