I'm dreaming of a bestseller: what makes Christmas songs stick?
Briefly

When composer Irving Berlin finished writing White Christmas in 1940, he reportedly told his musical secretary: Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote.If musical greatness can be measured by record sales, he was correct.Recorded by Bing Crosby and released in 1942 on his compilation album Merry Christmas, White Christmas would go on to become the bestselling single of all time.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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