Final yr, UMe celebrated the vacations with a variety on 7” vinyl. This yr, they’re persevering with the sequence, full with a brand new snow white-colored 7” of Bing Crosby’s beloved “White Christmas.”
The 2024 assortment included pressings of The Seashore Boys’ “Little Saint Nick,” Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” Burl Ives’ “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run,” Ella Fitzgerald’s “Sleigh Ride,” Frank Sinatra’s “Jingle Bells,” and Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song.” Every 7” encompasses a beloved vacation hit on the A-side and one other festive favourite on the B-side.
“White Christmas” will come out as a part of the 2025 lineup. It’s set to be launched by itself in addition to a part of a carrying case that can embody the total lineup of 2024 and 2025 releases.
Crosby recorded over 70 Christmas songs throughout his profession, however “White Christmas” has remained his most impactful. It’s thought-about the best-selling single of all time, because of an extra of fifty million bodily copies offered worldwide. The music, written by Irving Berlin, was first carried out by Crosby on Christmas of 1941 on his radio present. Berlin has stated it’s “not only the best song I ever wrote, it’s the best song anybody ever wrote.”
“White Christmas” was formally launched as a part of the soundtrack to the movie Vacation Inn, which finally received the Academy Award for Greatest Authentic Tune. Over a decade later, Crosby recorded a brand new model of the music for the movie sharing its title, 1954’s White Christmas.
Final yr, Crosby was within the Prime 10 of the Billboard 200 for the primary time since 1960 because of the discharge of the compilation album Final Christmas. The file options 28 of Crosby’s vacation classics, together with “Mele Kalikimaka,” “Silent Night,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and, after all, “White Christmas.”
Order Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” on 7-inch now.
