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The original 1943 release by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra on Decca, 18570A

"I'll Exist Home for Christmas" is a Christmas vocal written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded in 1943 past Bing Crosby, who scored a top x hit with the song. Originally written to laurels soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time, "I'll Exist Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard.[1] [2]

Theme [edit]

The vocal is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family. In the message, he tells his family he will be coming dwelling and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents nether the tree. The song ends on a melancholy annotation, with the soldier saying, "I'll be home for Christmas, if simply in my dreams".[3] [2] The flip side of the original recording (Decca 18570B) was "Danny Boy" [4]

Writing and copyright [edit]

The song was written past the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent. Songwriter and later producer and manager for The Platters, Buck Ram, who said he previously wrote a poem and song with the same title, was credited as a co-writer of the song following a lawsuit brought by Ram'south publisher, Mills Music.[five] Bing Crosby's original 1943 release of the song on Decca Records listed only Walter Kent and Kim Gannon as the songwriters on the record label. Later pressings added the name of Buck Ram to the songwriting credit.

Bing Crosby recording [edit]

On Oct 1, 1943, Crosby recorded the vocal nether the title "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records;[six] it was released as a 78 rpm single, Decca 18570A, Matrix #L3203, and reissued in 1946 as Decca 23779. Inside a month of release, the song charted for 11 weeks, with a peak at number three. The next year, the song reached number 16 on the charts.[7]

The U.S. War Section too released Bing Crosby's performance of "I'll Be Domicile for Christmas" from the December 7, 1944, Kraft Music Hall[8] broadcast with the Henderson Choir, J.Southward.T., on V-Disc, as U.S. Ground forces V-Disc No. 441-B and U.Southward. Navy 5-Disc No. 221B, Matrix #VP1253-D5TC206.[9] The song from the broadcast has appeared in many Bing Crosby compilations.

The song touched the hearts of Americans, soldiers and civilians alike, in the midst of Earth State of war 2, and it earned Crosby his fifth golden record. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" became the virtually requested song at Christmas U.S.O. shows.[2] The GI magazine Yank said Crosby "accomplished more for military morale than anyone else of that era".[i]

1945 V-Disc release past the U.S. Army of "White Christmas" and "I'll Exist Home for Christmas" by Bing Crosby as No. 441B

Despite the song'south popularity with Americans at the front end and at dwelling house, in the Great britain the BBC banned the song from broadcast, as the Corporation'due south management felt the lyrics might lower morale among British troops.[x] [2]

Seventy-vii years after its original release, Bing Crosby'south "I'll Be Domicile for Christmas" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (at number l on the chart dated January 2, 2021).[xi]

Charts [edit]

Notable history and embrace versions [edit]

Elvis Presley recorded the vocal in September 1957, and was featured on the LP Elvis' Christmas Album.

Singer Johnny Mathis also covered the vocal on his Merry Christmas album in 1958, which was the #2 Christmas album of 1963 and 1964 as there were no Christmas album rankings prior to 1963. In December 1965, astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, while on Gemini seven, requested "I'll Be Home for Christmas" be played for them past the NASA footing coiffure.[18] Since the incarnation of the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart in 1958, embrace versions by American singers Camila Cabello, Kelly Clarkson and Josh Groban are the but versions of the song to enter the chart.

Certifications and sales [edit]

Michael Bublé [edit]

References [edit]

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Sources [edit]

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government certificate: "I'll exist home for Christmas [Song Collection]".
  • Ewen, David, ed. (1966). American popular songs from the Revolutionary War to the nowadays . New York: Random House. Call number: ML128 .N3 E9.
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