ISBN: 9780898201616
Every Charted Christmas Single And Album Over 85 Years!
Charted holiday classics cover to cover — a jolly, joyous celebration of America’s favorite holiday music from 1920-2004! This complete history of every charted Christmas single and album is drawn from a diversity of Billboard charts and music genres. Arranged by artist, with full chart data and all the trimmings for every Christmas hit!
We scoured every Pop chart … every R&B chart … every Country chart …every Adult Contemporary chart … every Rock Tracks chart … every Dance/Disco Club Play chart … every Jazz chart … every Kid chart … every Bubbling Under chart … every Catalog chart … and, of course, every Christmas/Holiday chart … to fill this book with charted holiday classics cover to cover. If it’s about Christmas and it made the charts – any Billboard chart – it’s here! Nothing warms the heart more than a familiar Christmas song, be it a sacred hymn – “O Holy Night,” “The First Noel” or “Silent Night” – or a secular favorite – “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” or “White Christmas” – and Christmas In The Charts 1920-2004 covers them all. For merry measure, we’ve also listed every chart hit that could be classified as a seasonal song about “Winter,” “Snow” or “Cold December Days,” including titles such as “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and “Winter World Of Love.” Also listed are all New Year’s-related chart hits – for example, “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” and “It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve.”
Arranged by Artist, Complete with Full Chart Data & All the Trimmings on Every Chart Entry for Every Christmas Hit
… Chart genre • Chart debut date • Peak chart position • Total weeks charted • Every chart entry of each hit is listed separately in chronological order by debut date. (For instance, Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” single is listed 23 times; while “Elvis Presley’s “Christmas Album” is listed 32 times!) • Original label and number • Any label changes for titles that charted for several decades • The B-sides of all charted vinyl singles are shown • Record price guide lists values of near-mint copies of each Christmas record • Special symbols denote special types of singles, such as Instrumental, Novelty, Comedy, Live and more • Artist biographies • Comprehensive title notes • A complete track listing for every album entry lists all tracks in the order in which they appear on the album (with all tracks that appear in the Singles Section shown in bold type).
Christmas Photo Album…
A 24-page photo section shows 286 black-and-white photos of Christmas picture sleeves, album covers, 45 rpm and 78 rpm labels, CD and cassette singles, EPs and more!
From pastime to passion to profitable enterprise, the growth of Record Research has been the outgrowth of Joel Whitburn’s hobby. Joel began collecting records as a teenager in the 1950s. As his collection grew, he began to sort, categorize and file each record according to the highest position it reached on Billboard magazine's charts. He went on to publish this information — first on individual artists’ cards, then in book form in 1970 — and a business was born.
Over the nearly six decades since, Record Research has created data of the life of a recording on America's major music charts, publishing 189 reference books in print. Joel also collaborated with Warner/Rhino Records in creating a series of 150 CD albums, plus five CD albums with Curb Records.
The Joel Whitburn Music Archive remains unrivaled and includes every charted Hot 100 and pop single (back to 1936), every charted pop album (back to 1945), collections of nearly every charted Country, R&B, Bubbling Under The Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary records. The collection also boasts one of the world’s largest picture sleeve collections, many of which are displayed in the series of books (Top 40 Hits, Top 40 Albums, Top 40 Country Hits, Top 40 R&B Hits) he authored for Billboard’s book division.
The world's most authoritative historian on charted music passed away in 2022, still researching the charts until his final day. His Record Research legacy continues.
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