My dearest Henkie, thank you for this beautiful Christmas song with Bing Crosby !! I love it !!!!! There is also a delightful version with Elvis !!!!!! My sweetie, you are always in my heart and soul !!! Yours Jytte
Thank you my precious Jytte that you like Uncle Bing's version of this song ! Tomorrow I play the same song on an 78 rpm record !!!! And the version with Elvis is also Great !!!!! Make something beautiful of this day Jytte !!!! Yours forever, Henk !!!!
Oct 1, 1943, Los Angeles - _I'll Be Home for Christmas_ - Walter Kent (music) & Kim Gannon (words) - Bing with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra *"I'll Be Home for Christmas"* is a Christmas song written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard. Theme The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family. In the message, he tells his family he will be coming home and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents "on" the tree. The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying, "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams". The flip side of the original recording (Decca 18570B) was "Danny Boy." Writing and copyright The song was written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent. Songwriter Buck Ram, known for his hits including "Only You", "The Great Pretender", "Twilight Time", and "The Magic Touch", wrote the original lyrics in 1922, while a student at the University of Illinois, as a poem for his mother. Kent and Gannon were acquaintances, and the three discussed the song during a chance meeting in a bar in 1941. A songwriter, producer and manager for groups that included The Platters, The Penguins, and The Flares, Ram was credited as a co-writer as a result of a lawsuit brought by his publisher, Mills Music.[8] Bing Crosby's original 1943 release of the song on Decca Records listed only Walter Kent and Kim Gannon as the songwriters on the record label. Later pressings added the name of Buck Ram to the songwriting credit. Bing Crosby recording On October 1, 1943, Crosby recorded the song under the title "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records; it was released as a 78rpm single, Decca 18570A, Matrix L3203, and reissued in 1946 as Decca 23779. Within a month of release, the song charted for 11 weeks, with a peak at number three. The next year, the song reached number 16 on the charts. The U.S. War Department also released Bing Crosby's performance of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" from the December 7, 1944, Kraft Music Hall broadcast with the Henderson Choir, J.S.T., on V-Disc, as U.S. Army V-Disc No. 441-B and U.S. Navy V-Disc No. 221B, Matrix VP1253-D5TC206. The song from the broadcast has appeared in many Bing Crosby compilations. In the midst of World War II, the song touched the hearts of Americans, both soldiers and civilians, and it earned Crosby his fifth gold record. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" became the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O. shows. The GI magazine Yank said Crosby "accomplished more for military morale than anyone else of that era". 1945 V-Disc release by the U.S. Army of "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Bing Crosby as No. 441B Despite the song's popularity with Americans at the front and at home, in the UK, the BBC banned the song from broadcast, as the Corporation's management felt the lyrics might lower morale among British troops. Seventy-seven years after its original release, Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Home for Christmas" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, at number 50 on the chart dated January 2, 2021. *Walter Kent* (born Walter Maurice Kaufman, November 29, 1911 - March 2, 1994) was an American composer and conductor. Some notable compositions are: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" and "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover". Early life Walter Kent was born to a Jewish family on November 29, 1911, in New York City. He graduated from Townsend Harris Hall High School. Kent studied violin with advanced, private instruction from Leopold Auer and Samuel Gardner. He also enrolled at City College of New York, studying drafting, with the idea of becoming an architect, but never completed a university education. He did some work as a draftsman but gave it up to pursue song writing. Kent conducted his own orchestra in New York, performing in theaters and on the radio. Career In 1932, Kent co-wrote his first major song with Milton Drake and Abner Silver entitled, "Pu-Leeze, Mister Hemingway". Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Kent worked bi-coastally, writing songs in New York City and writing for the motion picture industry composing songs for films, including several westerns. As World War II started in Europe, Kent's work turned towards the conflict, with the composition of the music for "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" in 1941. The song expressed hope that England's struggle against the Nazis would soon be over. Kent received two Oscar nominations, one in 1944 for his song "Too Much In Love", showcased in the film Song of the Open Road and another in 1945 for "Endlessly" found in Earl Carroll Vanities. In 1951, Walter Kent wrote the score for the muscical Seventeen alongside Kim Gannon. The musical was shown for five months. Throughout his career, Kent worked with multiple artists including Al Hoffman, Mann Curtis, Jerome Jerome, Richard Byron and Milton Drake. After 1951, Kent's career in Hollywood dwindled and he seldom produced any music following his work on Seventeen. Preceding his death in 1989, Kent journeyed to Kent, England (the Anglo-Saxon namesake of his adopted surname) to view the cliffs of Dover. At the time of his visit, he donated an original manuscript of the song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" and participated in the preliminary stages of planning a war commemoration tourist center. Walter Kent died at the age of 82 on March 2, 1994, in Los Angeles. Works "Where" (1932) "Puleeze, Mr. Hemingway" (1932) "Country Boy" (1934) "You Opened My Eyes" (1935) "Love is Like A Cigarette" (1936) "El Amor es una Ilusión" (1936) "Harlem Waltz"; from the Broadway musical Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (1936) "Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm" (1937) "Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells" (1939) "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" (1941) "When The Roses Bloom Again" (1942) "I Never Mention Your Name" (1943) "My Best Gal" (1943) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1943) "Too Much In Love" (1944) "Hitchhike to Happiness" (1945) "Endlessly" (1945) "That's My Gal" (1947) "Ahh But It Happens" (1947) "Johnny Appleseed" (1948) "The Last Mile Home" (1949) "I Cross My Fingers" (1949) "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (1950) "I Could Get Married Today"; from the Broadway musical _Seventeen_ (1951) "After All It's Spring"; from the Broadway musical Seventeen (1951) Filmography Kent began composing for movies in the 1930s and continued to do so for the next three decades. Kent received Academy Award nominations for his film compositions entitled "Too Much in Love" (1944) and "Endlessly" (1945). He worked alongside Kim Gannon, composing songs for the big screen, for much of his Hollywood career. In 1950, Kent worked with Gannon once again to create the musical stage score for _Seventeen,_ a Broadway musical based upon the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington. Kent's song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is often used in holiday-based cinema. His song "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die," as performed by Frank Sinatra, was most recently featured in the trailer for _Knives Out_ (2019). James Kimball *"Kim" Gannon* (November 18, 1900 - April 29, 1974) was an American songwriter, more commonly a lyricist than a composer. Biography Gannon was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Irish-American family from Fort Ann in upstate New York but grew up in New Jersey where he attended Montclair High School and was a member of The Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. He graduated from St. Lawrence University and, intending to become a lawyer, attended the Albany Law School, passing the bar examination in New York State in 1934. In 1939 he wrote his first song, "For Tonight". His 1942 song, "Moonlight Cocktail", was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and was the best-selling record in the United States for 10 weeks. In 1942 he began writing songs for films, beginning with the lyrics of the title song for Always in My Heart. He subsequently contributed songs to other films, including _The Powers Girl_ and _If Winter Comes._ In 1951 he turned to the Broadway stage, joining with composer Walter Kent to write the score for Seventeen. Gannon collaborated with a number of writers, including, J. Fred Coots, Walter Kent, Josef Myrow, Max Steiner, Jule Styne, Mabel Wayne, and Luckey Roberts. He died in Lake Worth, Florida, at the age of 73. Songs "Alma Mater (St. Lawrence University)" "Always in My Heart" "Angel in Disguise" "Autumn Nocturne" "Croce di Oro" "Don't Worry" "A Dreamer's Holiday" "Easy as Pie" "Five O'clock Whistle" "The Gentleman Needs a Shave" "Hey Doc!" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "I Understand" "I Want to Be Wanted", his final hit "Johnny Appleseed" "Make Love to Me" (not the 1954 song of that title, but an earlier one) "Moonlight Cocktail" "Pioneer Song" "Romance a la Mode" (with Arthur Altman) "Under Paris Skies" (English lyrics)
Goedemiddag Henri !!!!! Dank voor het opnamejaar en de Zee aan informatie !!!!! Morgen draai ik de 78 toerenplaat met dit nummer !!!! En dank voor de biografieen van Walter Kent en Kim Gannon en de lijsten met hun werken !!!!! En voor alle verdere informatie !!!! Dankbare groeten van Henk !!!!! Henri je bent AMAZING !!!!!
