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10 | 10 | 45th 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) | 69-36-19-11-14-7-x

RE (23/11/2023) | 84-44-20-9-13-14-11-x

RE (28/11/2024) | 51-30-10-7-8-5-x

RE (27/11/2025) | 57-34-14-10-10

Sales: 1,900,000+

Certification: 3x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

49 Sales

04 Audio Streaming

53 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 05 Jingle Bell Rock -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

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

Social Media

Bobby Helms

Good grief at Jingle Bell Rock outpacing Shaky regularly now.

The Spotify Christmas Hits playlist chart, featuring Alexa.

Just now, Stephen Emmett said:

To be honest, a shame of the UK Xmas classics are now overshadowed by the transatlantic Xmas classics - probably nostalgia for a period of Christmas Britain never had.

Or just whatever Spotify tells you you’ll be listening to

Just now, JosephCarey said:

10 Bobby Helms

Bear with, having major connection issues with only this site

hes a one hit wonder the actual list thing is kinda pointless

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Wheres Joseph?

Probably only his way to bethlehem

Edited Friday at 17:075 days by 777666jason

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"Pledge your allegiance"

09 | 18 | 74th week

Elton John

Step Into Christmas

Non-album single

Released: 1973

Label: DJM, MCA

Chart Statistics

NE (08/12/1973) | 42-25-26-26-24-26-44-x

RE (15/12/2007) | 82-65-53-x

RE (17/12/2011) | 64-78-89-x

RE (15/12/2012) | 75-79-x

RE (13/12/2014) | 97-91-96-84-x

RE (17/12/2015) | 91-80-58-x

RE (15/12/2016) | 68-62-47-37-x

RE (14/12/2017) | 63-19-18-11-x

RE (13/12/2018) | 44-22-18-10-x

RE (12/12/2019) | 39-24-19-8-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 91-49-18-10-11-10-8-x

RE (02/12/2021) | 72-30-16-14-13-11-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 84-45-24-21-24-18-x

RE (30/11/2023) | 82-47-24-16-19-17-x

RE (28/11/2024) | 82-56-23-15-15-10-x

RE (27/11/2025) | 83-48-20-18-9

Sales: 2,400,000+

Certification: 4x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

04 Sales

06 Audio Streaming

15 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

At the height of the fever dream that was Elton John’s life in the ’70s, the singer-songwriter had the optician Dennis Roberts design a pair of giant, sculptural glasses studded with 57 battery-powered lights in the shape of the name Elton—to the tune of about $5,000. Adjusted for inflation, you’re talking about something more like $25,000. But John had a show to put on, and wouldn’t that be something to talk about? The excess was always apparent: the rhinestones, the costumery, the old Hollywood glamour retrofitted for a new, gender-bending world. But beneath the feathers, John’s music—written with the lyricist Bernie Taupin—was direct and unpretentious, the kind of rock ’n’ roll storytelling that met you where you were. Even if you didn’t know exactly what it meant—who is the dancer, and why are they so tiny?—the feeling was immediate, universal. By 1973’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, John said they were writing a couple of songs at breakfast and recording them before lunch. This was pop music, John argued: You weren’t supposed to think about it too much, and god help you if you did. And yet here we are, singing the songs five decades later. Born Reginald Dwight in Pinner, England, in 1947, John took to the piano young, studying on a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music while obsessively listening to Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. They were so physical, John marvelled—they didn’t just play the piano, they beat it. He started playing in pubs at 15 and, around 20, met Taupin through a want ad in a music magazine. There were good years and bad ones, highs and lows—that handful of Valium before jumping into the swimming pool in 1975, for example, or the disco album, which John himself described as jumping on a dying bandwagon—but he has always endured, emerging from the debauchery of the ’70s and redefinitions of the ’80s bruised but never beaten, a gay icon, AIDS activist, philanthropist, Knight Bachelor, and father of two. In 2018, nearly 50 years after his debut album, he embarked on a three-year farewell tour, and published his first autobiography, Me, in 2019. The host of Apple Music 1’s Rocket Hour, Elton has been the recipient of countless awards (Grammys, Oscars, BRITs, Tonys, Ivors), has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and, in 2020, was awarded the Companion of Honour. - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

1971 04 Your Song -1- MILLIONAIRE

1972 02 Rocket Man -1- MILLIONAIRE

1972 31 Honky Cat -2-

1972 05 Crocodile Rock -1-

1973 04 Daniel -2-

1973 07 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting -1*-

1973 06 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -2*-

1973 08 Step Into Christmas -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

1974 11 Candle In The Wind -3*-

1974 16 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me -1-

1974 15 The Bitch Is Back -2-

1974 10 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds -NAS-

1975 12 Philadelphia Freedom (The Elton John Band) -NAS-

1975 22 Someone Saved My Life Tonight -1-

1975 14 Island Girl -1-

1976 07 Pinball Wizard -OST-

1976 01 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & Kiki Dee) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1976 37 Benny And The Jets -4*-

