This recording of "White Christmas", heard on every subsequent pressing, is actually a re-recording of the song as, in an unprecedented occurrence, the 1942 master had actually worn out and was no longer usable. The 78-rpm album quickly reached the top of the Billboard Best-selling popular record albums chart in 1945 and remained there for several weeks.ĭecca issued aedition in this cut in 1947, catalogue Decca A-550, consisting of four 78s, omitting recordings of "Danny Boy" and "Let's Start the New Year Right" from the preceding release, and including new recordings of "White Christmas" and " Silent Night" from March 19, 1947. Prior to the long-playing album era, such(a) assemblies were non uncommon for popular music, Merry Christmas instigated by the enormous popularity of the "White Christmas" record.
The original album consisted of ten songs on five I'll Be home for Christmas" on its original record. The original 1945 release and subsequent re-releases and re-packages spent a result of 39 weeks at no. The album was certified 4× Platinum by RIAA for selling over 4 million copies in United States. It includes Crosby's signature song " White Christmas", the best-selling single of all time with estimated sales of over 50 million copies worldwide. It has remained in print through the vinyl, CD, as well as downloadable dossier eras, currently as the disc together with digital album White Christmas on MCA Records, a component of the Universal Music Group, reissued in June 1995 together with currently on vinyl as Merry Christmas on Geffen Records re-issued in September 2014. Merry Christmas is the compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945 on Decca Records.
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