Who had the 'Christmas Number One' in 1986 with 'Reet Petite'?
"in 1988. The music video was filmed on-location in New York City. Side one Side two Side one Side two British indie band The Housemartins released ""Caravan of Love"" in November 1986. The a cappella song was a success, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart on 16 December 1986, (only the second a cappella recording to do so, after ""Only You"" by the Flying Pickets in 1983), before being denied the Christmas number one single by a posthumous re-release of Jackie Wilson's ""Reet Petite"". The song was released on the greatest hits compilation ""Now That's What I Call"
"Petit Papa Noël ""Petit Papa Noël"" (literally ""little Father Christmas"") is a 1946 song recorded by French singer Tino Rossi. Written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet, this Christmas song was originally performed by Rossi in Richard Pottier's film ""Destins"". It is currently the best-selling single of all time in France, with over 5,711,000 units sold. The song peaked at #6 on December 28, 1991 (the French SNEP Singles Chart was created on November 4, 1984), and was ranked every year under several labels, including Disques Pathé, Fifty Five and M6 Interactions (every label is charted separately). The song has"
"been covered by many artists over the years. Original version Petit Papa Noël ""Petit Papa Noël"" (literally ""little Father Christmas"") is a 1946 song recorded by French singer Tino Rossi. Written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet, this Christmas song was originally performed by Rossi in Richard Pottier's film ""Destins"". It is currently the best-selling single of all time in France, with over 5,711,000 units sold. The song peaked at #6 on December 28, 1991 (the French SNEP Singles Chart was created on November 4, 1984), and was ranked every year under several labels, including Disques Pathé, Fifty Five and"
"renamed as Renée and Renato. They recorded the song, ""Save Your Love"", which became the 1982 Christmas number one. By that stage Gibbon had already joined another group, and the contractually enforced follow-ups, ""Just One More Kiss"" and ""Jesus Loves Us All"", flopped. Gibbon returned to private life after the fame died down, but Renato still sang, mainly on cruise ships and occasionally at his son's restaurant, Renato's, in Tamworth, Staffordshire. His later credits included a guest spot on the TV comedy show ""Little and Large"". He is also rumoured to have been the singer for the Wall's ice cream"
"christmas classic ""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"", which was performed by themselves from their 2002 christmas album, ""The Gift of Christmas"". The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and became the fifth En Vogue single in two years to peak at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. In the UK, it was released as a Double A-side single with ""Free Your Mind"" and reached the top twenty. This song is led entirely by Dawn Robinson and background vocals led by Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones. Nichole Cordova performed the"
"chart-topper ""Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"". Many popular children's TV characters would try to claim the Christmas number one spot after this. In 1997, the Teletubbies who reached number one the previous week failed to gain it with their single ""Say Eh-oh!"". They came second in the charts to The Spice Girls second of three consecutive Christmas number ones, with ""Too Much"". Later on at the turn of the millennium, Bob the Builder was successful in achieving a Christmas number one in 2000, with ""Can We Fix It?"". However, Bob the Builder did have another number one single"
"until 1991. Many songs this year competed for the Christmas number one single, and the entire top 3 from 1984 re-entered the chart this year; Paul McCartney's ""We All Stand Together"" at number 32, Wham!'s ""Last Christmas"" at number 6, and Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" at number 3. There were also attempts from Bruce Springsteen with a cover of ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"", and ventriloquist Keith Harris released a cover of ""White Christmas"" with his green puppet Orville the Duck. However, the Christmas number one went to Shakin' Stevens with the song ""Merry Christmas Everyone""."
"by Diana Ross, ""Christmas Island"" (1996) by Jimmy Buffett, and ""These Are Special Times"" (1998) by Celine Dion. This trend has continued with ""Save This Christmas for Me"" (2001) by Johnny Logan, ""Christmas Is Almost Here"" (2002) by Carly Simon, ""December"" (2003) by the Moody Blues, ""It's Christmas, Of Course"" (2007) by Darlene Love, ""A Winter Symphony"" (2008) by Sarah Brightman, ""Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon"" (2009) by REO Speedwagon, ""Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)"" (2010) by Daniel Powter, ""Happy Christmas"" (2010) by Jessica Simpson, ""Hear the Bells"" (2011) by Vanessa Carlton, ""Ugly Sweater Party"" by the a"
"LeAnn Rimes, for her album ""What a Wonderful World"" (this cover version peaked at No. 3 on ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart, No. 48 on ""Billboard"" Country Singles chart, and No. 30 on ""Billboard""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Holiday Songs chart) <br> 2006 Rhonda Vincent, for her album ""Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection"" <br> 2007 Hannah Montana for the ""Disney Channel Holiday"" soundtrack <br> 1910 Fruitgum Company, for their album ""Bubblegum Christmas"" <br> 2008 Davie Allan & the Arrows, for their album ""Fuzz for the Holidays"" <br> 2009 Lotta Engberg (titled ""Julen Är Här""), for the album ""Jul hos mig"" <br> 2011 Vanessa Neigert, for"
"I got Christmas number one it would be the best feeling in the world,"" she said. ""I'd be ecstatic. I don't know if I'd be able to look Simon Cowell in the eye! No, I don't think he'd talk to me!"" She subsequently said that she was not disappointed that the single did not make it into the UK top 20. Other artists who have covered the song include: Driving Home for Christmas ""Driving Home for Christmas"" is a popular Christmas single written and composed by Chris Rea and released in 1988. It was originally released as one of two"
"the Christmas number one of 1987, with their cover of Elvis Presley's ""Always on My Mind"". The Pogues peaked at number 2 and has been re-issued several times since, reaching the top 10 in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In the world of classical music, Nicholas Maw's new work ""Odyssey"" made an impact, and veteran composer Malcolm Arnold produced his ""Salute to Thomas Merritt"", Op. 98, whilst Michael Nyman and Judith Weir both brought new operas to the stage. The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition was won by Italian soprano Valeria Esposito, and the Lieder prize was introduced into"
"to have ever been Christmas number one twice, in both 1975 and 1991. At the turn of the 21st century, songs associated with reality shows became a frequent source of Christmas number ones in the UK. In 2002, ""Popstars The Rivals"" produced the top three singles on the British Christmas charts. The ""rival"" groups produced by the series—the girl group Girls Aloud and the boy band One True Voice—finished first and second respectively on the charts. