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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2018 6:49:05 GMT 1
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)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2018 6:55:27 GMT 1
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)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2018 7:01:41 GMT 1
1958 : Perry Como - Love Makes The World Go Round
Christmas week : # 7 UK peak position : # 6
Top 3 : 1. Perry Como - Love Makes The World Go Round (UK # 7) 2. Lonnie Donegan - Tom Dooley (UK # 3) 3. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe (UK # 1)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2018 7:14:51 GMT 1
2003 : Shane Ritchie - I'm Your Man
Christmas week : # 9 UK peak position : # 2
Top 3 : 1. Shane Ritchie - I'm Your Man (UK # 9) 2. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World (UK # 1) 3. Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne - Changes (UK # 3)
Possibly my least favourite top 3 selection from all years.
My Christmas Top 3 : 01. (NE) Fast Food Rockers - I Love Christmas 02. (01) Cheeky Girls - Have A Cheeky Christmas 03. (02) Evanescence - My Immortal
British pop group Fast Food Rockers stole Christmas # 1 from Cheeky Girls with the modern classic "I Love Christmas" (UK # 25).
Based on new released singles it's my favourite December ever. Lovely festive top 2 + "It's My Life", "Life For Rent", "Not Me, Not I", "Nothing Fails" / "Love Profusion".
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2018 8:49:43 GMT 1
6/10 (Part 1) : 14. Westlife - I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun (1999) 15. Human League - Don't You Want Me (1981) 16. Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home (1966) 17. Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (1971) 18. Michael Jackson - Earth Song (1995) 19. Cliff Richard - I Love You (1960) 20. Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2017)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 6:32:17 GMT 1
1976 : ABBA - Money, Money, Money
Christmas week : # 3 UK peak position : # 3
Top 3 : 1. ABBA - Money, Money, Money (UK # 3) 2. Smokie - Living Next Door To Alice (UK # 9) 3. Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon Of Love (UK # 2)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 6:42:22 GMT 1
2014 : Take That - These Days
Christmas week : # 7 UK peak position : # 1
Top 3 * : 1. Take That - These Days (UK # 7) 2. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (UK # 5) 3. Ben Haenow - Something I Need (UK # 1)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 6:52:18 GMT 1
1956 : Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly - True Love
Christmas week : # 5 UK peak position : # 4
Top 3 : 1. Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly - True Love (UK # 5) 2. Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues (UK # 2) 3. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rip It Up (UK # 9)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 7:05:35 GMT 1
1991 : Brian May - Driven By You
Christmas week : # 8 UK peak position : # 6
Top 3 : 1. Brian May - Driven By You (UK # 8) 2. George Michael and Elton John - Don't Let The Shine Go Down On Me (UK # 3) 3. Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (UK # 1)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 7:12:35 GMT 1
1953 : Lee Lawrence - Crying In The Chapel
Christmas week : # 10 UK peak position : # 7
Top 3 : 1. Lee Lawrence - Crying In The Chapel (UK # 10) 2. David Whitfield - Answer Me (UK # 2) 3. Frankie Laine - Answer Me (UK # 1)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 7:30:21 GMT 1
Before top 10 : 11. Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963) 12. Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day (1990) 13. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (1987)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 6:41:46 GMT 1
1964 : Petula Clark - Downtown
Christmas week : # 2 UK peak position : # 2
My favourite British singer from 50s-60s period Petula Clark was a "Queen of Christmas" with 4 consecutive Christmas number ones (from 1964 to 1967) in my retrospective charts.
Top 3 : 1. Petula Clark - Downtown (UK # 2) 2. Cliff Richard - I Could Easily Fall (UK # 9) 3. Beatles - I Feel Fine (UK # 1)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 6:43:24 GMT 1
1973 : New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
Christmas week : # 3 UK peak position : # 1
It's my favourite single from 1973 year.
Top 3 : 1. New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (UK # 3) 2. Roxy Music - Street Life (UK # 10) 3. Marie Osmond - Paper Roses (UK # 6)
I didn't find a place in top 3 for Christmas classics from Slade and Wizzard.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 6:44:46 GMT 1
1996 : Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Christmas week : # 3 UK peak position : # 3
Top 3 : 1. Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (UK # 3) 2. Beautiful South - Don't Marry Her (UK # 10) 3. Celine Dion - All By Myself (UK # 9)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 6:51:07 GMT 1
1955 : Petula Clark - Suddenly There's A Valley
Christmas week : # 9 UK peak position : # 7
Top 3 : 1. Petula Clark - Suddenly There's A Valley (UK # 9) 2. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (UK # 2) 3. Dickie Valentine - Christmas Alphabet (UK # 1)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 7:00:59 GMT 1
1993 : Elton John & Kiki Dee - True Love
Christmas week : # 9 UK peak position : # 2
Top 3 : 1. Elton John & Kiki Dee - True Love (UK # 9) 2. Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby (UK # 1) 3. Take That - Babe (UK # 2)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 7:05:17 GMT 1
1997 : Aqua - Barbie GirlChristmas week : # 6 UK peak position : # 1 Top 3 :1. Aqua - Barbie Girl (UK # 6) 2. Robbie Williams - Angels (UK # 7) 3. Spice Girls - Too Much (UK # 1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGwB-f1xfxMThere is no way for other # 1 at this Christmas. British girl group Vanilla easily hold # 1 for the second week (from their 4 weeks at # 1) with the one from two most hated # 1s of my chart. Why this summer tune was released in the end of November ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 7:25:38 GMT 1
1967 : Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
Christmas week : # 5 UK peak position : # 5
Top 3 : 1. Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (UK # 5) 2. Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (UK # 1) 3. Val Doonican - If The Whole World Stopped Lovin` (UK # 4)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 7:42:39 GMT 1
# 6 - # 10 : 6. Military Wives - Wherever You Are (2011) - 7/10 7. Wings - Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School (1977) - 7/10 8. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine (1988) - 6/10 9. Elvis Presley - Return To Sender (1962) - 6/10 10. Flying Pickets - Only You (1983) - 6/10
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2018 12:27:01 GMT 1
2005 : Girls Aloud - See The Day
Christmas week : # 9 UK peak position : # 9
Top 3 : 1. Girls Aloud - See The Day (UK # 9) 2. Shayne Ward - That's My Goal (UK # 1) 3. Coldplay - Talk (UK # 10)
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