The rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s Christmas Top 50.

[NightTrain]

TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS

HOLIDAY SPECIAL - Here are the results of a Christmas survey that Roger Ford did a few years ago among the members of the 1950s music newsgroup. Voters were encouraged to vote only for records that were from the NG's era, and only by the artists that are discussed in the group, so there are virtually no records listed that are from after 1963.

CHRISTMAS RECORDS POLL RESULTS - DECEMBER 2001

Each participating member ranked his top 6 Christmas songs in order, from # 1 to # 6, and the results were then tabulated, with 6 points being awarded to each #1 choice,5 points for a
#2 choice and so on.

Each record is shown with the point total it achieved. In the case of "ties" the position in the listing is shared.

Votes for more than one version of a song by the same artist (example: Nat Cole's "The Christmas Song" which was re-recorded by Nat himself) were all tabulated together under a single entry.

THE TOP 50 CHRISTMAS RECORDINGS:

RANK RECORDING ARTIST POINTS
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1. "WHITE CHRISTMAS" - The Drifters 103
2. "THE CHRISTMAS SONG" - Nat "King" Cole 56
3. "BLUE CHRISTMAS" - Elvis Presley 50
4. "MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY" - Charles Brown 39
4. "PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" - Charles Brown 39
6. "SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN" - Elvis Presley 34
7. "JINGLE BELL ROCK" - Bobby Helms 33
7. "RUN RUDOLPH RUN" - Chuck Berry 33
9. "CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME)" - Darlene Love 27
10. "WHITE CHRISTMAS" - Bing Crosby 25
11. "IT'S GONNA BE A LONELY CHRISTMAS" - The Orioles 21
12. "ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE" - Brenda Lee 20
13. "SLEIGH RIDE" - The Ronettes 14
14. "HEY SANTA CLAUS" - The Moonglows 13
14. "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN" - The Crystals 13
14. "THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY" - The Harry Simone Chorale 13
17. "RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER" - The Cadillacs 12
18. "HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS" -Judy Garland 10
19. "CHRISTMAS DRAGNET" - Stan Freberg 9
20. "I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS" - Jimmy Boyd 8
20. "I'M WALKING BACKWARDS FOR CHRISTMAS" - The Goons 8
20. "MARY'S BOY CHILD" - Harry Belafonte 8
20. "WINTER WONDERLAND" - Darlene Love 8
24. "CHRISTMAS TIME FOR EVERYONE BUT ME" - The Midnighters 7
24. "DIG THAT CRAZY SANTA CLAUS" - Oscar McLollie 7
24. "HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS" - Perry Como 7
24. "JUST A LONELY CHRISTMAS" - The Moonglows 7
24. "SLEIGH RIDE" - Leroy Anderson 7

[SidDithers]

1. My fave from that period is "Shake Hands with Santa Claus" by ...

Louis Prima

Prima was cool :)

Sid

[NightTrain]

2. I like Louis Prima myself.

I eat antipasto twice just because she is so nice, Angelina.
Angelina, the waitress at the pizzeria.

[SidDithers]

3. And I'll join in Matrimony, with the girl who serves spumoni...

and Angelina will be mine...

:toast:

Sid