My dearest Henkie, thank you for this beautiful Christmas song with Bing Crosby !! I love it !!!!! There is also a delightful version with Elvis !!!!!! My sweetie, you are always in my heart and soul !!! Yours Jytte
Thank you my precious Jytte that you like Uncle Bing's version of this song ! Tomorrow I play the same song on an 78 rpm record !!!! And the version with Elvis is also Great !!!!! Make something beautiful of this day Jytte !!!! Yours forever, Henk !!!!
Oct 1, 1943, Los Angeles - _I'll Be Home for Christmas_ - Walter Kent (music) & Kim Gannon (words) - Bing with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra
*"I'll Be Home for Christmas"* is a Christmas song written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard.
Theme
The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family. In the message, he tells his family he will be coming home and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents "on" the tree. The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying, "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams". The flip side of the original recording (Decca 18570B) was "Danny Boy."
Writing and copyright
The song was written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent. Songwriter Buck Ram, known for his hits including "Only You", "The Great Pretender", "Twilight Time", and "The Magic Touch", wrote the original lyrics in 1922, while a student at the University of Illinois, as a poem for his mother. Kent and Gannon were acquaintances, and the three discussed the song during a chance meeting in a bar in 1941. A songwriter, producer and manager for groups that included The Platters, The Penguins, and The Flares, Ram was credited as a co-writer as a result of a lawsuit brought by his publisher, Mills Music.[8] Bing Crosby's original 1943 release of the song on Decca Records listed only Walter Kent and Kim Gannon as the songwriters on the record label. Later pressings added the name of Buck Ram to the songwriting credit.
Bing Crosby recording
On October 1, 1943, Crosby recorded the song under the title "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records; it was released as a 78rpm single, Decca 18570A, Matrix L3203, and reissued in 1946 as Decca 23779. Within a month of release, the song charted for 11 weeks, with a peak at number three. The next year, the song reached number 16 on the charts.
The U.S. War Department also released Bing Crosby's performance of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" from the December 7, 1944, Kraft Music Hall broadcast with the Henderson Choir, J.S.T., on V-Disc, as U.S. Army V-Disc No. 441-B and U.S. Navy V-Disc No. 221B, Matrix VP1253-D5TC206. The song from the broadcast has appeared in many Bing Crosby compilations.
In the midst of World War II, the song touched the hearts of Americans, both soldiers and civilians, and it earned Crosby his fifth gold record. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" became the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O. shows. The GI magazine Yank said Crosby "accomplished more for military morale than anyone else of that era".
1945 V-Disc release by the U.S. Army of "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Bing Crosby as No. 441B
Despite the song's popularity with Americans at the front and at home, in the UK, the BBC banned the song from broadcast, as the Corporation's management felt the lyrics might lower morale among British troops.
Seventy-seven years after its original release, Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Home for Christmas" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, at number 50 on the chart dated January 2, 2021.
*Walter Kent* (born Walter Maurice Kaufman, November 29, 1911 - March 2, 1994) was an American composer and conductor. Some notable compositions are: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" and "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover".
Early life
Walter Kent was born to a Jewish family on November 29, 1911, in New York City. He graduated from Townsend Harris Hall High School. Kent studied violin with advanced, private instruction from Leopold Auer and Samuel Gardner. He also enrolled at City College of New York, studying drafting, with the idea of becoming an architect, but never completed a university education. He did some work as a draftsman but gave it up to pursue song writing. Kent conducted his own orchestra in New York, performing in theaters and on the radio.
Career
In 1932, Kent co-wrote his first major song with Milton Drake and Abner Silver entitled, "Pu-Leeze, Mister Hemingway".
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Kent worked bi-coastally, writing songs in New York City and writing for the motion picture industry composing songs for films, including several westerns. As World War II started in Europe, Kent's work turned towards the conflict, with the composition of the music for "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" in 1941. The song expressed hope that England's struggle against the Nazis would soon be over. Kent received two Oscar nominations, one in 1944 for his song "Too Much In Love", showcased in the film Song of the Open Road and another in 1945 for "Endlessly" found in Earl Carroll Vanities. In 1951, Walter Kent wrote the score for the muscical Seventeen alongside Kim Gannon. The musical was shown for five months. Throughout his career, Kent worked with multiple artists including Al Hoffman, Mann Curtis, Jerome Jerome, Richard Byron and Milton Drake. After 1951, Kent's career in Hollywood dwindled and he seldom produced any music following his work on Seventeen.
