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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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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, 1965
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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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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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A HOLIDAY RECORDS COUNTDOWN: 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
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“Sleigh Ride” was covered by the American girl group The Ronettes. The Phil Spector-produced recording has become the most popular version outside the traditional pop standard genre, charting yearly in Billboard’s Top Ten U.S. Holiday 100 and was #26 in 2018 in the Hot 100. It features the well-known “Ring-a-ling-a-ling, ding-dong-ding” background vocals, and the clip-clop and the whining of a horse at its beginning and end.
Source: Wikipedia
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, 1965
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SEASON’S GREETINGS! THE HOLIDAY SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS, 1964
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THIS WEEK, 1964: THE HOTTEST RECORD SINGLE IN THE U.S.A.!
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FIFTEEN WEEKS overall on the singles pop charts, “Mr. Lonely” by Bobby Vinton peaked this week at #1 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. Beginning December 6 through week ending, December 12, 1964. (Source: Billboard Pop Annual)
For our previous Billboard 1964 Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
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