1. Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - The Darkness (2003) - Best :wub: :cheer:

2. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (1968)

3. She Loves You - The Beatles (1963)

4. Chocolate Salty Balls - P.S. I Love You - Chef (1998) - Still cannot believe my parents let me buy this single :lol: :lol:

5. Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh!” - Teletubbies (1997) (Don't even care, banger when I was 9) :cheer:

6. Downtown - Petula Clark (1964)

7. Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins (1986)

8. Patience - Take That (2006)

9. I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake (1975)

10. JCB Song - Nizlopi (2005)

11. I Have A Dream - ABBA (1979)

12. Especially For You - Kylie Minogue Featuring Jason Donovan (1988)

13. Heal The World - Michael Jackson (1992)

14. Let’s Party - Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (1989)

15. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (1955)

16. Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy (1976)

17. Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! (1984 / 2022*)

18. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (2008)

19. When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross (1991)

20. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)

 

1. Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - The Darkness (2003) - Best :wub: :cheer:

2. Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (1968)

3. She Loves You - The Beatles (1963)

4. Chocolate Salty Balls - P.S. I Love You - Chef (1998) - Still cannot believe my parents let me buy this single :lol: :lol:

5. Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh!” - Teletubbies (1997) (Don't even care, banger when I was 9) :cheer:

6. Downtown - Petula Clark (1964)

7. Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins (1986)

8. Patience - Take That (2006)

9. I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake (1975)

10. JCB Song - Nizlopi (2005)

11. I Have A Dream - ABBA (1979)

12. Especially For You - Kylie Minogue Featuring Jason Donovan (1988)

13. Heal The World - Michael Jackson (1992)

14. Let’s Party - Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (1989)

15. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (1955)

16. Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy (1976)

17. Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! (1984 / 2022*)

18. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (2008)

19. When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross (1991)

20. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)

 

I'm guessing that's the order you want rather than the points awarded?!

Merry Christmas!

 

^ That’s fine - I’ll just reverse it to allocate the points. :)

 

Just over 12 hours left to vote!

+20 JCB Song - Nizlopi (2005)

+19 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! (1984 / 2022*)

+18 Sweet But Psycho - Ava Max (2018)

+17 Especially For You - Kylie Minogue Featuring Jason Donovan (1988)

+16 All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (1994 / 2020*)

+15 River - Eminem Featuring Ed Sheeran (2017)

+14 Y.M.C.A. - The Village People (1978)

+13 Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins (1986)

+12 Impossible - James Arthur (2012)

+11 Babe - Take That (1993)

 

+10 I Have A Dream - ABBA (1979)

+09 Patience - Take That (2006)

+08 Downtown - Petula Clark (1964)

+07 Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (2008)

+06 Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (1990)

+05 Human - Rag’n’Bone Man (2016)

+04 What’s My Name - Rihanna Featuring Drake (2010)

+03 Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (1955)

+02 Chocolate Salty Balls - P.S. I Love You - Chef (1998)

+01 Heal The World - Michael Jackson (1992)

 

Thank you very much to the 35 36 people who voted!

 

I’ll aim to complete the results over the 12 days of Christmas, starting today with the 5 songs that failed to pick up a single point…

 

A reminder of the Christmas #2 hits, now in chronological order.

 

You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford (1952)

Answer Me - David Whitfield (1953)

Santo Natale - David Whitfield (1954)

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (1955)

Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell (1956)

Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me - Johnny Otis And His Orchestra With Marie Adams (1957)

Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham’s XI (1958)

What Do You Want? - Adam Faith (1959)

 

It’s Now Or Never - Elvis Presley (1960)

Tower Of Strength - Frankie Vaughan (1961)

The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard (1962)

She Loves You - The Beatles (1963)

Downtown - Petula Clark (1964)

Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) - Cliff Richard (1965)

Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966)

Magical Mystery Tour EP - The Beatles (1967)

Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (1968)

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers And The First Edition (1969)

 

When I’m Dead And Gone - McGuiness Flint (1970)

Jeepster - T. Rex (1971)

My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry (1972)

I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (1973)

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)

I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake (1975)

Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy (1976)

Floral Dance - Brighouse And Rastrick Brass Band (1977)

Y.M.C.A. - The Village People (1978)

I Have A Dream - ABBA (1979)

 

(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (1980)

Daddy’s Home - Cliff Richard (1981)

Blue Christmas EP - Shakin’ Stevens (1982)

My Oh My - Slade (1983)

Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! (1984 / 2022)

Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston (1985)

Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins (1986)

Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl (1987)

Especially For You - Kylie Minogue Featuring Jason Donovan (1988)

Let’s Party - Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (1989)

 

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (1990)

When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross (1991)

Heal The World - Michael Jackson (1992)

Babe - Take That (1993)

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (1994 / 2020)

Wonderwall - Mike Flowers Pops (1995)

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door - Dunblane (1996)

Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh!” - Teletubbies (1997)

Chocolate Salty Balls - P.S. I Love You - Chef (1998)

The Millennium Prayer - Cliff Richard (1999)

 

What Makes A Man - Westlife (2000)

How Wonderful You Are - Gordon Haskell (2001)

