Music For Christmas 2011

Irving Berlin

It wouldn't be Christmas across the nation without some reference to Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Bing Crosby's recording of this nostalgic wish for home and family remains the #1 top selling - 50,000,000 - single record of all time. Mark Steyn has posted an informative look at the song in an audio interview with Berlin's daughter, Mary Ellin Barrett. Along the way, you'll learn plenty about American music history and hear some fine renditions of several songs. Your link to this thirty minute interview is here. Yes, it may be a bit long, but you can enjoy it while doing some light surfing on the electronic highway.

Bing Crosby on the 1959 reissue of his best selling single