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Dec 20, 2023 · For 36 years, it was the best-selling UK single ever to not hit the top, with over 2 million copies sold. In 2017, it reached number 2 (equalling its highest peak), after George Michael fans began campaigning for it to get the Christmas number 1 in tribute of the singer, after his death on Christmas Day, 2016.
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- “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by Darlene Love. One of the season’s most beloved songs bombed on impact for a tragic reason. The kickoff single from the later-to-be classic album A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector had the unfortunate fate to be released on the same day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
- “Christmas Time Is Here” by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. The first Peanuts-related TV special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, which made its debut in 1965, has earned as much love for its music as for its characters and script.
- “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey. Nearly every song that’s considered a holiday classic was written at least 40 years ago. In 1994, however, Carey cooked up a piece that stands with the best of them.
- “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby. Not only is “White Christmas” the biggest-selling holiday track of all time, it’s estimated by Guinness World Records to be the biggest-selling song ever.
NPR's Noel King spoke with Mel Tormé's youngest son, James — an accomplished jazz singer himself — to get the story behind the creation of this Christmas classic.
The stories behind 10 of the finest Christmas songs. A selection of carols and seasonal tracks from The Life of a Song series, including The Pogues’ perennial favourite ‘Fairytale of New...
1 day ago · In the Amazon Music documentary Mariah Carey Is Christmas: The Story of "All I Want for Christmas Is You that same year," she did recall taking the track to "Walter A." to co-produce. Addressing ...
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Nov 1, 2019 · [Pre-Chorus 1] Tell me now 'cause I don't understand. Help me out 'cause I don't get it yet. This isn't how it's supposed to be. I wanna know what Christmas really means. All the love and...
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Dec 19, 2023 · Crosby’s original version, recorded in May 1942 for Decca – most Christmas songs over the years have been made during the summer months – is not the one we usually hear today.
