![]() ![]() Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote." Bing Crosby versions One day he told his secretary, "I want you to take down a song I wrote over the weekend. 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. History Origin Īccounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million. Since its release, "White Christmas" has been covered by many artists, the version sung by Bing Crosby being the world's best-selling single (in terms of sales of physical media) with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. ![]() The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. The song was written by Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn. " White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra singles chronology ![]()
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