(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Bing Crosby changed the future of holiday music when he released “White Christmas” in 1942. In the more than half-century since then, the tune has become ...

For the first time in 15 years, Bing Crosby’s dream of a white Christmas was realized in ... general consciousness thanks to the hit song from 1942 written by Irving Berlin and recorded by ...

Among sacred songs and charming novelty hits ... Recorded only a couple of years after Crosby’s 1942 original, Sinatra’s version of “White Christmas” is the most faithful to it ...

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, read on for some of ... Originating on Irving Berlin's soundtrack for the 1942 film Holiday Inn, the song is a bittersweet classic and transports you ...

Two Bing Crosby musicals utilized the song "White Christmas": Let's leave off 1942's "Holiday Inn" (which has a cringe-inducing blackface sequence) and instead include Crosby teaming up with ...

I’ve experienced all those things these past few weeks while working on this countdown of the greatest Christmas songs of all time, an unabashedly subjective undertaking, from “White Christmas ...

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White Christmas (1954) Featuring unforgettable music by Irving Berlin ... 7.⁠ ⁠Holiday Inn (1942) This romantic comedy-musical features Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire in a delightful story ...

He released a recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", and it would then appear in the film Holiday Inn (1942). From then on, the song rose to number 1 on the charts, where it would stay ...

Over the years, Bahamians have expanded the meanings of Junkanoo as well, making it a more inclusive space. In the 1950s, a ...

By 1942, Bing Crosby was a huge star of ... Another musical, called White Christmas after the hit song, was released in 1954 to cash in on the song's popularity - Crosby had already re-recorded ...