"Happy Holiday" (sometimes performed as "Happy Holidays") is a popular song composed by Irving Berlin in 1942 and published the following year.[1]

"Happy Holiday"
Song by Bing Crosby with the Music Maid and Hal and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
Written1942
GenreChristmas music
Length2:28
Songwriter(s)Irving Berlin

History

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"Happy Holiday" was introduced by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds (dubbed by Martha Mears) in the 1942 film Holiday Inn in a scene when the Inn opens for the first time. While it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, in the film it is performed on New Year's Eve, and expresses a wish for the listener to enjoy "happy holidays" throughout the entire year. It contains certain melodic material first used in Berlin's earlier song "Easter Parade".[citation needed]

Jo Stafford was the first to release it on a Christmas album, on her album of the same name in 1955.[2]

The Kay Thompson song "The Holiday Season" is sometimes paired with "Happy Holiday" as a medley. This was first popularized by Andy Williams (whom Thompson herself discovered and mentored). Other artists who have covered the "Happy Holiday"/"Holiday Season" medley include The Manhattan Transfer, She & Him, and Michael W. Smith.

Renditions

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Charts

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Andy Williams "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" version

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Chart (2019–2024) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[22] 42
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 18

References

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  23. ^ "Andy Williams Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2020.