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fldave wrote on 11/7/2005, 4:31 PM
I like Dean Martin's version best. Another version was used in Die Hard 1.
From IMDB Die Hard:

"LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!"
Written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Performed by Vaughn Monroe
Courtesy of MCA Records

One of my favorite "Holiday Songs". Don't know if it's public domain, didn't they change the laws recently to be 100 years after the death of the creator? That's why there's not much Public Domain stuff lately.

Hope the info helps
kentwolf wrote on 11/7/2005, 5:17 PM
>>"Let It Snow." Was that Bing?

Yes.
Spot|DSE wrote on 11/7/2005, 5:52 PM
Not public domain, was published in 1945. Earliest for pubdomain right now is 1930.
fwtep wrote on 11/7/2005, 5:52 PM
It's not public domain.

Edit: Spot as far as I'm aware the cutoff date is 1923 for public domain stuff. It's definitely not 1930 anyway.
Spot|DSE wrote on 11/7/2005, 6:03 PM
You're absolutely right...1923. I was counting back to 1935, which is the cutoff for non-published (I think). anyway, thanks for the catch.
Hey, I was half-right ;-)
apit34356 wrote on 11/7/2005, 10:22 PM
gee, you both forgot the most important part! Was it B.C. or A.D., ie 1923 B.C. or 1923 A.D. If it 1923 B.C., I don't think Grazie remembers that far back, way too much partying with the pre-Viking gang.
mjroddy wrote on 11/7/2005, 11:04 PM
Thanks for the infos.
How many other folk out there working on Holiday spots this "early?"
Grazie wrote on 11/8/2005, 12:07 AM
. .hmmm ..? Somebody whispered at the mouth of my cave . .hmmm ?
baysidebas wrote on 11/8/2005, 7:30 AM
When Sammy Cahn visited our film class (Filmmakers on Filmmaking, now Movies 101@NYU, also Movies101 on AMC) in 1992, he passed on this bit of IP wisdom to us: "You can use 'Let It Snow' once, twice, four or more times, in a song freely. But if you use it three times in a row, you have to pay me."