1975年4月29日中午12點15分，駐越南美軍透過電台廣播：「目前西貢氣溫華氏112度，攝氏44度並持續升高…」緊接著，電台播出平克勞斯貝的歌聲『I’m dreaming of the white Christmas..』然後，不斷重複這八個小節…
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美國第七艦隊的第76特遣艦隊，中途島號航空母艦上的直昇機立即動員，一架又一架的快速升起，飛往西貢美國駐南越大使館。一輛又一輛的巴士，穿梭於西貢混亂的街頭，前往指定點，載滿美國僑民，在超級響尾蛇戰鬥直升機的掩護下，駛往美國大使館和武官辦公室營區(DAO)。 Continue reading
“Silver Bells” is a classic Christmas song, composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. “Silver Bells” was first performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid, filmed in July–August 1950 and released in March 1951. The first recorded version was by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards, released by Decca Records in October 1950. After the Crosby and Richards recording became popular, Hope and Maxwell were called back in late 1950 to refilm a more elaborate production of the song. Continue reading
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” is a Christmas song recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby who scored a top ten hit with the song. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” has since gone on to become a Christmas standard. Even in December 1965, astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell while on Gemini 7 requested “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” be played for them by the NASA ground crew. Continue reading
“White Christmas” is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide. Continue reading
“Around the World” was the theme tune from the 1956 movie Around the World in 80 Days It never actually featured with the lyrics in the Around the World in Eighty Days film, but it is the vocal version which has by far become the better known. It was written by Harold Adamson and Victor Young, for whom it was a #13 hit on the Billboard charts (posthumously) in 1957.