![]() ![]() But despite its subsequent stature and accolades, it was all originally conceived as a simple joke.Ĭan meet the demand, dealers say Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’ will be 1942’s top-selling record,” Billboard reported in the Nov. ![]() (With 50,000,000 copies sold, the Guinness Book of World Records dubs it the best-selling single of all time.) Arguably helping launch an entire genre of Christmas music, its melancholy lyrics and memorable melody have been covered by an immense array of artists, with its sentiments soothing a grieving and terrified nation navigating its way through a bloody, far-away and all-consuming war. When Crosby’s iconic “White Christmas” came out 75 years ago this year, it was welcomed as readily as a sleigh full of gifts, becoming one of the most successful songs in the history of recorded music. ![]()
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