Preceding his death in 1989, Kent journeyed to Kent, England (the Anglo-Saxon namesake of his adopted surname) to view the cliffs of Dover. At the time of his visit, he donated an original manuscript of the song "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" and participated in the preliminary stages of planning a war commemoration tourist center. Walter Kent died at the age of 82 on March 2, 1994, in Los Angeles.
Works
"Where" (1932)
"Puleeze, Mr. Hemingway" (1932)
"Country Boy" (1934)
"You Opened My Eyes" (1935)
"Love is Like A Cigarette" (1936)
"El Amor es una Ilusión" (1936)
"Harlem Waltz"; from the Broadway musical Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (1936)
"Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm" (1937)
"Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells" (1939)
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" (1941)
"When The Roses Bloom Again" (1942)
"I Never Mention Your Name" (1943)
"My Best Gal" (1943)
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1943)
"Too Much In Love" (1944)
"Hitchhike to Happiness" (1945)
"Endlessly" (1945)
"That's My Gal" (1947)
"Ahh But It Happens" (1947)
"Johnny Appleseed" (1948)
"The Last Mile Home" (1949)
"I Cross My Fingers" (1949)
"I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (1950)
"I Could Get Married Today"; from the Broadway musical _Seventeen_ (1951)
"After All It's Spring"; from the Broadway musical Seventeen (1951)
Filmography
Kent began composing for movies in the 1930s and continued to do so for the next three decades. Kent received Academy Award nominations for his film compositions entitled "Too Much in Love" (1944) and "Endlessly" (1945). He worked alongside Kim Gannon, composing songs for the big screen, for much of his Hollywood career. In 1950, Kent worked with Gannon once again to create the musical stage score for _Seventeen,_ a Broadway musical based upon the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington. Kent's song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is often used in holiday-based cinema. His song "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die," as performed by Frank Sinatra, was most recently featured in the trailer for _Knives Out_ (2019).
James Kimball *"Kim" Gannon* (November 18, 1900 - April 29, 1974) was an American songwriter, more commonly a lyricist than a composer.
Biography
Gannon was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Irish-American family from Fort Ann in upstate New York but grew up in New Jersey where he attended Montclair High School and was a member of The Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. He graduated from St. Lawrence University and, intending to become a lawyer, attended the Albany Law School, passing the bar examination in New York State in 1934.
In 1939 he wrote his first song, "For Tonight". His 1942 song, "Moonlight Cocktail", was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and was the best-selling record in the United States for 10 weeks. In 1942 he began writing songs for films, beginning with the lyrics of the title song for Always in My Heart. He subsequently contributed songs to other films, including _The Powers Girl_ and _If Winter Comes._ In 1951 he turned to the Broadway stage, joining with composer Walter Kent to write the score for Seventeen.
Gannon collaborated with a number of writers, including, J. Fred Coots, Walter Kent, Josef Myrow, Max Steiner, Jule Styne, Mabel Wayne, and Luckey Roberts.
He died in Lake Worth, Florida, at the age of 73.
Songs
"Alma Mater (St. Lawrence University)"
"Always in My Heart"
"Angel in Disguise"
"Autumn Nocturne"
"Croce di Oro"
"Don't Worry"
"A Dreamer's Holiday"
"Easy as Pie"
"Five O'clock Whistle"
"The Gentleman Needs a Shave"
"Hey Doc!"
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
"I Understand"
"I Want to Be Wanted", his final hit
"Johnny Appleseed"
"Make Love to Me" (not the 1954 song of that title, but an earlier one)
"Moonlight Cocktail"
"Pioneer Song"
"Romance a la Mode" (with Arthur Altman)
"Under Paris Skies" (English lyrics)
Goedemiddag Henri !!!!! Dank voor het opnamejaar en de Zee aan informatie !!!!! Morgen draai ik de 78 toerenplaat met dit nummer !!!! En dank voor de biografieen van Walter Kent en Kim Gannon en de lijsten met hun werken !!!!! En voor alle verdere informatie !!!! Dankbare groeten van Henk !!!!! Henri je bent AMAZING !!!!!
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