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Bing Crosby found it 'really difficult' to sing White Christmas during World War II

Bing Crosby found it 'really difficult' to perform White Christmas to the troops during World War II.

Bing Crosby found it "really difficult" to perform 'White Christmas' to the troops during World War II.

The late crooner - who passed away in 1977 at the age of 74 - achieved the highest-selling single of all time with the festive classic but his nephew Howard Crosby has revealed how his uncle once performed it in an open-air field in France in 1944 for thousands of soldiers and struggled to get through it.

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