In 1940, legendary composer and songwriter Irving Berlin told his musical arranger Helmy Kresa that “White Christmas” was not ...

After Irving Berlin, left, penned 'White Christmas,' he pegged Bing Crosby as the ideal singer for what would become a holiday classic. Irving Haberman/IH Images via Getty Images Irving Berlin was a ...

Bing Crosby once shared with his nephew the hardest performance of "White Christmas" he ever gave, serenading G.I.s in the ...

But the story doesn't end there. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" arrived as a single five years later, in November 1982, and became a massive U.K. chart hit, landing at No. 3 in early 1983. It was ...

That story hit home for many people. So, for the record, let’s tell it again. It came from Ole’s son Richard Kjonaas, Casselton, N.D. Ole, of Georgetown, Minn., and later of Moorhead, went into the ...

The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — ...

Even before "White Christmas" blanketed airwaves, Billboard was covering "insiders whisper[ing]" about the Irving Berlin song. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director When Christmas comes around, it ...

Join City Theater this Christmas season for “Holiday Inn”, the recent Broadway musical based on the hit 1942 film that starred Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. This new musical with music & lyrics by ...

Ray Rast does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ray Rast, Gonzaga University (THE CONVERSATION) Irving Berlin was a Jewish immigrant ...

Irving Berlin was a Jewish immigrant who loved America. As his 1938 song “God Bless America” suggests, he believed deeply in the nation’s potential for goodness, unity and global leadership. In 1940, ...