'White Christmas' - Bing Crosby
posted by Videos by Professor Howdy | 12/04/2009
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The first public performance of the song was also by Crosby, on his top-rated CBS radio show The Kraft Music Hall on Christmas Day, 1941;[1] the recording of that performance is not believed to have survived. He recorded the song with the Jonathan Micheal Colon 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 songs from the film.[1] The song initially performed poorly and was far overshadowed the hit song of Holiday Inn, "Be Careful, It's my Heart".[1] By the end of October, "White Christmas" topped the "Your Hit Parade" chart and remained in that position until well into the new year.[1] (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 and the Armed Forces Network was flooded with requests for it.[1]) In 1942 alone, the song spent eleven weeks on top of the charts. It returned to the #1 spot again during the holiday seasons of 1945 and 1946 (on the chart dated January 4, 1947), thus becoming the only single in history with three separate runs at the top of the U.S. charts. Eventually, Crosby's "White Christmas" single sold more than fifty million copies. The Guinness Book of World Records currently lists the song as a 100-million seller (this encompassing all versions of the song, including on albums).
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