early 1940
2006-10-30 08:51:48
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answered by barnacle1988 3
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White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song whose lyrics reminisce about White Christmases. The morning after he wrote the song — Berlin usually stayed up all night writing — the songwriter went to his office and told his musical secretary, "Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I've ever written — hell, I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!"
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Berlin wrote the song in early 1940. A Russian-Jewish immigrant with little direct experience of the holiday, he struggled with writing a Christmas song before hitting on a light-hearted theme. The original verse pokes fun at a well-off Los Angeleno who, amid orange and palm trees, longs for traditional Christmas "up north." Berlin later dropped the verse but kept the now-famous chorus.
"White Christmas" was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1942 musical Holiday Inn. In the film, he actually sings it in a duet with Marjorie Reynolds. The song went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Song.
2006-10-30 08:53:14
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answered by answer 1
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Berlin wrote the song in early 1940. A Russian-Jewish immigrant with little direct experience of the holiday, he struggled with writing a Christmas song before hitting on a light-hearted theme. The original verse pokes fun at a well-off Los Angeleno who, amid orange and palm trees, longs for traditional Christmas "up north." Berlin later dropped the verse but kept the now-famous chorus.
2006-10-30 08:51:33
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answered by Bog woppit. 7
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Berlin wrote the song in early 1940
2006-10-30 08:53:46
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answered by blackandblue_as 1
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in which hotel did Irving Berlin write his song
2016-12-24 08:34:55
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answered by ? 1
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1942 for the movie Holiday Inn (from which the now-famous hotel chain took its name). Most think it was written for the movie White Christmas, but that came out later, borne from the popularity of the song.
2006-10-30 08:51:39
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answered by Emm 6
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