White Christmas (song)
Original song written and composed by Irving Berlin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn. The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. Bing Crosby's record topped the Billboard chart for 11 weeks in 1942 and returned to the number one position again in December 1943 and 1944. His version would return to the top 40 a dozen times in subsequent years.
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Single by Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra | ||||
from the album Song Hits from Holiday Inn | ||||
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Released | July 30, 1942 (original)[1] | |||
Recorded | May 29, 1942 March 19, 1947 | |||
Studio | Radio Recorders (Los Angeles) (1942 recording)[2] | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Irving Berlin | |||
Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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Since its release, "White Christmas" has been covered by many artists. The version sung by Bing Crosby is the world's best-selling single (in terms of sales of physical media), with estimated sales in excess of 50 million physical copies worldwide.[3] When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million.[4][5][6]