He planned to travel over the United States, showing the film in parish auditoriums to raise funds, and wanted to borrow some sound equipment to record a narration.
That the hymns were a far cry from the romantic ballads and popular tunes I was accustomed to singing and that they might possibly have called for a different approach never occurred to us.
Then Larry hit upon another bright idea—that we cut some records of “Silent Night” and “Adeste Fideles” from the sound track for Father to take along with him.
The explanation evidently satisfied the critics, for all but one wrote back friendly and understanding notes…"[1] Bing arranged for the profits from the record to be donated to charity.
[2][3] White Christmas by far is Bing's biggest hit and the entire world's, since it has sold over 50 million copies;[7] No song has ever come close to matching it.
He co-wrote Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day and performed it as the theme for many of his radio show series.
Shortly after leaving Paul Whiteman's band, The Rhythm Boys broke up because Crosby was beginning to be featured more and more on his own.