White Christmas[edit]

Both parts were sung by Rosemary Clooney (who served as Vera-Ellen's singing vocal dub for
this song, while Trudy Stevens dubbed Vera-Ellen's other songs in the film). [1]
The movie White Christmas also starred Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. It was not possible to
issue an "original soundtrack album" of the film, because Decca Records controlled the
soundtrack rights, but Clooney was under exclusive contract with Columbia Records.
Consequently, each one issued a separate "soundtrack recording": Decca issuing Selections
from Irving Berlin's White Christmas, while Columbia issued Irving Berlin's White Christmas. On
the former, the song "Sisters" (as well as all of Clooney's vocal parts) was recorded by Peggy
Lee, while on the latter, the song was sung by Rosemary Clooney and her own sister, Betty. The
Clooney sisters' version, which was also released as a single, was the most popular recording of
the song, charting in 1954.[citation needed]

Cover versions[edit]