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White Christmsa

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A00880
Naslov
White Christmsa / Bing Crosby. - Discogs
Impresum
Wien : MCA Coral, 1970. -
Materijalni opis
1 LP : stereo 33,3 ; 30 cm
Jezik
Engleski
Napomena
Long pay gramofonska ploča

˝Merry Christmas˝ (its original title) was first released in the form of a multiple 10-inch 78-rpm record set in 1945, later making the transition to 33 1/3-rpm LP, and eventually becoming the very first million-selling Christmas album.

Bing’s 1935 recording of ˝Silent Night˝ (the ’47 version is included in this collection) was, in fact, the very first Christmas record to become a huge hit.
Ironically, Bing had been reluctant to record a religious song for the purpose of commercial gain, and he only agreed to do it if the proceeds went to charity.
Irving Berlin’s ˝White Christmas˝, on the other hand, was not only the first secular Holiday tune to do well, it ultimately became the biggest selling record of all time (current estimates have it at over 50 million), and it opened the floodgates to an onslaught of annual postwar Holiday recordings by major artists that continues to this day.
Its initial success was attributed to its striking a chord with homesick GI’s in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during the Second World War, but that somehow spilled over onto the Home Front, and it continued long after the troops returned. So much so that it cracked the Top 40 in an amazing sixteen different years!
For my money, ˝I’ll Be Home For Christmas˝ is the real gem of this set.
Could the troops have been any less pensive and wistful upon hearing this breathtaking recording in the winter of 1943 than they had been with ˝White Christmas˝ the year before?
Bing’s voice floats hauntingly over the opening guitar strains as we’re drawn for a brief moment into a parallel, yet more reflective and somewhat melancholy realm . . . until we’re finally lulled gently back to our own time and place with the exquisitely sustained final note.
This is artistry of the highest order, and the perfect marriage of singer and song. Anyone who only remembers the aging Bing Crosby of the leisurely TV Christmas Specials of the 1960’s and `70’s should give this performance a serious listen.
Holiday novelty tunes are certainly still a part of our world, and ˝Christmas In Killarney˝ and ˝Mele Kalikimaka˝ have to be categorized as such, but they’re so darned warm and infectious one can’t imagine this collection without them. Besides, once upon a time Bing was as well known for singing Irish and Hawaiian songs as he was for Christmas ones.
Another one of my favorites is ˝It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas˝, which unfailingly elicits an almost Pavlovian reaction of childlike anticipation of the Yuletide season every time I hear it.
There’s a lot more to enjoy here, particularly Bing’s workout with the inimitable Andrews Sisters on the jazzed-up ˝Jingle Bells˝ (recently ripped off, note for note, harmony for harmony, and pause for pause, by Barry Manilow), but I’ll leave the rest for you to discover.
Or rediscover, since these songs and carols are all practically a part of our collective unconscious.
If they’re not, if you’re too young to have heard this collection before - well, trust me, it’s essential Holiday listening.
And it is, as they say, the perfect stocking stuffer!

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Naziv/izvođač Godina
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Vrijeme
A01
YouTube Silent Night 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
A02
YouTube Adeste Fidelis ( O Come, All Ye Faithful) 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
(Sung in Latin and English)
A03
YouTube White Christmas 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
A04
YouTube God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
A05
YouTube Faith Of Our Fathers 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
A06
YouTube I’ll Be Home For Christmas 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
B01
YouTube Jingle Bells 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
B02
YouTube Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
B03
YouTube Silver Bells 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
B04
YouTube It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
B05
YouTube Christmas In Killarney 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
B06
YouTube Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) 1970
YouTube Bing Crosby Wikipedia Bing Crosby Discogs Bing Crosby Lista Bing Crosby Bing Crosby
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