LAST QUIZ #73-C...
After writing this Christmas Carol in 1942, Irving Berlin was pleased with the result. To a critic friend he said, "I think it's my best since 'Easter Parade.'" To his own staff, he added, "Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote." According to the Guinness Book of Records, over 170 million copies of today's carol had been sold in North America by the end of 1987. By most estimates this carol is the most popular song ever written.
THIS MOST FAMOUS CHRISTMAS CAROL IS ... 'WHITE CHRISTMAS'
TODAY'S QUIZ (#6-C)...
The words for today's carol were found in Scotland in the late 1700's and later they were combined with a melody from an opera. Somehow these lyrics and melody were played by a big band called 'His Royal Canadians' at the University of Virginia in December of 1932 as a closing number at a college dance. The students cheered so mightily at the end of the performance that the band leader decided to make it their regular closing number. The title of the song translates literally as 'old long since.'
NAME THIS VERY POPULAR SONG...
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