"Marshmallow World" is a popular Christmas song that was written in 1949 by Carl Sigman

Carl Sigman

Carl Sigman was an American songwriter.-Biography:Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his Bar exams to practice in the state of New York...

 (lyrics) and Peter DeRose

Peter DeRose

Peter DeRose was an American Hall of Fame composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era.-Biography:DeRose was born in New York City and as a boy exhibited a gift for things musical...

 (music). Although it has been recorded by many artists, it was first a hit for Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....

 (backed by The Lee Gordon Singers and the Sonny Burke Orchestra). Crosby's version (recorded in 1950) peaked at number 24 on the pop singles chart in January 1951. Ray Anthony

Ray Anthony

Ray Anthony is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.- Biography :...

 also recorded a version of the song in 1950. Another popular version was recorded by Vic Damone

Vic Damone

Vic Damone is an American singer and entertainer.- Early life :Damone was born Vito Rocco Farinola in Brooklyn, New York to French-Italian immigrants based in Bari, Italy—Rocco and Mamie Farinola. His father was an electrician; and his mother taught piano. His cousin was the actress and singer...

 in 1951.

One of the most popular versions of "Marshmallow World" was recorded in 1963 by Darlene Love

Darlene Love

Darlene Love is an American popular music singer and actress. She gained prominence in the 1960s for the song "He's a Rebel," a #1 American single in 1962, and was part of the Phil Spector stable that produced a celebrated Christmas album in 1963....

 and released as a track on Phil Spector

Phil Spector

Phillip Harvey "Phil" Spector is an American record producer and songwriter, later known for his conviction in the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....

's classic holiday album A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records.

Other artists to record the song include Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis

John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...

 (on his 1963 album Sounds of Christmas

Sounds of Christmas

Sounds of Christmas is the twenty first album released by vocalist Johnny Mathis. It was his seventeenth original studio album with four compilations of hit singles having been released by the singer to this point...

), Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee

Brenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis...

 (on her 1964 album Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee), and Dean Martin

Dean Martin

Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...

 (on his 1966 album The Dean Martin Christmas Album).

The Bluebeats recorded a ska version of the song on the 1996 Moon Ska Records compilation Christma-Ska.

The Seattle-based pop band Math and Physics Club

Math and Physics Club

Math and Physics Club are an indie pop band based in Seattle, Washington. The members are Charles Bert , Ethan Jones and James Werle . This lineup coalesced in 2004, and has released three EPs and two full length albums on Santa Barbara-based Matinee Recordings...

also recorded a version of this song.