The Bing Crosby Christmas Album

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In 1986, Merry Christmas was transferred to compact disc, MCAD-31143 and included these same twelve songs in their original mono mixes. Universal Music Group (successor to MCA Records) changed the name of the album to White Christmas, keeping the contents and the catalogue number unchanged. A new mono re-master was made in 1992 and reissued in 1995. It was further reissued in 1998, now with catalogue number B0017220-02. This is the one available at present. Note that it still says MCAD 31143 on the disc. Since many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to Christmas music each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over. [17] In December 2011, Billboard began a Holiday Songs chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay, and sales data", [18] and in 2013 the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the Holiday 100. [19] Many Crosby recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there. The entire album over time, minus the songs "Faith of Our Fathers" and "Danny Boy" (which was only on the 1945 original album) can be found on the 1998 double-disc Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas, a compendium of all of Crosby's Christmas recordings for Decca from 1935 to 1956. The original 1942 recording of "White Christmas", and a previously unreleased alternate take of said recording, are also found on the compilation.

a b c "Holiday 100: The week of January 11, 2014". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. White Christmas' at 75: A Snapshot of the Most Successful Song In Music History". Billboard. 2017-12-20 . Retrieved 2022-08-11.

a b "Holiday 100: The week of December 19, 2015". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. As we count down the shopping days remaining until Christmas, let’s also count down the top 25 holiday albums. This list is drawn from Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Top Holiday Albums chart, which is based on actual performance on Billboard’s weekly Top Holiday Albums chart from its inception on Dec. 21, 1985, through the ranking dated Jan. 8, 2022. Holiday 100: The week of December 30, 2017". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. Holiday 100: The week of December 28, 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. British album certifications – Bing Crosby – White Christmas". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved December 21, 2019.

a b "Holiday 100: The week of December 14, 2019". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021 . Retrieved 1 January 2021. a b c "Holiday 100 (Week of January 7, 2023)". Billboard. January 7, 2023 . Retrieved January 5, 2023. In 1986 Merry Christmas was transferred to compact disc, MCAD-31143 and included these same twelve songs in their original mono mixes. Universal Music Group (successor to MCA Records) changed the name of the album to White Christmas, keeping the contents and the catalogue number unchanged. A new mono re-master was made in 1992 and reissued in 1995 (with either Catalog #MCAD 20820, or Catalog #MCAD 31143), and again in 1998 (with Catalog #B0017220-02), which is the one available at present. Holiday 100: The week of December 13, 2014". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019.

‘December,’ George Winston

Holiday 100: The week of January 5, 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. Holiday 100: The week of December 14, 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. a b c "Holiday 100: The week of January 10, 2015". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. Holiday 100: The week of December 17, 2016". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. Silver Bells (with Carol Richards, the Lee Gordon Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra)

Desert Sun 10 June 1960 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu . Retrieved 2022-08-11. Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" (w/ Jane Wyman and The Andrews Sisters) (1952) Autry, the singing cowboy, had the original recording on three of the most popular Christmas songs of the 20th century: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane).” Autry co-wrote the last song and sang them all with his languid, disarming tenor. Autry released a Christmas single every year during his peak years, and this anthology offers 26 different songs, all of them a pleasure to hear. —Geoffrey Himes Holiday 100 (Week of December 17, 2022)". Billboard. December 17, 2022 . Retrieved December 13, 2022.

Holiday 100 (Week of December 10, 2022)". Billboard. December 10, 2022 . Retrieved December 6, 2022. Notes regarding European versions: In 1970, the re-channeled stereo version of Merry Christmas was released on vinyl as White Christmas on the Coral label with catalogue number COPS 1011. In 1987, this version was transferred to compact disc on the MCA label with catalogue number 255 199-2. In 1991, it was reissued (possibly remastered) with catalogue number MCD30195, and later on with catalogue number MCD 18226. In 2017, every song in the Top 10 had been released that year. In 2018, Mariah Carey’s 1994 festive hit All I Want for Christmas Is You made the list – and it has featured in the Top 10 every year since. Three out of the Top 10 streamed songs on Spotify in Australia on 20 December 2021 were from previous years. Dutchcharts.nl – Bing Crosby – White Christmas" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2023.

a b c d "Holiday 100 (Week of December 3, 2022)". Billboard. December 3, 2022 . Retrieved November 30, 2022.

‘The Christmas Song,’ Nat King Cole

Holiday 100: The week of January 9, 2016". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. On the Sentimental Side (posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album) (2010) By 2011, that number had plunged to a little over 90. A rough early count suggests that this year, the tally will be about 60. a b "Holiday 100: The week of December 10, 2011". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2019-02-04 . Retrieved 5 March 2019. DECCA (USA) 18000 series (to 18499) 78-rpm numerical listing discography". 78discography.com . Retrieved 2016-06-14.