Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1194319 By Bing Crosby. By Irving Berlin. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Christmas,Film/TV,Holiday,Standards. Score. 1 pages. John Fries #793693. Published by John Fries (A0.1194319). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Â You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. White Christmas is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The song was written by Berlin for the musical film Holiday Inn, released in 1942. The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. Since its release, White Christmas has been covered by multiple artists, with the version sung by Bing Crosby being the world's best-selling single (in terms of sales of physical media) with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million. A must have in your repertoire!