Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas The Voice of Christmas: The Complete Decca Christmas Songbook is a two-disc collection of Christmas music recorded by Bing Crosby for the Decca label between 1935 and 1956, released by Universal Music Group on October 6, 1998. Crosby was the first popular singer to record Christmas songs, and his 1942 recording of "White Christmas" for the movie "Holiday Inn" is the best-selling single of all-time. The most prolific period for his Christmas recordings was between 1942 and 1955, including his Christmas songs recorded with The Andrews Sisters. Crosby continued to record Christmas titles for
Last Christmas as their B-side. The former entered the top 20 of the Oricon Singles Chart peaking at No. 15, while the latter reached No. 47. The single was reissued in 1993 on CD single in the country and peaked at No. 17, selling nearly 40,000 copies that week. As a result of the success, "Last Christmas" is amongst the ten best-selling singles of all time released by a non-Japanese act, with total sales of 683,000 units. In 2009, the song re-entered the Spanish Lista de Canciones (singles chart) at number 9. In Germany, the song is the most successful Christmas single