1976 11 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word -1-

1977 27 Crazy Water -2-

1977 28 Bite Your Lip / Chicago (Elton John & Kiki Dee) -3-

1978 34 Ego -NAS-

1978 15 Part Time Love -1-

1978 04 Song For Guy -2-

1979 01 Are You Ready For Love -1-

1980 33 Little Jeannie -1-

1980 44 Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?) -2-

1981 40 I Saw Her Standing There (The Elton John Band & John Lennon) -NAS-

1981 42 Nobody Wins -1-

1982 08 Blue Eyes -1-

1982 51 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) -2-

1983 05 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues -1-

1983 04 I'm Still Standing -2- MILLIONAIRE

1983 20 Kiss The Bride -3-

1983 33 Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year) -4-

1984 07 Sad Songs (Say So Much) -1-

1984 05 Passengers -2-

1984 50 Who Wears These Shoes? -3-

1985 59 Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used To Be) -4-

1985 32 Act Of War (Elton John & Millie Jackson) -NAS-

1985 03 Nikita -1-

1985 12 Wrap Her Up -2-

1986 47 Cry To Heaven -3-

1986 45 Heartache All Over The World -1-

1986 44 Slow Rivers (Elton John & Cliff Richard) -2-

1987 59 Flames Of Paradise (Jennifer Rush & Elton John)

1987 85 Your Song (Live) -1-

1988 05 Candle In The Wind (Live) -2-

1988 30 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That -1-

1988 74 Town Of Plenty -2-

1988 91 A Word In Spanish -3-

1989 41 Through The Storm (Aretha Franklin & Elton John)

1989 45 Healing Hands -1-

1989 55 Sacrifice -2-

1990 01 Sacrifice / Healing Hands -3-

1990 47 Club At The End Of The Street / Whispers -4-

1990 33 You Gotta Love Someone -1-

1990 63 Easier To Walk Away -2-

1991 01 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (George Michael & Elton John) -1^-

1992 10 The One -1-

1992 31 Runaway Train (Elton John & Eric Clapton) -OST-

1992 21 The Last Song -2-

1993 44 Simple Life -3-

1993 02 True Love (Elton John & Kiki Dee) -2^-

1994 07 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & RuPaul) -3^-

1994 24 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (Marcella Detroit & Elton John) -4^-

1994 14 Can You Feel The Love Tonight -OST-

1994 11 Circle Of Life -OST-

1995 15 Believe -1-

1995 18 Made In England -2-

1996 33 Please -3-

1997 01 Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind '97 -1- MILLION SELLER

1998 16 Recover Your Soul -2-

1998 32 If The River Can Bend -3-

1999 10 Written In The Stars (Elton John & LeAnn Rimes) -1-

2001 09 I Want Love -1-

2002 24 This Train Don't Stop There Anymore -2-

2002 39 Original Sin -3-

2002 01 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Blue feat. Elton John)

2004 20 All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) -1-

2005 32 Turn The Lights Out When You Leave -2-

2005 01 Ghetto Gospel (2Pac feat. Elton John)

2005 04 Electricity -3-

2008 88 Joseph, Better You Than Me (The Killers feat. Elton John & Neil Tennant)

2009 03 Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) (Ironik feat. Chipmunk & Elton John)

2012 48 Sad (Elton John vs. Pnau) -1-

2013 69 Face To Face (Gary Barlow & Elton John)

2015 70 Tiny Dancer -1- MILLIONAIRE

2021 47 It's a sin (Elton John & Years & Years) -PS-

2021 01 Cold Heart (Elton John & Dua Lipa) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2021 01 Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) -2-

2021 01 Sausage Rolls For Everyone (LadBaby feat. Ed Sheeran & Elton John)

2022 03 Hold Me Closer (Elton John & Britney Spears) -3-

2025 20 Talk To You (Sam Fender & Elton John)

10 x #1 | 24 x Top 5 | 35 x Top 10 | 51 x Top 20 | 71 x Top 40 | 94 x Top 100

Social Media

Elton John

Someone put Frankie Goes to Hollywood high on the playlists next year

ELTON NOOOO

Love a bit of Elton

4 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Kylie looks ginger to me 🤭

Are you all sure that Palestine and Raindance are still to come?

Just now, gasman449 said:

There are a lot of them on Mixcloud - not sure if the more recent ones have been archived but @Stephen Emmett has been recording them, maybe he could post them?

Of course, I have been part of a now closed Radio 1 chart shows Facebook group and know a few chart traders here and there that can help this.

But for my modern chart recordings (especially 2025), I may have to transfer them later on down the line though I do have a list of chart shows from this year (my recordings and info on them that I have as well as a certain date I didn't keep because I taped over it - that being the Big Weekend recap - 23rd May 2025).

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Wheres Joseph?

With his technicolour dreamcoat doing panto I think

Just now, Jessie Where said:

.looks ginger to me 😝

Raindance might be out of the Top 40?

I did enjoy 'Jingle Bell Rock' for decades before the Americanisation takeover of the last few years - must have been around 1987 at school Christmas dinner that I first remember hearing it.