Sacred Trust / After You’re Gone - One True Voice (2002)

Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - The Darkness (2003)

Father And Son - Ronan Keating Featuring Yusuf Islam (2004)

JCB Song - Nizlopi (2005)

Patience - Take That (2006)

What A Wonderful World - Katie Melua And Eva Cassidy (2007)

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (2008)

The Climb - Joe McElderry (2009)

 

What’s My Name - Rihanna Featuring Drake (2010)

Cannonball - Little Mix (2011)

Impossible - James Arthur (2012)

Happy - Pharrell Williams (2013)

Uptown Funk - Mark Robson Featuring Bruno Mars (2014)

Love Yourself - Justin Bieber (2015)

Human - Rag’n’Bone Man (2016)

River - Eminem Featuring Ed Sheeran (2017)

Sweet But Psycho - Ava Max (2018)

Own It - Stormzy Featuring Ed Sheeran And Burna Boy (2019)

 

Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran And Elton John (2021)

You’re Christmas To Me - Sam Ryder (2023)

That’s So True - Gracie Abrams (2024)

:whistle: Julian enabled my tardiness :whistle:

 

+20 Fairytale Of New York

+19 Hallelujah

+18 Patience

+17 Caravan Of Love

+16 I Believe In Father Christmas

+15 Y.M.C.A.

+14 Sunshine Superman

+13 Rock Around The Clock

+12 Magical Mystery Tour EP

+11 JCB Song

+10 Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

+9 Sweet But Psycho

+8 What's My Name?

+7 She Loves You

+6 Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)

+5 Teletubbies Say "Eh-Oh!"

+4 Ice Ice Baby

+3 Hoots Mon

+2 Uptown Funk

+1 Downtown

67th: 0 points

Answer Me - David Whitfield (1953)

 

17/10/1953 David Whitfield Answer Me

Peak: 1

Chart run: 12-8-4-{1}-2-2-2-5-1-2-2-2-6-12R(3)->14

 

 

Both his and Frankie Laine’s versions of this song reached #1 in 1953 - in one week they were even joint #1s. I prefer Frankie’s version and find David’s performance rather overblown.

67th: 0 points

Santo Natale - David Whitfield (1954)

 

13/11/1954 David Whitfield Santo Natale

Peak: 2

Chart run: 13-11-6-{2}-2-2-2-2-5-13->10

 

 

This one didn’t reach #1 at all, being blocked by Winifred Atwell. I’m even less keen on the operatic vocals here than on “Answer Me”.

^ That’s fine - I’ll just reverse it to allocate the points. :)

 

Just over 12 hours left to vote!

Sorry :ph34r:

 

But thank you for sorting ^_^

67th: 0 points

What Do You Want? - Adam Faith (1959)

 

21/11/1959 Adam Faith What Do You Want?

Peak: 1

Chart run: 18-8-{1}-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-7-8-15-14-20-24R(2)-32-27-33->19

 

 

Adam was the popstar of the moment in the late ‘50s; and he had 2 of the shortest #1 hits in history of which this was one. This is a good tune and my favourite of those that failed to score.

67th: 0 points

Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) - Cliff Richard (1965)

 

06/11/1965 Cliff Richard

Title: Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)

Peak: 2

Chart run: 48-29-16-8-7-4-3-{2}-2-2-3-5-16-20-28-30->16

 

 

I think it’s fair to say that Cliff’s 4 entries in this are not his best work overall - nonetheless the other 3 have managed to pick up points. This one missed the top entirely and was held off by “Day Tripper” / “We Can Work It Out”.

67th: 0 points

The Shakin’ Stevens EP - Shakin’ Stevens (1982)

 

11/12/1982 Shakin' Stevens The Shakin' Stevens EP

Peak: 2

Chart run: 35-4-{2}-2-7-25-58->7

 

 

Held off by Renée and Renato’s “Save Your Love”, this 4 track EP leads with a cover of “Blue Christmas” by Elvis and continues in that style. Fortunately he later did later make Christmas #1 with a proper classic.

Gutted I missed this, Greg Lake would have been my top scorer easily!

65th: 1 point

You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford (1952)

 

Voter: JulianT

 

15/11/1952 Jo Stafford You Belong To Me

Peak: 1

Chart run: 2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-{1}-2-5-5-6-9-11-8-11-12->19

 

 

This was #2 in the first ever official chart and stayed there until Christmas, after which it did grab a week at the top. It’s a wartime style ballad but a really good one, mainly because she has a gorgeous voice. I didn’t want it to get 0.

65th: 1 Point

Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell (1956)

 

Voter: Tuttavilla

 

08/12/1956 Guy Mitchell Singing The Blues

Peak: 1

Chart run: 14-5-4-2-{1}-2-1-2-1-2-3-3-4-4-6-8-9-9-13-20-20-20->22

 

 

Like “Answer Me” this reached #1 for 2 different artists. Guy’s version topped the chart the week after Christmas after Johnnie Ray took the Christmas #1. It’s a charming little track so again I’m glad it got a point.

