![]() Looking for more? Discover the best Christmas songs of all time. As film director Peter Bogdanovich said: “That Dean Martin died on Christmas Day was the kind of black joke he might have made.” Martin’s spirit lives on, however, and Christmas would not be the same without the famous crooner singing “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since weve no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Man, it doesnt show signs of stopping And I brought me some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let it snow, let it snow When we finally kiss good night How Ill hate going out in the storm But. ![]() The singer was 78 when he died, on December 25, 1995, of acute respiratory failure, at his home in Beverly Hills. It is hard to beat that 1959 version, though. Martin liked it so much, he re-recorded a version in 1966, as part of The Dean Martin Christmas Album. Among the different takes are those by Kate Rusby (folk), Louie Bellson (jazz), Aaron Neville (soul), Randy Travis (country), Twisted Sister (heavy metal), Jeremih and Chance The Rapper (hip-hop) and Michael Bublé (pop). 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in December that same year.Ĭahn and Styne’s song is so iconic that it can be interpreted in a variety of styles. Stewart, meanwhile, recorded “Let It Snow” on his 2012 album, Merry Christmas, Baby. 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Let It Snow It was written in Hollywood, California during a heat wave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions. His 1959 recording is the latest in a series of classic holiday tunes to receive a new music video treatment for the festive season, created in 2019 by animation studio Fantoons.Ĭarly Simon and Rod Stewart have also recorded successful versions of “Let It Snow” Simon’s 2005 take on the song is unusual in being sung from the point of view of the host instead of the guest. But it is Martin’s version, which was arranged by Gus Levene and conducted by Hy Lesnick, that became a festive classic. The song was first recorded for RCA Victor in 1945 by Vaughn Monroe, and versions by Woody Herman and Connee Boswell soon followed. ‘Oh, the weather outside is frightful/But the fire is so delightful/And since we’ve got no place to go/Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.’ Now why three ‘Let it snow’s? Why not two or four? Because three is lyric.” The many versions of Let It Snow! He said, ‘Why don’t we stay here and write a winter song.’ I went to the typewriter. In the book Songwriters On Songwriting, Cahn recalled how the famous tune came about: “‘Why don’t we go down to the beach and cool off?’ I asked Jule. He won four Oscars: for “Three Coins In The Fountain,” written for the 1954 film of the same title “All the Way,” written for the film The Joker Is Wild “High Hopes,” from A Hole In The Head and “Call Me Irresponsible,” from the film Papa’s Delicate Condition.Īll those Academy winners pale in comparison, however, to the long-term success of “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” which was penned in sunny California. Lyricist Cahn and composer Styne were two of the greatest songwriters of that golden age of popular music: at his peak, Cahn was reportedly America’s highest-paid songwriter, often earning more than $1,000 a word. Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Man it doesn't show signs of stoppin' And I brought some corn for poppin' The lights are turned way down low Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow When we finally kiss good-night How I'll hate going out in the. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Fourteen years before Martin went into the studio, the song had been written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne on America’s hottest day of 1945. Get the embed code Dean Martin - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Album Lyrics1.Baby It's Cold Out Side2.Baby It's Cold Outside3.I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm4.Let It Snow5.Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!6.Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow7.Ruldolf the Red Nose ReindeerDean Martin Lyrics provided by So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! He just says, let it snow, let it snow, let it snowĪnd I've brought lots of corn for popping His gal by his side and the lights turned low Why should he worry when he's nice and warm Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow by Dean Martin was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne and was first released by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra in. He just says let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ![]() He don't care about the cold and the winds that blow
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