December 5, 200717 yr I would say the original Band Aid or Whams Last Christmas will be Number 1. :wub:
December 6, 200717 yr Author Right then, the top ten is imminent...but first here are some songs bubbling under the top 60, 2000 - 2006... I WISH IT COULD BE A WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD/WOMBLES 2000 number 22 that year I BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS - TWEENIES 2001 number 9 that year SANTA`S LIST - CLIFF RICHARD 2003 number 5 that year (HAVE A) CHEEKY CHRISTMAS - CHEEKY GIRLS 2003 number 10 that year LAST CHRISTMAS - CRAZY FROG 2006 number 16 that year Here is the top 10... 10 HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) - JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND 1972/80 09 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN (SOLEADO) - JOHNNY MATHIS 1976 08 MISTLETOE AND WINE - CLIFF RICHARD 1988 07 WHITE CHRISTMAS - BING CROSBY 1942 - 77 06 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 1973/83/06 05 DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 20 2004 04 MARY`S BOY CHILD - HARRY BELAFONTE 1957/8 03 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM 1984/5 02 MARY`S BOY CHILD - BONEY M 1978 01 DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 1984/5 Not many surprises in the top 10, although people forget HARRY BELAFONTE, was the first million seller, of the 50s. WHAM! of course, with the biggest selling number 2 hit, of all time. Tomorrow, we will look at the most played Christmas singles, on Radio 1973 - 2007. For now, here are a dozen, or so, records that were played on Radio, that never even graced any chart... CHRISTMAS STORY/SILVER BELLS - DORIS DAY 1950 SANTA BABY - EARTHA KITT 1953 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN - FRANK SINATRA 1953 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - MCGUIRE SISTERS 1955 ON A CHRISTMAS DAY - LONNIE DONEGAN 1956 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - RONETTES 1963 LITTLE SAINT NICK - BEACH BOYS 1964 SLEIGH RIDE - VENTURES 1965 SIX WHITE BOOMERS - ROLF HARRIS 1964 MARY HAD A BABY - MARY HOPKIN 1972 WHO`S STUFFING YOUR TURKEY THIS CHRISTMAS - LARRY GRAYSON 1975 TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - BILL BARCLAY 1975 PIPE TUNE - MIKE OLDFIELD 1977 DISCO SANTA - CHRIS HILL 1978 GRANDMA GOT RUNOVER BY A REINDEER - DR ELMO 1979 ALL STUCK UP - HOORAY AND THE HENRYS 1983 RUN RUDOLPH RUN - BRYAN ADAMS 1987 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS - SAMANTHA MUMBA 2000 Join us tomorrow for part one, of the most played... Edited December 21, 200717 yr by trevs
December 6, 200717 yr Author I have a compilation cd, with a T. Rex song on it called Christmas Bop. When was this single released, Trevs/anyone? :huh: I don`t think it actually got released. It was due to be released at the end of November 1975, as a follow up to DREAMY LADY. The catalogue number should have been MARC 12, fitting in after DREAMY LADY, and before LONDON BOYS, both minor hits. I have no idea, why the release was cancelled...Anyone???
December 6, 200717 yr looking around the internet all I can find is that the T.Rex song was "cancelled at the 11th hour". Apparently it was a three track single, along with Telegram Sam and Metal Guru and the catalog number was indeed EMI Marc 12! http://www.rockmine.com/Bolan/BolDisc.html
December 7, 200717 yr Author So, from today, and into next week, the most played Christmas songs on Independant radio 1973 - 2007. On this chart, all versions of a particular song have been listed together, i.e. SANTA BABY, MARY`S BOY CHILD etc. So, here is 30 - 21... 30 BLUE CHRISTMAS - SHAKIN` STEVENS, ELVIS PRELEY 29 2000 MILES - PRETENDERS 1983, number 15 28 SANTA BABY - MADONNA, KYLIE MINOGUE, EARTHA KITT 27 THANK GOD IT`S CHRISTMAS - QUEEN 1984, number 21 26 DRIVIN` HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA 1988, number 5 25 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - ELTON JOHN 1973 number 21 24 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE - FREIHEIGHT 1988, number 12 23 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING - WAITRESSES 1982, number 47 22 CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE (THE CHRISTMAS SONG) - NAT KING COLE 60, ALEXANDER O` NEIL 89 21 SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN` TO TOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, DARLENE LOVE etc. More on this soon... Edited December 12, 200717 yr by trevs
December 7, 200717 yr How did Cliff Richard's low selling 21st Century Christmas outsell the Idols large selling single Happy Xmas (War Is Over)? Because the Idols wasn't large selling. It was more like a flop! It only reached #5 and then dropped out quickly. The thing is it wasn't 'War is over' as War on Iraq had only just begun.
