The song is "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby.
Since 1958, only "The Chipmunk Song" by David Seville and the Chipmunks has topped the "Hot 100". In the years between 1940 and 1957, however, three Christmas songs topped the Billboard retail sales charts: Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" (1942), Spike Jones' "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth), and Jimmy Boyd's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (1952). Vaughn Monroe's "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" (a much recorded holiday standard) reached #1 shortly after the Christmas season of 1945.
The Dark Side of the Moon remained on the Billboard 200 for 741 consecutive weeks(over 14 years). No albums have surpassed this and it's highly unlikely that any ever will.
Johnny Cash's number one hits:1956, 'I Walk The Line'1963, 'Ring of Fire'1969, 'A Boy Named Sue'Johnny Cash had:5 Platinum Albums6 Gold Albums5 Grammy Awards5 CMA Awards for single or album of the yearJohnny Cash had at least two singles on the Billboard Country Charts for a record of 30 consecutive years.
Hank Snow's best selling album was Hello Love which had the highest chart position in the American Billboard Hot Country charts and saw Hank Snow be the oldest singer to have a No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and he held that position for 26 years before being knocked off by Kenny Rogers.
The song is actually called, "Please Come Home for Christmas" and was released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown.The song was written by Charles Brown and Gene Redd and reached number 76 on the Billboard charts, in the US, in December 1960. It appeared in the Christmas Singles chart for nine of the next 12 years, reaching number 1 in 1972.The song was subsequently covered by numerous diverse artists - most notably The Eagles, in 1978 and has provided Christmas hit singles for various country artists in recent years.
Since 1958, only "The Chipmunk Song" by David Seville and the Chipmunks has topped the "Hot 100". In the years between 1940 and 1957, however, three Christmas songs topped the Billboard retail sales charts: Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" (1942), Spike Jones' "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth), and Jimmy Boyd's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (1952). Vaughn Monroe's "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" (a much recorded holiday standard) reached #1 shortly after the Christmas season of 1945.
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Lonestar released the song Amazed in March of 1999 and the hit spent 8 weeks at the top of the Country Billboard Music Charts. Many other artists have covered the song in the years since.
The Dark Side of the Moon remained on the Billboard 200 for 741 consecutive weeks(over 14 years). No albums have surpassed this and it's highly unlikely that any ever will.
The song 'Lovesong' was released in the year 1989 as the third single from their eighth studio album 'Disintegration'. It peaked at number two on the Billboard charts in the US and has been covered by artists such as Adele in recent years.
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Johnny Cash's number one hits:1956, 'I Walk The Line'1963, 'Ring of Fire'1969, 'A Boy Named Sue'Johnny Cash had:5 Platinum Albums6 Gold Albums5 Grammy Awards5 CMA Awards for single or album of the yearJohnny Cash had at least two singles on the Billboard Country Charts for a record of 30 consecutive years.
Hank Snow's best selling album was Hello Love which had the highest chart position in the American Billboard Hot Country charts and saw Hank Snow be the oldest singer to have a No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and he held that position for 26 years before being knocked off by Kenny Rogers.
A "score" is 20 consecutive years in time. 3 "score" would be 60 consecutive years.
The song is actually called, "Please Come Home for Christmas" and was released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown.The song was written by Charles Brown and Gene Redd and reached number 76 on the Billboard charts, in the US, in December 1960. It appeared in the Christmas Singles chart for nine of the next 12 years, reaching number 1 in 1972.The song was subsequently covered by numerous diverse artists - most notably The Eagles, in 1978 and has provided Christmas hit singles for various country artists in recent years.
Lillie Bryant, formerly of Billy and Lillie, topped the Billboard charts for over 10 weeks and received world fame in 1958 for the song "La Dee Dah".
West Indies won the world cup two consecutive years (1975 and 1979). Australia won the World Cup three consecutive years (1999, 2003, 2007).