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Sheet music cover for "I'll Be Home for Christmas," registered for copyright on September 28, 1943.

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas”

Posted by: Cait Miller

While Walter Kent and Kim Gannon are the only names credited on the original copyright deposit for the Christmas classic, "I'll be home for Christmas," the label on Crosby's recording credits the song to three names: Kent, Gannon, and Buck Ram. Read about the history of the song and its copyright backstory, illustrated in records from the US Copyright Office. Download the original printed sheet music, registered as an unpublished copyright deposit on September 28, 1943.