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- The Guinness Book of Records has named "White Christmas" as not only the best-selling Christmas song of all time, but also the best-selling single generally of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold.
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Dec 10, 2023 · Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande with 113 million streams: One of the most modern Christmas songs to reach the top of the chart in recent years. One More Sleep by Leona Lewis with 92 million streams: A modern song created by one of the most famous X-Factor winners from the UK.
1. ‘Fairytale of New York’ by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. Image: Island Records. When was the last time you properly listened to Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues’ epic Big Apple-set...
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- The Wombles - 'Wombling Merry Christmas' The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas. Yes, we're putting the Wombles in this list. 'Wombling Merry Christmas' was one of several massive hits by the cuddly creatures in 1974, and was written by Mike Batt.
- The Darkness - 'Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)' The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) (Official Music Video) [HD] ‘Christmas Time’ by The Darkness is a humorous and catchy song that parodies (with love) the typical themes of glam Christmas songs.
- The Jackson 5 - 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Official Video) 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' is a classic Christmas song that was written in 1934 and had been recorded many times before the Jackson 5 took it on in 1970.
- The Beach Boys - 'Little Saint Nick' The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick. 'Little Saint Nick' was recorded by the The Beach Boys and released in 1963. The song is about Santa Claus and his sleigh, which are described as a hot-rod and a bobsled.
Dec 16, 2022 · Kelly Clarkson ’s “Underneath the Tree” from 2010 and Ariana Grande ’s “Santa Tell Me” from 2014 are the newest songs inside the top 40 holiday tracks — Clarkson at No. 25 and Grande at No. 23 —...
- 'Christmas Time Is Here' by The Vince Guaraldi Trio
- 'Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy' by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
- 'Someday at Christmas' by Stevie Wonder
- 'It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year' by Andy Williams
- 'I’ll Be Home For Christmas' by Elvis Presley
- 'Silent Night' by Bing Crosby
- 'The Christmas Song' by Nat King Cole
- 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' by Judy Garland
- 'White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
“Christmas Time Is Here” is basically a piano solo that begs your own personal accompaniment. Think of the sounds of a crackling fire, snowflakes falling, or the embracing of loved ones. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The track is part of the soundtrack of 1965’s TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Written by Lee Mende...
This generational meeting has become a classic. Rock star David Bowie appeared on Bing Crosby's final Christmas special in 1977, and they performed this specially written version of “Little Drummer Boy” with a new counterpoint refrain of “Peace on Earth” added by the show producers. Think of it as a holiday mash-up. It’s warm, a little wacky and a ...
This is an aspirational song that that looks forward to a time when “men won’t be boys, playing with bombs like kids play with toys.” Heady stuff for a teenage Wonder, who first released the song as a single in 1966, and as part of the album, “Someday at Christmas,” in 1967. The Vietnam War was active, but the widespread protests against it had not...
Several generations of Americans know Andy Williams as “Mr. Christmas,” thanks to his ubiquitous seasonal TV specials. 1962's “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is his most famous Christmas song, with a warm, upbeat tempo and arresting time signature. And yes, Williams cites “scary ghost stories” as one of the charms of the season in “Most ...
This moving ballad tugs at the heart strings when the protagonist sings “I’ll be home for Christmas if only in my dreams.” That's partly because in the original version, originally sung by Bing Crosby in 1943, Americans were overseas fighting in World War II. Elvis Presley included a stellar version of the track on his 1957 album “Elvis’ Christmas ...
“Silent Night” is a Christmas carol written in Austria in the early 1800s. Bing Crosby recorded it in 1935. “They said that neither my voice nor my styling was suited to such spiritual songs,” Crosby told “Good Housekeeping” in 1956, via Wikipedia, also referring to a recording of “Adeste Fideles.” “I told the simple truth — that I had intended no ...
If you didn’t know, “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is actually titled “The Christmas Song.” Whatever you call it, it’s a classic from the great jazz pop vocalist Nat King Cole, who recorded four versions of it. The one we hear most often is his 1961 recording. It was written by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé in 1945.
This classic track was first sung by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical “Meet Me in St. Louis.” Garland was initially put off by the dark lyrics of the song, written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. “About a week before we were to shoot the scene where Judy sings it to me, she looked at the lyrics and said, ‘Don’t you think these are awfully dark?...
“White Christmas,” the Irving Berlin song originally sung by Bing Crosby in the 1942 film “Holiday Inn,” is a seasonal touchstone that illuminates the best of who we are during the holiday season. When it was originally released, it served as a balm to U.S. troops serving overseas. “Wrenched from their normal lives and the places they had known, se...
Dec 24, 2023 · For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the 50 best.
From Shane MacGowan’s controversial Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, which has been named the best Christmas song ever by RadioTimes.com readers, and Last Christmas by Wham!, to...
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