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Album recording audio remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
Author: Jim Feliciano
A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN: 09 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
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“Santa Claus and His Old Lady” is a novelty bit by Cheech and Chong, one of their best-known comedy routines. It was the duo’s first single.
“Santa Claus and His Old Lady” did not appear on the duo’s eponymous debut album, although the B-side, “Dave,” did. It has since received continued airplay on radio stations during the Christmas season, particularly those that switch to temporary all-Christmas music formats. It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart upon its release in 1971, then peaked again at number 3 on the same chart in 1972 and 1973.
(Entries on any given week’s Christmas Singles chart were ineligible for the corresponding edition of the Hot 100 at the time).
Sources: Wikipedia; Billboard’s Christmas in the Charts 1920-2004
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For previous Holiday Yule Tides Countdown record #10 GO HERE
DETROIT RADIO ‘BROADCASTING’ AD! 60 YEARS AGO: WJR 1960
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DETROIT RADIO ‘BROADCASTING’ AD! 60 YEARS AGO: WJR 1960
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, 1965
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Album recording audio remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
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“The Little Drummer Boy” is a Christmas song instrumental performed and recorded by Detroit-born jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell in October 1966. It became a track for the Cadet album, ‘Have Yourself A Soulful Christmas’, an LP compilation of Cadet artists released for the holidays that year. The number was also released as a single, Cadet 5555, debuted on December 30, 1967, having peaked #21 for just one week only on the special Billboard Christmas chart.
Sources: Wikipedia; Billboard’s Christmas in the Charts 1920-2004
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For previous Holiday Yule Tides Countdown record #11 GO HERE
THIS WEEK, 1964: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.!
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FOURTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Come See About Me” by the Supremes peaked this week at #1 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning December 13 through week ending, December 19, 1964. (Source: Billboard Pop Annual)
For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, 1957
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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN: 11 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
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“The Man With All The Toys” is a Christmas song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album. As a single that year it had limited success (No. 6 on the Billboard Christmas chart), but built sales over successive Christmases and is listed by Billboard in the Top 100 selling Christmas songs in history, though well below the Beach Boys’ 1963 Christmas single, “Little Saint Nick”.
Source: Wikipedia
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For previous Holiday Yule Tides Countdown record #12 GO HERE
WXYZ RADIO 1270: DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! DECEMBER 8, 1964
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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.
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The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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A special THANK YOU to Larry Good, of Saline, MI., for contributing this featured WXYZ chart — December 8, 1964 — with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
Earlier in the year, Larry contributed 16 1964 WXYZ charts for the website’s archive.
Thank you for this WXYZ Detroit radio contribution. Inasmuch, this site realizes these WXYZ charts from 1964 are scarce, having been a most difficult find today, as in recent years. A valuable contribution to the archives, much appreciated! 🙂
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