"Irving Berlin" . "United States National Recording Registry recordings" . _:b432456198 . _:b432456194 . "American Christmas songs" . "Max Bygraves songs" . _:b432456193 . "Platinum" . . "false"^^ . _:b432456196 . "false"^^ . "2"^^ . "252000.0"^^ . _:b432456192 . "The Beach Boys songs" . "1942-05-29" . "Song recordings produced by Xenomania" . "Mormon Tabernacle Choir songs" . . "-15.7"^^ . "ec427d4f-7ad8-4c92-aefb-ee338ab84917" . _:b432456190 . . . . "Lady Gaga songs" . _:b432456191 . "Gramophone record" . "1947-03-19" . "Bette Midler songs" . "false"^^ . "Decca Records" . "1014930" . "1993-09-28"^^ . _:b432456194 . _:b432456195 . _:b432456193 "0"^^ . "-0.199896"^^ . _:b432456192 . _:b432456193 . _:b432456198 . _:b432456200 . _:b432456192 "0"^^ . _:b432456199 . "Number-one singles in the United States" . "5002" . . _:b432456196 . . . _:b432456197 . _:b432456202 . _:b432456203 . _:b432456195 "0"^^ . . _:b432456200 . _:b432456201 . _:b432456206 . _:b432456201 . "%22White Christmas%22 is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 100 million copies worldwide. Other versions of the song, along with Bing Crosby's, have sold over 150 million copies.Accounts vary as to when and where Berlin wrote the song. One story is that he wrote it in 1940, in warm La Quinta, California, while staying at the La Quinta Hotel, a frequent Hollywood retreat also favored by writer-director-producer Frank Capra, although the Arizona Biltmore also claims the song was written there. He often stayed up all night writing \u2014 he told his secretary, %22Grab your pen and take down this song. I just wrote the best song I've ever written \u2014 heck, I just wrote the best song that anybody's ever written!%22" . _:b432456194 "0"^^ . _:b432456204 . _:b432456205 . "316010"^^ . "1942 songs" . "95.0"^^ . _:b432456206 . _:b432456197 "0"^^ . "The Partridge Family songs" . _:b432456196 "0"^^ . _:b432456191 "0"^^ . _:b432456199 "0"^^ . "White Christmas" . _:b432456204 . "[%22i'm dreaming of a white christmas%22,%22just like the ones i used to know%22,%22to hear sleigh bells in the snow%22,%22where the treetops glisten and children listen%22]" . _:b432456190 "0"^^ . "Jazz compositions in A major" . _:b432456198 "0"^^ . "6"^^ . "english" . "Bing Crosby songs" . _:b432456190 . _:b432456191 . _:b432456201 "0"^^ . "White Christmas" . _:b432456203 . . _:b432456205 . "USSM10018012" . _:b432456200 "0"^^ . "1942 singles" . "Single (music)" . _:b432456203 "0"^^ . _:b432456202 . _:b432456202 "0"^^ . "1940s jazz standards" . _:b432456205 "0"^^ . "Songs written by Irving Berlin" . _:b432456204 "0"^^ . _:b432456195 . "5714ded125ac0d8aee432b29" . . . _:b432456206 "0"^^ . _:b432456197 . . _:b432456199 . "Best Original Song Academy Award winning songs" . "MCA Records" . "0.191659"^^ .