Elvis and the Beatles: 1960s Christmas chart-toppers

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

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Christmas No 1s of the Noughties

Reading about the battle to top the UK singles chart this week — won by Rage Against The Machine — I wanted to find out the big hits during Christmases past.

Let's begin with the Noughties. My favourite is Somethin' Stupid by Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra, which charted in 1967, but this was the version that topped the UK singles chart on December 22, 2001, and it stayed No 1 for three weeks, according to the Official Charts Company. Here is Robbie Williams with Nicole Kidman singing Somethin' Stupid. He is back on the charts now with You Know Me.

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