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From which musicians are the Christmas songs?
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Posted 2007-01-02 1:30 PM (#8372)
Subject: From which musicians are the Christmas songs?
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Hey all

I have a question:
From which artists (musicians) are originaly the songs that are on the TS Christmas CD ???

I wanna know, cause i wanna hear them originally....I just saw the original "White Christmas" on a TV comercial, i guessed its from Sinatra, or not?



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Posted 2007-01-02 5:05 PM (#8377 - in reply to #8372)
Subject: The Original 'White Christmas' was Bing Crosby.
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And a lot of the songs have been covered by literally hundreds of artists. Songs like 'Oh, Come All Ye Faithful' and 'Deck The Halls' are considered 'traditional,' and are pretty much out there for anyone to cover.

Kinda hard to narrow the definitive recordings down to one artist - Certain ones like 'The Christmas Song,' are easy - that one's by Nat King Cole. He recorded that one first and did the definitive version of it.

Maybe some other SMFs can list the older recordings that they consider the first and/or best.

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SMF Cyndi
Posted 2007-01-03 8:22 AM (#8386 - in reply to #8372)
Subject: RE: From which musicians are the Christmas songs?
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White Christmas is very special to me. When we were kids my Dad always would whistle the tune during the holidays and we would watch the famous movie "Holiday Inn." To this day, we all still listen to the classic album Bing Crosby's "White Christmas." {although it took the back burner THIS YEAR with the shinning "Twisted Christmas" making it's debut!} hahaha...

White Christmas
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/white_christmas.htm

White Christmas was written in 1940 by a Irving Berlin for the 1942 movie "Holiday Inn" starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Berlin's assignment was to write a song about each of the major holidays of the year. But Berlin, who was Jewish, found that writing a song about Christmas was the most challenging. He drew upon his experiences of the holiday in New York (including Christmas Trees erected by neighbors when he was a boy) and Los Angeles, but still felt that the end result was wanting. However, when Bing first heard Berlin audition "White Christmas" in 1941 he reassured Irving that he had created a winner. Bing's preliminary evaluation turned out to be a gross understatement.

Bing Crosby introduced "White Christmas" to the public on his NBC radio show, the Kraft Music Hall, December 25, 1941. Apparently, no recording of this broadcast survived the War. He then recorded the song for Decca on May 29, 1942, with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra. "Holiday Inn" was released in August, 1942.
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