[BC] Bing Crosby's White Christmas recordingS

Ron Cole rondcole
Tue Dec 27 21:10:11 CST 2005


Thats the xmas music I grew up on and still listen to every year.

Ron

On 12/27/05, Powell E. Way III W4OPW <w4opw at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> And some White Christmas trivia....
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> --- DHultsman5 at aol.com wrote:
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> > Well  here is a little bit of non religious history.
> >
> > "
> >
> >
> > This week  in:
> > December 25th to  December 31st
> >
> >
> >
> > 1954...Bing Crosby's "White  Christmas" enters the
> > US Pop chart for the first
> > time, seven years after it was  recorded.
> > It is my understanding that this record is still one
> > of the  top selling
> > records in the USA.    Is that  correct?
> > Dave
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>
> Yes. The one most often played is the 1947 version.
> What is said above is wrong; the ORIGINAL version was
> recorded in 1942 for the movie Holiday Inn. There's a
> VERY subtle difference in the two and in involves the
> ending. Anyone know what it is? I have a CD that has
> ALL of the versions......
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>
> Powell
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> w4opw at americanbroadcastdx.com
> NNNN!
>
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