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An excerpt from the new book Hollywood Victory by Christian Blauvelt delves into why Irving Berlin's [View all]
song "White Christmas" struck a chord during World War II:
"When he walked into his office at 799 Broadway in New York City on Monday, January 8, 1940, he told his arranger Helmy Kresa, ‘I want you to take down a song I wrote over the weekend. Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it’s the best song anybody ever wrote.’ Very quickly, Berlin, then 51 and riding almost three decades of extraordinary success as America’s favorite songwriter, settled on Crosby as the man to sing his new creation."
Read more on Billboard here: https://bit.ly/3BO1O5i https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9653278/hollywood-victory-book-white-christmas/?
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