White Christmas (song) created a distinct Christmas chart for seasonal releases. In "Holiday Inn", the composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1942. In the film, Crosby sings "White Christmas" as a duet with actress Marjorie Reynolds, though her voice was dubbed by Martha Mears. This now-familiar scene was not the moviemakers' initial plan. In the script as originally conceived, Reynolds, not Crosby, would sing the song. The song would feature in another Crosby film, the 1954 musical "White Christmas", which became the highest-grossing film of 1954. (Crosby made yet another studio recording of the song, accompanied by Joseph J.
White Christmas (song) 1963's, "The Andy Williams Christmas Album", where it reached No. 1 on "Billboard"s special, year-end, weekly Christmas Singles chart. It was released in 1968 as a posthumous single from Otis Redding, and reached No. 12 on the Christmas Singles chart In 1980, Darts's version peaked at No. 48 on the UK singles chart. Michael Bolton performed it on his 1992 non-holiday album, "", where it peaked at No. 73 on "Billboard"s Hot 100 Airplay chart in January 1993. Garth Brooks version included on his first holiday album, "Beyond the Season", peaked at No. 70 on "Billboard"s Hot Country Singles &