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''Irving Berlin's White Christmas'' was an
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of songs by
Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", ...
from the movie '' White Christmas,'' released by
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(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 Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...
(who had a recording contract with
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) 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 ''Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas'' is an album with songs from the 1954 movie, '' White Christmas''. Among the featured artists are Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, and Trudy Stevens (who dubbed for Vera-Ellen in the ...
.'' Clooney and Crosby subsequently both signed with
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).] 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
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Track listing

All songs are written by
Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russi ...
from the film. Musical directors:
Percy Faith Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listenin ...
, Paul Weston, and Buddy Cole. The album was reissued, combined with the
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Rosemary Clooney album '' Red Garters,'' in
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format, by
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on June 12, 2001. {{Authority control Rosemary Clooney albums 1954 Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Columbia Records Christmas albums Pop Christmas albums