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BING CROSBY said of his part in the success of the song White Christmas: "A jackdaw with a cleft palate could have sung it successfully."
But his trademark bass-baritone voice - richer than a plum pudding and warmer than chestnuts roasting on an open fire - was far from the hoarse croak of a crow.
Also avoiding ornithological comparisons is Aled Jones, who is playing the Crosby role of Bob Wallace in the stage version of the 1954 technicolor movie named for that very song.
First known to the public for his cover of Walking in the Air, from Channel 4's animation The Snowman in 1982, he remains for many the boy who sung Christmas.
"It's a nice time of year so I don't mind people associating me with it and if I did I'd have a problem," says the Welsh singer, actor and TV presenter.
"Of course I don't sing that song in the show but I get a lot of people coming up to me and asking why not."
Born in Bangor as the only child of...