Loved Another Rock & Roll Christmas myself even if it's popularity has been tainted by news of the singer!

1986 : Madonna - Open Your Heart

Christmas week : # 4

UK peak position : # 4

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Madonna - Open Your Heart (UK # 4)

2. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer (UK # 10)

3. Europe - The Final Countdown (UK # 3)

1969 : Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream

Christmas week : # 7

UK peak position : # 3

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream (UK # 7)

2. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (UK # 4)

3. Cufflinks - Tracy (UK # 9)

1994 : Oasis - Whatever

Christmas week : # 3

UK peak position : # 3

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Oasis - Whatever (UK # 3)

2. Jimmy Nail - Crocodile Shoes (UK # 7)

3. Celine Dion - Think Twice (UK # 6)

 

 

1968 : Gun - Race With The Devil

Christmas week : # 10

UK peak position : # 8

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Gun - Race With The Devil (UK # 10)

2. Des O`Connor - One Two Three O`Leary (UK # 4)

3. Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da (UK # 7)

 

Possibly most unpredictable # 1 song choice in this thread.

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30. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (1991)

31. Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain (1956)

32. Ben Haenow - Something I Need (2014)

33. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World (2003)

34. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe (1958)

35. Matt Cardle - When We Collide (2010)

36. Leon Jackson - When You Believe (2007)

37. Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (1970)

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Mad World is very good but I was team Darkness on that memorable week!

 

Whatever is one of my favourite ever songs :wub:

Gun & Glen Campbell too great songs I know and yet didn't know who performed them!

2013 : Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You

Christmas week : # 7

UK peak position : # 3

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You (UK # 7)

2. Sam Bailey - Skyscraper (UK # 1)

3. AC/DC - Highway To Hell (UK # 4)

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1965 : Cliff Richard - Wind Me Up, Let Me Go

Christmas week : # 2

UK peak position : # 2

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Cliff Richard - Wind Me Up, Let Me Go (UK # 2)

2. Ken Dodd - The River (UK # 3)

3. Seekers - The Carnival Is Over (UK # 4)

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2000 : Eminem and Dido - Stan

Christmas week : # 3

UK peak position : # 1

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Eminem and Dido - Stan (UK # 3)

2. Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It ? (UK # 1)

3. Robbie Williams - Supreme (UK # 10)

1952 : Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me

Christmas week : # 2

UK peak position : # 1

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me (UK # 2)

2. Rosemary Clooney - Half As Much (UK # 5)

3. Kay Starr - Comes A-Long A-Love (UK # 3)

1972 : Elton John - Crocodile Rock

Christmas week : # 7

UK peak position : # 5

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Elton John - Crocodile Rock (UK # 7)

2. Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (UK # 1)

3. Michael Jackson - Ben (UK # 8)

Did John Lennon not make your chart in 1972?

Did John Lennon not make your top 3 in 1972?

Yes, he didn't and possibly it's my least favourite song from top 10 on that week.

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singl.../19721217/7501/

Edited December 25, 20186 yr by Good Old Days

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21. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (2005)

22. Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (1967)

23. Spice Girls - Too Much (1997)

24. Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby (1993)

25. Dickie Valentine - Christmas Alphabet (1955)

26. Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (1996)

27. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973)

28. Beatles - I Feel Fine (1964)

29. Frankie Laine - Answer Me (1953)

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Recap before top 20 :

21. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (2005)

22. Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (1967)

23. Spice Girls - Too Much (1997)

24. Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby (1993)

25. Dickie Valentine - Christmas Alphabet (1955)

26. Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (1996)

27. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody (1973)

28. Beatles - I Feel Fine (1964)

29. Frankie Laine - Answer Me (1953)

30. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (1991)

 

31. Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain (1956)

32. Ben Haenow - Something I Need (2014)

33. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World (2003)

34. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe (1958)

35. Matt Cardle - When We Collide (2010)

36. Leon Jackson - When You Believe (2007)

37. Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (1970)

38. Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (1972)

39. Al Martino - Here In My Heart (1952)

40. Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It ? (2000)

 

41. Beatles - Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out (1965)

42. Sam Bailey - Skyscraper (2013)

43. Scaffold - Lily The Pink (1968)

44. East 17 - Stay Another Day (1994)

45. Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys (1969)

46. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (1986)

47. Various Artists - Do They Know It's Christmas (1984-1989-2004)

48. Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born (1976)

49. Justice Collective - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (2012)

50. St Winifred’s School Choir – There’s No One Quite Like Grandma (1980)

 

51. Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child (1957)

52. NHS Choir - A Bridge Over You (2015)

53. Emile Ford & The Checkmates - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For (1959)

54. Spice Girls - Goodbye (1998)

55. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (1979)

56. Danny Williams - Moon River (1961)

57. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

58. Boney M - Mary's Boy Child (1978)

59. Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This (2006)

60. Clean Bandit - Rockabye (2016)

 

61. Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah (2008)

62. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (1992)

63. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name (2009)

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1970 : Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe

Christmas week : # 4

UK peak position : # 4

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe (UK # 4)

2. Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (UK # 7)

3. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed (UK # 8)

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2007 : Girls Aloud - Call The Shots

Christmas week : # 9

UK peak position : # 3

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Girls Aloud - Call The Shots (UK # 9)

2. Take That - Rule The World (UK # 7)

3. One Republic and Timbaland - Apologize (UK # 10)

2010 : Ellie Goulding - Your Song

Christmas week : # 5

UK peak position : # 2

 

 

Top 3 :

1. Ellie Goulding - Your Song (UK # 5)

2. Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror (UK # 8)

3. Matt Cardle - When We Collide (UK # 1)