Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

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Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! or Let It Snow for short ( Let It Snow ) is a pop song from 1945, mostly played during the Christmas season, for which Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne wrote the lyrics and the music. Although Christmas is not alluded to in the song, it became one of the most famous American Christmas carols.

history

The song was reportedly written in Hollywood, California in July 1945, the hottest time of the year. The song was first recorded in 1945 by Vaughn Monroe ; In mid-January 1946, it topped the Billboard Pop Charts . Versions by Ernst Höllerhagen , Bobby Sherwood and Bob Crosby were also made in 1945 . Even Woody Herman took the song in December 1945 in his repertoire.

There are, especially in the USA, numerous arrangements and recordings of the song, including by Dean Martin . At least 164 recordings have been made in the field of jazz alone. The 1963 version of Vaughn Monroe is also used in the films Die Hard and Die Hard 2 .

Numerous translations have also been carried out in German-speaking countries. In 2007 the Austrian lyricist Herbert Hirschler created a new text for the entertainer Tom Schwarzmann - this "Lass es schnei'n" has meanwhile developed into the standard German text for this classic and was written by Helene Fischer , Andy Borg , Ross Antony and Florian Silbereisen , among others sung in various television shows.

Charts

Version by Michael Bublé

year Chart placements
GermanyGermany DE AustriaAustria AT SwitzerlandSwitzerland CH
2005/06 35
(4 weeks) 		25
(3 weeks) 		28
(6 weeks)
2006/07 - - 72
(2 weeks)
2007/08 85
(1 week) 		- 98
(1 week)
2009/10 77
(2 weeks) 		- 66
(1 week)
2010/11 98
(1 week) 		- -
All in all 35
(8 weeks) 		25
(3 weeks) 		28
(10 weeks)

Version by Dean Martin

year Chart placements
GermanyGermany DE SwitzerlandSwitzerland CH United KingdomUnited Kingdom UK United StatesUnited States US
2007/08 52
(2 weeks) 		- 87
(3 weeks) 		-
2009/10 83
(2 weeks) 		- - -
2011/12 - - 70
(2 weeks) 		-
2012/13 - - 69
(2 weeks) 		-
2014/15 - - 83
(3 weeks) 		-
2016/17 - - 93
(1 week) 		-
2017/18 - - 91
(1 week) 		-
2018/19 63
(1 week) 		39
(2 weeks) 		54
(3 weeks) 		20
(4 weeks)
2019/20 59
(1 week) 		26
(2 weeks) 		39
(4 weeks) 		15
(4 weeks)
All in all 52
(6 weeks) 		26
(4 weeks) 		39
(19 weeks) 		15
(8 weeks)

Version by Frank Sinatra

year Charts
GermanyGermany DE AustriaAustria AT SwitzerlandSwitzerland CH United KingdomUnited Kingdom UK
2016/17 - - 42
(2 weeks) 		93
(1 week)
2017/18 - - 65
(1 week) 		-
2018/19 74
(1 week) 		73
(1 week) 		32
(2 weeks) 		74
(1 week)
2019/20 73
(1 week) 		66
(1 week) 		16
(3 weeks) 		65
(1 week)
All in all 73
(2 weeks) 		66
(2 weeks) 		16
(8 weeks) 		65
(3 weeks)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b William D. Crump The Christmas Encyclopedia 2013 (3rd edition)
  2. ^ David Lehman A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs. Random House 2009, p. 105
  3. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online December 23, 2013)
  4. ↑ Mark Connelly (Ed.) Christmas at the Movies: Images of Christmas in American, British and European Cinema 2000, p. 149
  5. ↑ Chart sources Michael Bublé: DE AT CH
  6. ↑ Chart sources Dean Martin: DE CH UK US
  7. ↑ Chart sources Frank Sinatra: DE AT CH UK