Bing Forever

The great performer Bing Crosby reached the height of his stardom about 80 years ago, but every Christmas season, he makes a triumphant return to American radio and malls and other public places.
American tastes have drastically changed over the decades, yet our Christmas songbook has remained largely the same. With honorable exceptions — most notably Mariah Carey’s 1994 classic, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — the most-played and most beloved Christmas songs date from the 1930s and the couple of decades after.
Everyone knows Bruce Springsteen’s energetic version of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” He ­recorded it in 1975, but the song was written and first performed in the 1930s, making it utterly characteristic.

Source: Why great Christmas music will never die