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^ Rodriguez McRobbie, Linda (18 April 2013).^ "The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs".^ "Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra - I'll be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) / Danny Boy".Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas. ^ a b c d "Society What's the best Christmas song?".^ a b This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: " I'll be home for Christmas ".Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Seth MacFarlane version Chart (2014–2015)Įlvis Presley and Carrie Underwood version Chart (2008–2009)Ĭertifications and sales Michael Bublé Region Since the incarnation of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958, cover versions by American singers Camila Cabello, Kelly Clarkson and Josh Groban are the only versions of the song to enter the chart. In December 1965, astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, while on Gemini 7, requested "I'll Be Home for Christmas" be played for them by the NASA ground crew. Singer Johnny Mathis also covered the song on his Merry Christmas album in 1958, which was the #2 Christmas album of 19 as there were no Christmas album rankings prior to 1963. Notable history and cover versions Įlvis Presley recorded the song in September 1957, and was featured on the LP Elvis' Christmas Album. Seventy-seven years after its original release, Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Home for Christmas" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (at number 50 on the chart dated January 2, 2021). 441Bĭespite the song's popularity with Americans at the front and at home, in the UK the BBC banned the song from broadcast, as the Corporation's management felt the lyrics might lower morale among British troops. Army of "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Bing Crosby as No. The GI magazine Yank said Crosby "accomplished more for military morale than anyone else of that era".
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" became the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O. The song touched the hearts of Americans, soldiers and civilians alike, in the midst of World War II, and it earned Crosby his fifth gold record. The song from the broadcast has appeared in many Bing Crosby compilations. War Department also released Bing Crosby's performance of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" from the December 7, 1944, Kraft Music Hall broadcast with the Henderson Choir, J.S.T., on V-Disc, as U.S. The next year, the song reached number 16 on the charts. Within a month of release, the song charted for 11 weeks, with a peak at number three. On October 1, 1943, Crosby recorded the song under the title "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records it was released as a 78 rpm single, Decca 18570A, Matrix #元203, and reissued in 1946 as Decca 23779. Later pressings added the name of Buck Ram to the songwriting credit. Bing Crosby's original 1943 release of the song on Decca Records listed only Walter Kent and Kim Gannon as the songwriters on the record label. Songwriter and later producer and manager for The Platters, Buck Ram, who said he previously wrote a poem and song with the same title, was credited as a co-writer of the song following a lawsuit brought by Ram's publisher, Mills Music. The song was written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent. The flip side of the original recording (Decca 18570B) was " Danny Boy" Writing and copyright The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying, "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams". In the message, he tells his family he will be coming home and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents under the tree. The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family.
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