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The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs [13] —in this case, written by a Jewish immigrant to the United States. [14] Ronald D. Lankford Jr., wrote, "During the 1940s, 'White Christmas' would set the stage for a number of classic American holiday songs steeped in a misty longing for yesteryear."
The song was included, as "Jesous Ahatonia", on Burl Ives's 1952 album Christmas Day in the Morning and was later released as a Burl Ives single under the title "Indian Christmas Carol". Bruce Cockburn has also recorded a rendition of the song in the original Huron. Tom Jackson performed this song during his annual Huron Carole tour.
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Larry Weinstein and released in 2017. [1] The film profiles a number of musicians, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who made a mark on contemporary culture by writing many of the most beloved Christmas music standards even though they were Jewish ...
It was written by Joseph Mohr, a priest at the Catholic St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf and first performed in 1818. As Foley says, Mohr was “an Austrian priest who was very eager to celebrate ...
The best known tradition is associated with Jews descended from Aleppo, though similar traditions exist among Iraqi Jews (where the songs are known as shbaÖ´hoth, praises) and in North African countries. Jews of Greek, Turkish and Balkan origin have songs of the same kind in Ladino, associated with the festivals: these are known as coplas.
Regney wrote the lyrics for the song, while Shayne composed the music in October 1962. [2] This was an unusual arrangement for the two writers. Usually, it was Shayne who wrote the lyrics for their songs while Regney composed the music, as they did when they wrote a song based on the classic children's song "Rain Rain Go Away".
This version of the classic Christmas song was written just for David Bowie and Bing Crosby's 1977 performance, and remains the most moving rendition ever recorded. 4. Elton John, "Step Into ...
The Herald Angels Sing" written by Charles Wesley. [12] Wesley had originally envisioned the words being sung to the same tune as his Easter hymn "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today". [13] "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" was regarded as one of the Great Four Anglican Hymns and published as number 403 in The Church Hymn Book (New York and Chicago ...