December 7, 200717 yr Author Because the Idols wasn't large selling. It was more like a flop! It only reached #5 and then dropped out quickly. The thing is it wasn't 'War is over' as War on Iraq had only just begun. It has to be said that neither single, stayed around that long. BO SELECTA and THE IDOLS were right next to each other, in 2003, at number 4 and 5 respectively. Cliff, only had 3 weeks, in the top 50, although achieving a physical number one. S. CLUB JUNIORS didn`t hang around long with the double A side SLEIGH RIDE/PUPPY LOVE in 2002...splitting, the same sort of figure, as a minor 1965, top 10 hit, for the BARRON KNIGHTS, along with the CRAZY FROG`s JINGLE BELLS in 2005. Edited December 7, 200717 yr by trevs
December 12, 200717 yr Author Carrying on with the top 20, most played Christmas songs... 20 SAVIOURS DAY - CLIFF RICHARD 1990 number 1 19 WINTER WONDERLAND - ANNIE LENNOX, DARLENE LOVE, JOHNNY MATHIS ETC. 18 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN` STEVENS 1985 number 1 17 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - GREG LAKE 1975 number 2 16 MARY`S BOY CHILD - BONEY M 1978 number 1 15 MISTLETOE AND WINE - CLIFF RICHARD 1988 number 1 14 A SPACEMAN CAME TRAVELLING - CHRIS DE BURGH 1975/86 13 MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING - CARPENTERS 1972 number 43 12 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN - JOHNNY MATHIS 1976 number 1 11 WHITE CHRISTMAS - BING CROSBY, DARLENE LOVE etc. 10 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - MUD 1974 number 1 09 STOP THE CALVARY - JONA LEWIE 1980 number 3 08 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME - PAUL MCCARTNEY 1979 number 6 07 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 1994 number 2 06 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 1987 number 3 05 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 1973 number 4 04 HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) - JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND, IDOLS 03 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM, WHIGFIELD etc. 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 1973 number 1 01 DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 1984/85/89/05 So, the CARPENTERS, and CHRIS DE BURGH are the 2 most played songs, too have never made the top 20 singles chart! All that based on Independant Radio airplay 1973 - 2006. Edited December 12, 200717 yr by trevs
December 12, 200717 yr Great list, a ton of them bonafide classics! :yahoo: :yahoo: Some tunes that are surprisingly not there: Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad :rofl: :rofl: Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Joni Mitchell - River Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love Into Your Heart Squeeze - Christmas Day Do you have any Independent Radio playlists of the 1980's to share? :D :D Edited December 12, 200717 yr by Drastic Cynosure
December 13, 200717 yr Why is "Keeping The Dream Alive" classed as a Christmas single? It's always baffled me why it's on Christmas compilations, just like "Only You" by The Flying Pickets. These songs have nothing to do with Christmas other than they were hits in December.
December 13, 200717 yr Author Why is "Keeping The Dream Alive" classed as a Christmas single? It's always baffled me why it's on Christmas compilations, just like "Only You" by The Flying Pickets. These songs have nothing to do with Christmas other than they were hits in December. Quite agree! If it was not on the Independant Radio list, we would have removed it. Somebody argued the other day, that the Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, was a Christmas song, because the video, had the wise men in it! It`s true that these Christmas compilations, put these songs on, that are not even about Christmas. I was listening to one, that had Snowbird by Anne Murray on it. That`s nothing about Christmas either. Then, later on it had When the Red Red Robin, Comes Bob Bob Bobbing Along by Bing Crosby...it was more to do with songs about birds! Further down that Independant Radio list, there is The Land of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz...again no direct connection to Christmas! Edited December 13, 200717 yr by trevs
December 13, 200717 yr It's always bafffled me why the Frankie Goes To Hollywood song is on most Christmas compilations.
December 13, 200717 yr Author Notice that the Christmas compilations, don`t celebrate the New Year. Why don`t the record companies, put together a New Year compilation? It would be quite a ploy, in the quiet week of new releases, between Christmas, and the 31st December. It could feature ABBA, U2, DINA CARROLL, CLIFF, FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS, the G CLEFS, PAUL NICHOLAS and JOHN CHRISTIE on it...all bonafide New Year songs! Can anyone think of any other artists, who have done New Year related material?
December 14, 200717 yr It's always bafffled me why the Frankie Goes To Hollywood song is on most Christmas compilations. It came out Xmas 1984 and video has Nativity Scene
December 14, 200717 yr It came out Xmas 1984 and video has Nativity Scene Which is enough to make it a Christmas song, of course.
December 31, 200717 yr Why don`t the record companies, put together a New Year compilation? It could feature ABBA, U2, DINA CARROLL, CLIFF, FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS, the G CLEFS, PAUL NICHOLAS and JOHN CHRISTIE on it...all bonafide New Year songs! Can anyone think of any other artists, who have done New Year related material? George Harrison Ding Dong (Happy New Year) released December 1974, reached no. 38, 5 weeks in Top 75.
January 1, 200817 yr Notice that the Christmas compilations, don`t celebrate the New Year. Why don`t the record companies, put together a New Year compilation? It would be quite a ploy, in the quiet week of new releases, between Christmas, and the 31st December. It could feature ABBA, U2, DINA CARROLL, CLIFF, FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS, the G CLEFS, PAUL NICHOLAS and JOHN CHRISTIE on it...all bonafide New Year songs! Can anyone think of any other artists, who have done New Year related material? "January" by Pilot, was a #1 hit in February, forget which year. Then of course there's "January, February" by Barbara Dickson
November 23, 200816 yr Shall we resurrect last years thread, for Christmas 2008? As Trevs started it last year, and has been unwell for over 3 months now, I think it might be a nice tribute. When I find time, I will try to update the chart up to this year...
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