(The original arrangements were used, with the exception of added flutes and celesta at the beginning. Crosby was brought back to the studio to re-record it. It was so popular that by 1947, the master recording at Decca had become too worn to use. Both the film and the single of “White Christmas” were commercial successes–the film was the highest-grossing musical motion picture to date and ranked in the top ten films of the year, while the song topped the Billboard charts for eleven weeks starting in October of 1942 and won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1943. It was released July 30, five days before Holiday Inn premiered in New York. Crosby formally recorded it for Decca with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers on May 29, 1942. In 2011, the badly worn recording of that broadcast was shared with CBS to be featured in a Sunday Morning segment marking the 70th anniversary of the song’s debut. On Christmas Day, the first performance of “White Christmas” was heard by millions of listeners tuning into Bing Crosby’s NBC Radio show The Kraft Music Hall. America’s entry into the war and rapid deployment of troops may have also motivated Berlin to shelve the introductory verse, as it diminished the emotional impact that the song had on homesick soldiers and their families.²) (Interesting note: As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Fourth of July sequence was greatly expanded to honor the military. Filming took place between November 1941 and January 1942. Astaire was cast alongside Bing Crosby, with Marjorie Reynolds and Virginia Dale as the love interests. Sandrich, now at Paramount, got the studio on board, and Berlin signed a contract in May. He pitched the idea of a musical film about a hotel that only opened for major public holidays to Mark Sandrich, the director with whom he had produced three musicals for RKO starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The two most popular speculations are that he wrote it while staying at either the La Quinta Resort near Palm Springs, California, or at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.¹ In either case, it is most likely that he was inspired by the heat of the American Southwest to write a song about a snowy Yuletide–just as Bob Wells and Mel Torme were to compose “ The Christmas Song” and Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn were to write “ Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” This is suggested by the introductory verse, which, unlike many such prologues from that era, was not added later, but was part of the original lyric:īerlin may have also already had Holiday Inn in mind. We know Berlin composed “White Christmas” in early 1940, but we don’t know where, or whether he had a specific purpose in mind.
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1940s christmas carol songbook full#
A piece full of warm fuzzy feelings and good memories! Have a Merry Vintage Christmas and enjoy the spirit of the season! The overall condition is good for the item and its age. It includes classics such as, Silent Night The First Noel God Rest You Merry Gentlemen Away in a Manager It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Hark! The Herald Angels Sing While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks O Come, All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem and many, many more! It measures approx 8 5/8" x 5 7/8".
From the cover design it appears to be circa 1940's. _ Christmas Carols New and Old Songbook A Handbook of Yule Songs and Carols for Group Singing _ You are bidding on a songbook of holiday Christmas Carol music published by Lillenas Publishing Company, Kansas City, Missouri.
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