It's Christmas! The 1960s were the golden era of music. The Beatles topped the UK singles chart four years during Christmas — in 1963, with I Want To Hold Your Hand, in 1964 with I Feel Fine, in 1965 with Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out, and again in 1967, with Hello Goodbye. The 1966 Christmas No 1 was Green, Green Grass Of Home by Tom Jones. Before the Beatles came Elvis Presley. He had two Christmas No 1s: It's Now Or Never in 1960 and Return To Sender in 1962. Here they are — Elvis and the Beatles.
1963 UK Christmas No 1
1964 UK Christmas No 1
1965 UK Christmas No 1
1960 UK Christmas No 1
1962 UK Christmas No 1
Yes, here are two clips of Elvis singing It's Now Or Never.
Here's the complete list of 1960s UK Christmas chart-toppers from the Official Charts Company, with the date they went No 1 and the number of weeks they spent at the top.
1969 Two Little Boys: Rolf Harris (Dec 20, 6 weeks)
1968 Lily The Pink: Scaffold (Dec 11, 3 weeks)
1967 Hello Goodbye: The Beatles (Dec 6, 7 weeks)
1966 Green, Green Grass Of Home: Tom Jones (Dec 1, 7 weeks)
1965 Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out: The Beatles (Dec 16, 5 weeks)
1964 I Feel Fine: The Beatles (Dec 10, 5 weeks)
1963 I Want To Hold Your Hand: The Beatles (Dec 12, 5 weeks)
1962 Return To Sender: Elvis Presley (Dec 13, 3 weeks)
1961 Tower Of Strength: Frankie Vaughan (Dec 7, 3 weeks)
1960 It's Now Or Never: Elvis Presley (Nov 3, 8 weeks).
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