The best-selling Christmas album of 1963 was The Andy Williams Christmas Album, by Andy Williams. [6] Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Stream Top 40 slágerlista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved June 9, 2019. Caulfield, Keith (2017-01-05). "Drake's 'Views' Is Nielsen Music's Top Album of 2016 in the U.S." Billboard. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . Retrieved 2017-11-29. The best-selling Christmas album of 1960 was Christmas Sing-Along with Mitch, by Mitch Miller & the Gang.

October – Aphex Twin courts controversy with the video to his single " Come to Daddy'". The video is banned by TV networks for being "too frightening". Minstrel Number: "I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show" / "Mister Bones" / " Mandy" (Crosby, Kaye, Clooney & Chorus) October – Asyla for orchestra by Thomas Adès is performed for the first time, at Birmingham Symphony Hall.Andy Williams' Yule Mark: Tops 2 Charts". Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. December 21, 1963 . Retrieved January 1, 2020. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.195. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.55. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Musicmama from New York, NyA great-uncle of mine who was in North Africa during WWII told me that some of his fellow-soldiers had their own version of this song: I'm Dreaming of a White Mistress.

Arneel, Gene (January 5, 1955). " '54 Dream Pic: 'White Xmas' ". Variety. p.5 . Retrieved June 28, 2019– via Internet Archive. Italian Charts – Marco Mengoni – White Christmas (song)". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien . Retrieved December 21, 2012. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"/"Hey Kris Kringle" ( J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)/(Coots, Gillespie) – 2:39Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.62. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. a b Hood, Thomas (October 18, 1953). " 'White Christmas': From Pop Tune to Picture". The New York Times. p.X5. Berlin musical comes to life: 'White Christmas' stays true to form". Louisville Courier-Journal. November 15, 2008. Koskoff, Ellen (2016). "Is "White Christmas" a Piece of Jewish Music?". In Ran, Amalia; Morad, Moshe (eds.). Mazal Tov, Amigos! Jews and Popular Music in the Americas. Boston, Massachusetts: Brill. p.11. ISBN 9789004184473. Bing from Holiday Inn, CtJust a couple of historical notes: Elton John did originally write "Candle in the Wind" with Bernie Taupin as an ode to Marilyn Monroe, thus "Goodbye Norma Jean" (Baker). One of their best songs. "It seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to turn to when the rains set in. And I would have liked to've known you, but I was just a kid. Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did." Bernie Taupin wrote some truly great lyrics. "Goodbye England's Rose" was the song they wrote (lyrics modified from Candle), to the same tune, which Sir Elton sang at Princess Diana's funeral, because they were very close long-time friends.

This 8-line song that paints a picture of holiday nostalgia was written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 movie Holiday Inn, where Bing Crosby sings it from the perspective of a New Yorker stranded in sunny California during Christmas. In the film, the song begins with this verse: According to Crosby's nephew, Howard Crosby, "I once asked Uncle Bing about the most difficult thing he ever had to do during his entertainment career… He said in December, 1944, he was in a USO show with Bob Hope and the Andrews Sisters. They did an outdoor show in northern France… he had to stand there and sing 'White Christmas' with 100,000 G.I.s in tears without breaking down himself. Of course, a lot of those boys were killed in the Battle of the Bulge a few days later." [20]Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.42. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Rosalie from Newark, DeI really love this Album by Bing Crosby. I grew up in Singapore in the 1950's and 1960's, and this is the ONE Christmas Album that went around the world with us (Literally) through the years!!! Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.186. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.136. ISBN 0-89820-161-6.