Cover: "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) Performed by Darren Evorglens.

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Another beautiful snowy day. I was going to stop singing halfway through the recording because the dog ran out of the house, squatted down on the deck and peed all over the place. But everyone said keep this take, so...


"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas. Accounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. One story is that he wrote it in 1940, poolside at the Biltmore hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. He often stayed up all night writing — he told his secretary, "Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I've ever written — heck, I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!"
The first public performance of the song was by Bing Crosby, on his NBC radio show The Kraft Music Hall on Christmas Day, 1941. That recording is not believed to have survived. He recorded the song for Decca Records in just 18 minutes on May 29, 1942, and it was released on July 30 as part of an album of six 78-rpm songs from the film Holiday Inn. At first, Crosby did not see anything special about the song. He just said "I don't think we have any problems with that one, Irving."

The song initially performed poorly and was overshadowed by the film's first hit song, "Be Careful, It's my Heart". By the end of October 1942, however, "White Christmas" topped the "Your Hit Parade" chart. It remained in that position until well into the new year. It has often been noted that the mix of melancholy — "just like the ones I used to know" — with comforting images of home — "where the treetops glisten" — resonated especially strongly with listeners during World War II. The Armed Forces Network was flooded with requests for the song.

In 1942 alone, Crosby's recording spent eleven weeks on top of the Billboard charts. The original version also hit number one on the Harlem Hit Parade for three weeks, Crosby's first-ever appearance on the black-oriented chart. Re-released by Decca, the single returned to the #1 spot during the holiday seasons of 1945 and 1946 (on the chart dated January 4, 1947), thus becoming the only single with three separate runs at the top of the U.S. charts. The recording became a chart perennial, reappearing annually on the pop chart twenty separate times before Billboard Magazine created a distinct Christmas chart for seasonal releases.

From the musical Holiday Inn, the composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In the film, Bing Crosby sings "White Christmas" as a duet with actress Marjorie Reynolds, though her voice was dubbed by Martha Mears. This now-familiar scene was not the moviemakers' initial plan; in the script as originally conceived, Reynolds, not Crosby, was to sing the song.
The familiar version of "White Christmas" most often heard today is not the one Crosby recorded in 1942. He was recalled to Decca studios on March 18, 1947, to re-record the track; the 1942 master had become damaged due to its frequent use. Efforts were made to exactly reproduce the original recording session, and Crosby was again backed by the Trotter Orchestra and the Darby Singers. Even so, there are subtle differences in the orchestration, most notably the addition of a celesta and flutes to brighten up the introduction.

Crosby was dismissive of his role in the song's success, saying later that "a jackdaw with a cleft palate could have sung it successfully." But Crosby was associated with it for the rest of his career. Another Crosby vehicle — the 1954 musical White Christmas — was the highest-grossing film of 1954.
Unknown to most listeners, this original verse is often dropped in recordings:

The sun is shining, the grass is green,
The orange and palm trees sway.
There's never been such a day
in Beverly Hills, L.A.
But it's December the twenty-fourth,—
And I am longing to be up North— Irving Berlin

This song has been covered by everyone including Doris Day, Dean Martin, The Supremes, Otis Redding, Andy Williams, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley and many, many others.

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[sylvie13150]

excellent song

congratulations !!

thanks for sharing

Merry Christmas

SYL

[MyMurochka]

Your voice, Darren, warms the soul ... Thank you for good mood!

[monterrb]

Just charming darling!!!

[albert09o9]

its that time again , elvis cd in player good cover MAN...

[platinumplusenter]

Great job! You just keep getting better and better.

[deborakoso]

Lindo Lindo Lindo!!!!!!!Darren querido parabens!!!

[thomasseetouch]

can you sing delilah of tom jones?>

[AbbbasGirl]

Great song to hear on a hot and humid July day. BTW;  I also like your version of this great classic!

[DirtyAssa]

Hey Darren My Friend! I Like Your Style Do Songs! Your Mic Is So Sensitive Level! You Are Almost The Best You Kind Of Work Worker Here! You Sing So Well And I Say It Is So Simple! I Want To Make My Show But I Think I Must Do A Lot Of Hard Work For I Get Up One! To Day i Just Played My Favorite Play "FUNNY BLUES" What I like A Lot! It Wasn't Very Went Well Even Well At All In Any Point! Check It And Help Me By Your Comment Get Me Better! Your Amazing Singing I My Favorite Today! I Give Thumbs Up!

[DarkSpike816]

anyone else remember Elvis Presley the moment he started singing? xD i swear he sounds just like him