White Christmas The Story of an American Song

Name: White Christmas The Story of an American Song
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ISBN: 9780743218764

ISBN-10: 0743218760

ISBN-13: 9780743218764

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jody Rosen

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When Irving Berlin first conceived the song "White Christmas," he envisioned it as a "throwaway" -- a satirical novelty number for a vaudeville-style stage revue. By the time Bing Crosby introduced the tune in the winter of 1942, it had evolved into something far grander: the stately yuletide ballad that would become the world's all-time top-selling and most widely recorded song. In this vividly written narrative, Jody Rosen provides both the fascinating story behind the making of America's favorite Christmas carol and a cultural history of the nation that embraced it. Berlin, the Russian-Jewish immigrant who became his adopted country's greatest pop troubadour, had written his magnum opus…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 7/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English




Introduction: The Hit of Hits



The Best Song Anybody Ever Wrote



Beverly Hills, L.A.



No Strings



Good Jewish Music



The Voice of Christmas



A War Tonic



Let It Snow



Old Songs


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index