White Christmas (song) the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers and for Decca Records in just 18 minutes on May 29, 1942, and it was released on July 30 as part of an album of six 78-rpm discs from the musical film "Holiday Inn". At first, Crosby did not see anything special about the song. He just said "I don't think we have any problems with that one, Irving." The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs—in this case, written by a Jewish-American songwriter. The song initially performed poorly and was overshadowed by "Holiday Inn"'s first
White Christmas Live White Christmas Live White Christmas Live is a live album by Mark Kozelek. It was recorded during three shows in November and December 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden; Göteborg, Sweden; and Oslo, Norway. The album was released by Sub Pop in the US only and was limited to 5,000 copies. All songs are played acoustic and sung by Mark Kozelek. "White Christmas Live" features two unreleased tracks: "Admiral Fell Promises," and a hidden track, which at the time of the album's release, was untitled. The song is a demo recording of what would become "Lily and Parrots" on Sun Kil Moon's