- Written by
- Irving Berlin
- Copyright date
- May 6, 1942
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.199.660-2 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC
T-913.258.753-2 ISWC
- Tags
- christmas song
- Comments
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Written in 1938 or 1939. Copyrighted May 6, 1942. Previously registered for copyright as an unpublished song December 4, 1940. Winner of the Academy Award for best original song of 1942.
The first public performance of the song was by Bing Crosby on his NBC radio show The Kraft Music Hall on Christmas Day, 1941; a copy of the recording from the radio program is owned by the estate of Bing Crosby and was loaned to CBS Sunday Morning for their December 25, 2011, program. - Published by
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BERLIN-IRVING-MUSIC CO
GEMA
BERLIN IRVING MUSIC CORP ASCAP
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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White Christmas written by Irving Berlin English May 6, 1942
- Bílé Vánoce written by Jaroslav Moravec Czech 1949
- Bílé Vánoce written by Pavel Cmíral Czech August 10, 1999
- Hvid jul written by Victor Skaarup Danish 1957
- Rap jul written by Michael Bundesen, Michael Hardinger, Bosse Hall Christensen, Jens Tage Nielsen, Claus Asmussen Danish November 1973
- Hvid jul written by Niels Jørgen Steen Danish 1998
- Witte Kerstmis written by Nelly Byl Dutch 1973
- Wit Kerstfeest written by Will Ferdy Dutch 1979
- Wit kerstfeest written by Belinda Meuldijk Dutch November 2005
- Witte Kerstmis written by Christoff Dutch 2008
- Zalig Kerstmis written by Mary Boduin, Harry Jemoly Dutch
- Dreaming of a Blonde Shiksa written by Easy Irving English 1998
- Yellow Christmas written by Yellowman, Gary Himelfarb English 1998
- Black Christmas written by Clarence Reid English November 2, 1999 — explicit parody lyrics
- White Trash Christmas written by Bob Rivers, Joe Bryant, Spike O'Neill English October 1, 2002
- Valkea joulu written by Tapio Lahtinen Finnish 1952
- Noël blanc written by Francis Blanche French 1949
- Weisse Weihnacht written by Bruno Balz German 1959
- Weiße Weihnacht written by Peter Alexander German
- Το νανούρισμα της Μαρίας {To nanoúrisma tis Marías} written by unknown author(s) Greek, Modern (1453-) November 12, 1998
- Hvít jól written by Stefán Jónsson [IS1] Icelandic 1964
- Bianco Natale written by Devilli Italian 1948
- Bianco Natale written by Filibello Italian November 1960
- White Christmas written by Tatsuro Yamashita Japanese
- Min barndoms hvite jul written by Arne Paasche Aasen Norwegian 1955
- Biele Vianoce written by Ján Štrasser Slovak 1973
- Blanca Navidad written by Augusto Algueró [Sr.] [Mapel] Spanish 1958
- Blanca Navidad written by unknown author(s) Spanish November 20, 2020
- Navidades blancas written by Augusto Algueró [Jr.] Spanish
- Blanca Navidad written by Juan Carlos Calderón Spanish
- Jag drömmer om en jul hemma written by Lennart Reuterskiöld Swedish October 11, 1949
- White Christmas written by Dinh Bao Vietnamese February 10, 2015
Partial adaptations
A partial adaptation is a musical work which integrates only a part of another musical work, and this part is only a fragment of the new musical work.
White Christmas written by Irving Berlin
- Christmas in L.A. written by Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer, Taylor Goldsmith English