Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 2, 1903 - October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. Bing Crosby's influence on popular culture and popular music is considerable as from 1934 to 1954 he held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. He is usually considered to be a member of popular music's "holy trinity" of ultra-icons, alongside Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Bing Crosby popularized singing with conversational ease, or crooning. His musical interpretations amalgamated rhythm and romance with scat singing, whistling, rhythmic improvisation and melodic paraphrasing as elements of a hotter, sexier sound than had been conceived before.
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I'll Be Home For Christmas (Single Version) Lyrics
Bing Crosby
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (If Only In My Dreams)
Bing Crosby
(Kim Gannon, Walter Kent and Buck Ram)
"I'll Be Home For Christmas" proves that songs need not be complex to
stir the affects of the public. This little gem, perfectly
suited for Crosby's rolling baritone, is Bing's third most successful
Christmas song, behind "White Christmas" and "Silent
Night." He recorded it Oct. 4, 1943, backed by the John Scott Trotter
Orchestra, and within two months the song was on the
charts, where it stayed for 7 weeks, eclipsing "White Christmas." The
recording hit the charts again in December 1944 and
earned Bing his fifth gold record.
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the lovelight gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I'll be home for Christmas
You can plan on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will find me
Where the lovelight gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
From: harthaus@athenet.net