Bing Crosby - White Christmas (1947 Version) [HQ]

History

- Old-fashioned Christmas setting

- Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film, Holiday Inn (Academy Award for Best Original Song)

Bing Crosby Version

- No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1942, December 1943, December 1944

- World's best-selling single

- Over 50 million copies sold worldwide

- One of the best-selling singles in the U.S. - 10 to 12 million copies sold as of 1963

- Introduced on Bing Crosby's radio program, The Kraft Music Hall, on Christmas Day 1941

- Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, 1974

- No. 2 on Songs of the Century (RIAA)

- National Recording Registry, 2002

Charts - Bing Crosby

- No. 16 on Rolling Stone Top 100

- No. 5 on Billboard Holiday 100

- No. 3 on Billboard Adult Contemporary

- No. 12 on Billboard Hot 100

- No. 5 on UK Singles 

- No. 8 in Sweden

- No. 24 in New Zealand

- No. 4 in the Netherlands

- No. 27 in Italy

- No. 24 in Ireland

- No. 39 in Germany

- No. 27 in Denmark 

- No. 29 in Australia

Certifications - Bing Crosby

Gold in Germany, Italy, & Sweden

Silver in the UK

Platinum in Australia, Denmark, & the UK*

*Digital sales since 2019

(Wikipedia)