" White Christmas": The Story of a Song by Jody Rosen

" White Christmas": The Story of a Song

Jody Rosen

160 pages hardcover 2003

2 editions

nonfiction history music reflective slow-paced
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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 in...

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