Single:
White Christmas entered the Australian singles chart* in June 1943 and was a #1 hit for 5 months from June to October. The song was #1 on the Top 100 of 1943.
Songwriter:
Irving Berlin
Record label of Australian release:
Decca
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
White Christmas is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the musical film Holiday Inn, released in 1942. The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards.
The version most often heard today on the radio during the Christmas season is the 1947 re-recording. The 1942 master was damaged due to frequent use. Crosby re-recorded the track on 19 March 1947, accompanied again by the Trotter Orchestra and the Darby Singers, with every effort made to reproduce the original recording session. The re-recording is recognisable by the addition of flutes and celesta in the beginning.
Since its release, White Christmas has been covered by multiple artists, with the version sung by Bing Crosby being the world’s best-selling single (in terms of sales of physical media) with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby’s, sales of the song exceed 100 million.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)
Lyrics:
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
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