Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Irving Berlin's White Christmas | |
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Studio album by Rosemary Clooney | |
Released | 1954 |
Genre | Traditional pop |
Label | Columbia |
Irving Berlin's White Christmas was an LP album of songs by Rosemary Clooney from the movie White Christmas, released by Columbia Records in 1954 (CL 6338). The album was also released as a set of four 78-rpm records at the same time.
This was one of two albums of songs from the movie, neither of which qualifies as an original soundtrack recording, because Bing Crosby (who had a recording contract with Decca Records) and Rosemary Clooney (with a Columbia contract) could not record together. This album, therefore, was issued by Columbia, while Decca issued an album called Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas.
Clooney and Crosby subsequently both signed with RCA Victor Records, and the two made some albums together for RCA. [See Fancy Meeting You Here (1958), How the West Was Won, (1959), and Rendezvous (1969).] They also both signed with Capitol Records and made albums together for that company. [See, for example, That Travelin' Two-Beat.]
This album has since been digitally remastered and released on compact disc and as a digital download on music sites such as Spotify and Qobuz.
Track listing
All songs are written by Irving Berlin from the film.
Track number | Title |
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1 | "White Christmas" |
2 | "Mandy" |
3 | "Snow" |
4 | "Gee, I Wish I Was Back In The Army" |
5 | "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me" |
6 | "Sisters" (duet with Betty Clooney) |
7 | "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" |
8 | "Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep" |
Musical directors: Percy Faith, Paul Weston, and Buddy Cole.
The album was reissued, combined with the 1954 Rosemary Clooney album Red Garters, in compact disc format, by Collectables Records on June 12, 2001.
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- Irving Berlin's White Christmas (1954)
- Blue Rose [with Duke Ellington] (1956)
- Ring Around Rosie [with The Hi-Lo's] (1957)
- Swing Around Rosie [with the Buddy Cole trio] (1958)
- Fancy Meeting You Here [with Bing Crosby] (1958)
- A Touch of Tabasco [with Perez Prado] (1959)
- How the West Was Won [with Bing Crosby] (1960)
- Rosie Swings Softly (1960)
- Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! (1960)
- Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! (1961)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart (1963)
- Love (1963)
- Thanks for Nothing (1964)
- That Travelin' Two Beat - Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney [with Bing Crosby] (1965)
- Look My Way (1976)
- Nice to Be Around (1977)
- A Tribute to Duke (1977)
- Everything's Coming Up Rosie (1977)
- Rosie Sings Bing (1978)
- Here's to My Lady (1979)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin (1979)
- With Love (1981)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Cole Porter (1982)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Harold Arlen (1983)
- My Buddy with Woody Herman (1983)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin (1984)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings Ballads (1985)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Jimmy Van Heusen (1986)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer (1987)
- Show Tunes (1989)
- Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein (1990)
- For the Duration (1991)
- Girl Singer (1992)
- Do You Miss New York? (1993)
- Still on the Road (1994)
- Demi-Centennial (1995)
- Dedicated to Nelson (1996)
- White Christmas (1996)
- Mothers & Daughters (1997)
- At Long Last [with the Count Basie Orchestra] (1998)
- Brazil [with John Pizzarelli] (2000)
- Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band (2001)
- The Last Concert (2002)
- Red Garters (1954)
- "Come On-a My House"
- "Tenderly"
- "Half as Much"
- "Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)"
- "Blues in the Night"
- "Hey There"/"This Ole House"
- "Mambo Italiano"
- Discography
- The Edsel Show
- José Ferrer (first husband)
- Miguel Ferrer (son)
- Dante DiPaolo (second husband)
- Tessa Ferrer (granddaughter)
- Betty Clooney (sister)
- Nick Clooney (brother)
- George Clooney (nephew)