For soldiers in France listening to Bing Crosby sing "White Christmas" in December 1944, home must have seemed far away. The legendary crooner, who first sang the song that reminisces about snowy ...
And I had to get through the song with 15,000 guys in tears and not break up myself.'” For soldiers in France listening to Bing Crosby sing “White Christmas” in December 1944, home must have ...
Although the song crooner Bing Crosby popularized in the 1940s does not directly mention war, the Christmas tune has an interesting historical connection to two major conflicts fought by the ...
One of the most beloved and recognizable Christmas songs is Bing Crosby and David Bowie’s version of “Little Drummer Boy.” Crosby loved to record Christmas tunes and this year, his estate ...
Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?
Irving Berlin won an Oscar for writing this seasonal standard, which Bing Crosby first recorded for “Holiday Inn,” a film released in 1942, establishing a market for secular Christmas music ...
It’s the most famous Christmas song of all time. White Christmas, first performed by Bing Crosby in 1941, has now sold over 50 million copies, and has also been recorded by artists including ...