That is attention-grabbing. Do you know that most of the fashionable Christmas songs had been truly written by Jewish composers resembling considered one of my favorites, White Christmas!
1. “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fireplace” by Mel Torme
Written by Mel Torme, a Jewish singer who was boorn in 1925 as Melvin Howard Torme, He grew up in Chicago to a working class Jewish household.
2. “Let it Snow” by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Sammy Chan (born Samuel Cohen I 1913) was a lyricist, songwriter, and musician born to Galician Jewish immigrants and was raised in New York Metropolis’s Decrease East Facet.
3. “Santa Child” by Joan Javits and Phil Springer
Written by two Jewish composers, Joan Javits and Phil Springer, the jazzy tune turned very talked-about when it was recorded by singer Eartha Kitt in 1953.
4. “It’s The Most Great Time of the Yr” by George Wyle and Eddie Pola
Written by a Jewish composers, George Wile and Eddie Polo. In his early years, Wile was an everyday performer within the Catskills and finally wrote the theme tune for Gilligan’s Island. Pola grew up in New York Metropolis. The tune was written in 1963 and have become a success when recorded by Andy Williams.
5. “Silver Bells” by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, two Jewish composers who met as college students on the College of Pennsylvania.
6. “White Christmas” by Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin, who additionally wrote “God Bless America” and plenty of different fashionable masterpieces, was born in Siberia, Russia. His household escaped non secular persecution by fleeing to the U.S in 1893, and initially lived in poverty (like many different immigrants) on the the Decrease East Facet of New York Metropolis. As a teenager, Berlin needed to work relatively than attend faculty. He additionally made cash to assist his household survive by singing on avenue corners.
7-10. “Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer,” “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree,” “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” and “Silver and Gold” by Johnny Marks
Johnny Marks grew up in Mt. Vernon, New York —In 1949, he wrote “Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer,” “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree,” “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” and “Silver and Gold.” Rudolph the Pink-Nosed Reindeer was co-written by Robert Louis Might one other composer of Jewish respectable.
11. “Walkin’ In a Winter Wonderland” by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith
This tune was written and revealed by Jewish composer and conductor Felix Bernard along with his non-Jewish colleague Richard B. Smith.
