- As Noted In: 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, Quintessence Editions
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Written by Irving Berlin, White Christmas is a notable holiday song made famous by crooner Bing Crosby. The nostalgic lyrics about a wintry holiday makes a little more sense if you know the prelude. - AsNotedIn
White Christmas Prelude
The sun is shining, the grass is green,
the orange and palm trees sway.
There's never been such a day
in Beverly Hills, LA.
But it's December the twenty fourth,
and I am longing to be up north.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
just like the ones I used to know.
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941/10/00 | Irving Berlin | Songwriter | In Los Angeles for the filming of "Holiday Inn", Irving Berlin walks out of his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel and the prologue for the song "White Christmas" begins taking shape in his mind. | The Beverly Hills Hotel | Beverly Hills | ||
| 1941/11/00 | Irving Berlin calls his Manhattan office and asks his secretary to "Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I've ever written - heck, I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!." | ||||||
| 1941/12/25 | Bing Crosby | Singer | Bing Crosby premieres "White Christmas" on his weekly NBC radio program, The Kraft Music Hall. | ||||
| 1942/05/29 | Decca Records | Record Label | Bing Crosby records 'White Christmas" with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers and for Decca Records in just 18 minutes. | ||||
| 1942/05/29 | Bing Crosby | Singer | Bing Crosby records 'White Christmas" with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers and for Decca Records in just 18 minutes. | ||||
| 1942/07/30 | Decca Records | Record Label | Decca Records releases "White Christmas" as part of an album of six 78-rpm discs from the feature film "Holiday Inn", eventually selling over 100 million copies worldwide. | ||||
| 1963/00/00 | Phil Spector | Producer | Darlene Love records Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" for Phil Spector's "A Christmas Gift for You". |
Information »
| Particulars for White Christmas (song): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Christmas | the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, late December in the Western Church | |
| Holiday | Christmas Eve | The night before Christmas, December 24th | |
| Art Type | Song | ||
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