A WHITE CHRISTMAS WITH GRIMETH

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The best-selling Christmas album of 1971 was A Partridge Family Christmas Card, by The Partridge Family. [11]

Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.42. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. November – The Spice Girls make the decision to take over the running of the group and drop Simon Fuller as their manager. Accounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. [7] One story is that he wrote it in 1940, in warm La Quinta, California, while staying at the La Quinta Hotel, a frequent Hollywood retreat also favored by writer-director-producer Frank Capra, although the Arizona Biltmore also claims the song was written there. [8] He often stayed up all night writing. One day he told his secretary, "I want you to take down a song I wrote over the weekend. Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote." [9] Bing Crosby versions [ edit ] Bing Crosby (1943) Such is “White Christmas”’ status, many think it was the first festive record, but this is not the case. To begin with, there were many recordings of Christmas carols, mostly done by choirs. Another perennial, “Jingle Bells,” dates from the 19th Century, while “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” is one of the earliest Christmas recordings of the modern era . It first aired on singer Eddie Cantor’s American radio show in 1934, and is another of those songs that has become a standard. Among those that have recorded it in the last 80 years are The Supremes, Diana Krall, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Michael Bublé & Shania Twain – White Christmas" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

a b Arnold, Jeremy. "White Christmas". TCM. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012 . Retrieved January 8, 2013. a b c "Michael Buble Chart History (Holiday Digital Song Sales)". Billboard . Retrieved November 1, 2020. December – Composers Richard Rodney Bennett and Elton John are among those receiving knighthoods in the New Year's Honours List.

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 of 1943 and 1944. His version would return to the top 40 a dozen times in subsequent years. British single certifications – Bing Crosby – White Christmas". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved December 11, 2020. a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.47. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.23. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Koskoff, Ellen (2016). "Is "White Christmas" a Piece of Jewish Music?". In Ran, Amalia; Morad, Moshe (eds.). Mazal Tov, Amigos! Jews and Popular Music in the Americas. Boston, Massachusetts: Brill. p.11. ISBN 9789004184473.

White Christmas: Diamond Anniversary Edition" (Press release). Paramount Home Media Distribution. September 16, 2014 . Retrieved December 8, 2022– via DVDizzy. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.106. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 52" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved January 1, 2022.Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.163. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.22. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Hart, Martin (1996). "The Development of VistaVision: Paramount Marches to a Different Drummer". Widescreen Museum . Retrieved May 7, 2016. The best-selling Christmas album of 1961 was Holiday Sing Along with Mitch, by Mitch Miller & the Gang.

RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25 . Retrieved 2011-11-02. June – The Haçienda club in Manchester closes, it is later demolished and turned into flats, whilst still retaining the "Hacienda" name. Mary’s Boy Child has been a Christmas Number 1 twice for totally different artists. Harry Belafonte topped the charts with it in 1957 and Boney M took a one-horse open sleigh all the way to Number 1 with it (mashed up with Oh my Lord) in 1978. And I am longing to be up North— [35] Charts [ edit ] Bing Crosby version [ edit ] Chart (1958–2023) The best-selling Christmas album of 1959 was Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch, by Mitch Miller & the Gang.The best-selling Christmas album of 1954 was Selections from Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Peggy Lee.