Christmas Music: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Inspiré par une chaude journée de canicule, Jule Styne composait en juillet de l’année 1945, un air destiné à accompagner une song d’amour, qui allait par la suite devenir un chant de Christmas très populaire. Effectivement, bien que Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, souvent abrégée en ces trois mots, Let It Snow, ne soit diffusée que pendant la période des fêtes, les paroles ne font pourtant aucunement référence à Noël. Toutefois, en reportant à ce jour de juillet 1945, alors que la région d’Hollywood enregistrait un record de température, on peut facilement comprendre, qu’au moment où Styne couchait sur papier cette mélodie, il ne pensait qu’à se rafraîchir. Quant aux paroles, elles appartiennent à Sammy Cahn, parolier, compositeur et musicien américain, particulièrement connu pour ses œuvres romantiques.
Since the song's lyrics often refer to the snowy season, "Let It Snow" first received radio airplay in December and eventually became a traditional Christmas carol. In fact, just a year after its release, it reached number one on the US Billboard charts and is now one of the most successful Christmas songs to date.
The version by Vaughn Wilton Monroe, an American singer and trumpeter who first lent his voice to Let It Snow, is not the one we hear frequently on the radio. It belongs to Dean Martin, who achieved great popularity by recording this Christmas classic. In the film Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis, it is this version. Subsequently, other artists have recorded different versions, including Andy Williams, Doris Day, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Carly Simon, Neil Sedaka, and more recently Michael Bublé.
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Words
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!
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm
The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbye
But as long as you love me so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
