White Christmas (song)

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"White Christmas" is a classic Irving Berlin-penned holiday song, most famously performed by Bing Crosby, that has become one of the best-selling and most enduring Christmas recordings of all time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas song
popular music recording
song
associatedWithHoliday Christmas
associatedWithSeason winter
awarded Academy Award for Best Original Song
awardedFor Holiday Inn (film)
awardYear 1943
composer Irving Berlin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuredInFilm Holiday Inn (film)
White Christmas (1954 film)
firstPerformer Bing Crosby
genre Christmas music
pop
hasLyricsOpeningLine I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
hasPart chorus
introductory verse
introducedInFilm Holiday Inn (film)
introducedInYear 1942
keyOfFamousBingCrosbyRecording C major
language English
lyricist Irving Berlin
notableChartAchievement best-selling single of all time in many estimates
notablePerformer Bing Crosby
Dean Martin
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Michael Bublé
The Drifters
publicationYear 1942
publisherOfSheetMusic Irving Berlin Music Corporation
surface form: Irving Berlin Inc.
recordedBy Bette Midler
Bing Crosby
Dean Martin
Doris Day
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Michael Bublé
Pentatonix
The Drifters
Tony Bennett
recordLabelOfNotableRecording Decca Records
subjectOf White Christmas (1954 film)
sungByCharacterInFilm Bing Crosby
surface form: Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy
tempoMarking slow
theme Christmas
home and longing
nostalgia
writtenYear 1940

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Bing Crosby notableWork White Christmas (song)
Bing Crosby notableWork White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas (1942 film)
Irving Berlin notableWork White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Irving Berlin wroteSong White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Irving Berlin notableAwardWork White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Holiday Inn featuresSong White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Holiday Inn introducedSong White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Holiday Inn awardWinningSong White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Rosemary Clooney notableWork White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs hasPart White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: "White Christmas"
Israel Beilin notableWork White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
White Christmas (1954 film) featuresSong White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
8 Days of Christmas containsTrack White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Israel Baline notableWork White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Israel Baline awardReceivedFor White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Izzy Baline notableWork White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
Irving Berlin Music Corporation hasNotableWorkInCatalog White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
White Christmas hasSong White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
White Christmas basedOn White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: song "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin
Miracles: The Holiday Album hasPart White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album hasPart White Christmas (song)
this entity surface form: White Christmas