63rd: 2 Points

Tower Of Strength - Frankie Vaughan (1961)

 

Voter: JulianT

 

11/11/1961 Frankie Vaughan

Title: Tower Of Strength

Peak: 1

Chart run: 43-18-7-2-{1}-1-1-2-5-12-18-23-40->13

 

 

This had been #1 prior to Christmas but was knocked off by “Moon River”. I don’t especially care for most of Frankie’s crooning but this song is excellent so I threw it a score.

63rd: 2 Points

I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (1973)

 

Voter: Dobbo

 

17/11/1973 Gary Glitter

Title: I Love You Love Me Love

Peak: 1

Chart run: {1}-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-7-13-13-16-26-32->14

 

 

This had already been #1 for a few weeks near the end of 1973 and was knocked off by Christmas week by Slade’s “Merry Xmas Everybody”. It was the 2nd of his 3 chart toppers.

62nd: 3 Points

Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me - Johnny Otis And His Orchestra With Marie Adams (1957)

 

Voter: Leonardo

 

23/11/1957 Johnny Otis And His Orchestra With Marie Adams Ma He's Making Eyes At Me

Peak: 2

Chart run: 16-10-5-4-{2}-2-4-2-2-2-5-10-13-17-19->15

 

 

This was stuck at #2 behind “Mary’s Boy Child”. Unfortunately it isn’t on Spotify and the only YouTube version seems to be a live performance with cheering, but it’s a nice traditional song.

61st: 4 Points (1 voter)

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door - Dunblane (1996)

 

Voter: gasman449

 

21/12/1996 Dunblane Knockin' On Heaven's Door/Throw These Guns Away

Peak: 1

Chart run: {1}-2-3-15-44-69-54-55-61-69-52-54-44-40-67->15

 

 

A charity single in response to the Dunblane massacre; this reached #1 the week before Christmas before being knocked off by “2 become 1”. Some sources list it as a double A side with “Throw These Guns Away”, but that track is virtually untraceable.

And so the ‘50s take a big early hit unsurprisingly, with nothing from this century yet revealed.

 

You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford (1952)

Answer Me - David Whitfield (1953)

Santo Natale - David Whitfield (1954)

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (1955)

Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell (1956)

Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me - Johnny Otis And His Orchestra With Marie Adams (1957)

Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham’s XI (1958)

What Do You Want? - Adam Faith (1959)

 

It’s Now Or Never - Elvis Presley (1960)

Tower Of Strength - Frankie Vaughan (1961)

The Next Time / Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard (1962)

She Loves You - The Beatles (1963)

Downtown - Petula Clark (1964)

Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) - Cliff Richard (1965)

Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966)

Magical Mystery Tour EP - The Beatles (1967)

Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (1968)

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers And The First Edition (1969)

 

When I’m Dead And Gone - McGuiness Flint (1970)

Jeepster - T. Rex (1971)

My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry (1972)

I Love You Love Me Love - Gary Glitter (1973)

You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)

I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake (1975)

Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy (1976)

Floral Dance - Brighouse And Rastrick Brass Band (1977)

Y.M.C.A. - The Village People (1978)

I Have A Dream - ABBA (1979)

 

(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (1980)

Daddy’s Home - Cliff Richard (1981)

Blue Christmas EP - Shakin’ Stevens (1982)

My Oh My - Slade (1983)

Last Christmas / Everything She Wants - Wham! (1984 / 2022)

Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston (1985)

Caravan Of Love - The Housemartins (1986)

Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl (1987)

Especially For You - Kylie Minogue Featuring Jason Donovan (1988)

Let’s Party - Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers (1989)

 

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (1990)

When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross (1991)

Heal The World - Michael Jackson (1992)

Babe - Take That (1993)

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (1994 / 2020)

Wonderwall - Mike Flowers Pops (1995)

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door - Dunblane (1996)

Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh!” - Teletubbies (1997)

Chocolate Salty Balls - P.S. I Love You - Chef (1998)

The Millennium Prayer - Cliff Richard (1999)

 

What Makes A Man - Westlife (2000)

How Wonderful You Are - Gordon Haskell (2001)

Sacred Trust / After You’re Gone - One True Voice (2002)

Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - The Darkness (2003)

Father And Son - Ronan Keating Featuring Yusuf Islam (2004)

JCB Song - Nizlopi (2005)

Patience - Take That (2006)

What A Wonderful World - Katie Melua And Eva Cassidy (2007)

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (2008)

The Climb - Joe McElderry (2009)

 

What’s My Name - Rihanna Featuring Drake (2010)

Cannonball - Little Mix (2011)

Impossible - James Arthur (2012)

Happy - Pharrell Williams (2013)

Uptown Funk - Mark Robson Featuring Bruno Mars (2014)

Love Yourself - Justin Bieber (2015)

Human - Rag’n’Bone Man (2016)

River - Eminem Featuring Ed Sheeran (2017)

Sweet But Psycho - Ava Max (2018)

Own It - Stormzy Featuring Ed Sheeran And Burna Boy (2019)

 

Merry Christmas - Ed Sheeran And Elton John (2021)

You’re Christmas To Me - Sam Ryder (2023)

That’s So True - Gracie Abrams (2024)