History of The Music Charts

Billboard Magazine began publication in 1894. It mainly covered Advertising and what they used to call the “Bill Posting” industry. It also covered the earliest Public Relations news. By 1896 it also covered agricultural fairs – there weren’t conventions back then. In 1900 it went from being a monthly magazine to weekly, and started to […]

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Top 100 Modern and Classic Rock Christmas Songs

Top 100 Modern and Classic Rock Christmas Songs 1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Bruce Springsteen 2. It’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – U2 3. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) – Trans Siberian Orchestra 4. Please Come Home for Christmas – The Eagles 5. 2000 Miles – The Pretenders 6. Christmas Is The […]

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The Top 100 Christmas Pop Songs

The Top 100 Christmas Pop Songs 1. All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey 2. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) – Nat King Cole 3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Bruce Springsteen 4. Rocking Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee 5. It’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) […]

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Top 100 Holiday Songs Secular Christmas Music

Top 100 Holiday Songs 1. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry (or Burl Ives) 2. Frosty The Snowman – Jimmy Durante (or The Ronettes) 3. All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey 4. The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole 5. Jingle Bells – Rosemary Clooney (or Frank Sinatra) 6. White […]

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The Biggest Selling Christmas Albums & CDs of All Time

The Biggest Christmas Albums & CDs of All Time Anthology Christmas Albums: Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits 1935-1954 (1989) White Christmas (Bing Crosby) ~ Let Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Vaughn Monroe) ~ Rudolph The Rd-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry) ~ The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) (Nat ‘King’ Cole) ~ All I Want […]

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The Top 100 Old Time Christmas Carols and Holiday Songs

Christmas Carols and Old Time Christmas Songs 1. Silent Night 2. Jingle Bells 3. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) – Nat King Cole 4. White Christmas 5. O Holy Night 6. The First Noel 7. Welcome Christmas (Reprise) – How The Grinch Stole Christmas Soundtrack 8. O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) […]

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1964: Beatlemania Rocks The USA

1964: Beatlemania Rocks The USA On February 7, 1964 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr arrived in America, with their manager Brian Epstein, producer Phil Spector, and other record company dignitaries. It started the ‘British Invasion’ – making room for The Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits, The Zombies, Freddy and the Dreamers, The […]

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1962: Year of Chubby Checker and The Twist

1962 – The Year of Chubby Checker and The Twist Chubby Checker’s version of The Twist came out August 1, 1960 and he followed it up with non-stop touring, The Hucklebuck, Pony Time, Let’s Twist Again, and repeated The Twist with a second release on November 13, 1961. The Twist The Twist was first shown […]

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