"Forget Me" and "Pointless" have to be the most unfortunately named singles release in a row. And this sounds like another dirge. Might be a bit nicer if not oversung as the backing is pleasant enough.

Lost in the 1973 Christmas rush, the decline of Slade and Wizzard has finally given Step Into Christmas the recognition it deserves.

Jesus what a flop for Lewis Capaldi! From #1 debut to #20

Seem far head normal around 26 this time Friday

 

yeah, probably gonna play the top 20 in full! unless the chart is ending early today?

I like Pointless more than Forget Me! It's growing on me with each play.

Jesus what a flop for Lewis Capaldi! From #1 debut to #20

 

and his first song to not go top 10! im sure it'll make it in january when the cd singles ship

19 | 36 | 24th week

 

Bobby Helms

Jingle Bell Rock

 

 

Non-album single

Released: October 1957

Label: Decca

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (05/01/2017) | 71-x

RE (04/01/2018) | 63-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 96-76-65-41-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 73-61-61-30-x

RE (03/12/2020) | 86-38-34-35-27-27-x

RE (09/12/2021) | 42-32-26-22-16-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 69-36-19

 

Sales: 800k+

Certification: Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

63 Sales

14 Audio Streaming

00 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Though his name is unfamiliar to most, Bobby Helms rules the airwaves every year around December 25th. His single "Jingle Bell Rock" first became a hit in 1957, and it reappeared on the charts four of the following five years to become an all-time Christmas classic. Before he was pigeonholed, though, Helms had a successful country career with two number one hits to his credit.

 

Born on August 15, 1933, in Bloomington, IN, Helms first performed on his father Fred's Monroe County Jamboree, singing while brother Freddie played guitar. The Helms Brothers, as they were billed, became a regional attraction. Bobby later cut a single called "Tennessee Rock and Roll," but then returned to Bloomington to appear on the Hayloft Frolic television show. While on the program, he was encouraged to go to Nashville to sing background vocals on an Ernest Tubb session. Tubb recommended him to Decca Records, and the label signed him in 1956. His debut single, "Fraulein," initially flopped in January 1957 but then hit number one on the country chart in April. (The song also hit the pop Top 40 in July of 1957.) In October, Helms released another number one, "My Special Angel," which stayed four weeks at the top and crossed over to number seven pop.

 

Helms' next recording was "Jingle Bell Rock"; though Decca released it only two days before Christmas 1957, the single still peaked at number six on the pop chart. Two 1958 singles -- "Just a Little Lonesome" and "Jacqueline" -- hit the country Top Ten but flopped elsewhere, though a reissue of "Jingle Bell Rock" made the pop Top 40. The country single "Lonely River Rhine" hit the Top 20 in 1960, but subsequent new material from Helms had little success. (Decca reissued his Christmas hit each year from 1960 to 1962 with diminishing returns.)

 

Helms toured throughout the '60s and recorded two albums for Kapp in 1966, I'm the Man and Sorry My Name Isn't Fred -- a nod either to brother Freddie or father Fred. Two years later, he released All New Just for You on the Little Darlin' label. Several singles placed modestly on the country charts during 1967-1968, including "He Thought He'd Die Laughing" and "So Long." The 1970 Certron single "Mary Goes 'Round" was his last hit, but Helms recorded Pop-a-Billy for MCA as late as 1983. - Apple Music

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1957 22 My Special Angel -1-

1958 30 No Other Baby -NAS-

1958 20 Jacqueline -NAS-

2017 16 Jingle Bell Rock -NAS-

 

0 x #1 | 0 x Top 5 | 0 x Top 10 | 2 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

 

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I reckon 'Forget Me' will end up maybe having a similar run to 'Afterglow'

i quite like these "old" xmas songs like jingle bell rock, rockin around the xmas tree and wonderful time of year, but, idk, i just don't like them when i specifically play them? cant explain it, i dont mind them on the chart or when they play out in public but i cant sit through them when they come on at home

I think Pointless would've been a top 5 debut if there weren't any Christmas songs in the chart.

'Jingle Bell Rock' is so twee. Really don't like any of these pre 70s songs. Mean absolutely nothing to me. :(

major ouch for Pointless only scraping the top 20 this week and not even being the highest new entry, even after Christmas it'll probably have a bit of an uphill struggle then

Like radio 2 today

Spotify's American bias really benefiting Jingle Bell Rock in these shores nowadays,

major ouch for Pointless only scraping the top 20 this week and not even being the highest new entry, even after Christmas it'll probably have a bit of an uphill struggle then

 

lucky for all those cd singles ready to go as needed in jan then!

I think Pointless would've been a top 5 debut if there weren't any Christmas songs in the chart.

If you took all the Xmas songs out the chart, it would be top 10 but not top five.

I reckon 'Forget Me' will end up maybe having a similar run to 'Afterglow'

 

yeah probably will! hope its like afterglow and miss #1 though

18 | 34 | 96th week

 

Band Aid

Do They Know It's Christmas?

 

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Non-album single

Released: 1984

Label: Phonogram

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (15/12/1984) | 1-1-1-1-1-2-9-17-30-38-37-57-71-x

RE (07/12/1985) | 24-6-3-3-4-13-47-x

RE (08/02/1986) | 91-x

RE (20/12/1986) | 99-88-86-x

RE (15/12/2007) | 38-27-24-57-x

RE (13/12/2008) | 64-54-58-72-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 65-53-61-50-x

RE (11/12/2010) | 62-54-58-58-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 62-34-42-41-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 82-37-42-51-x

RE (14/12/2013) | 62-57-63-x

RE (29/11/2014) | 61-88-59-61-60-56-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 71-59-38-86-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 41-43-35-29-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 85-16-12-12-7-x

RE (06/12/2018) | 88-26-15-13-6-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 77-23-15-17-7-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 86-38-15-8-7-9-7-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 66-23-14-13-14-12-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 63-34-18

 

Sales: 5,300k+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

01 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

46 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

Biography

 

Band Aid were a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK on Monday 3 December. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Three subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts, first the Band Aid II version in 1989 and the Band Aid 20 version in 2004 and finally the Band Aid 30 version in 2014. The original was produced by Midge Ure. The 12" version was mixed by Trevor Horn. - Wikipedia

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

1984 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1989 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II) -NAS-

2004 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

2014 01 Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) (Band Aid 30) -NAS-

 

4 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 4 x Top 10 | 4 x Top 20 | 4 x Top 40 | 4 x Top 100

 

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lucky for all those cd singles ready to go as needed in jan then!

well there's only so much CD singles can do if the song isn't much of a streaming success, see also Celestial

This is one of my least favourite Christmas songs.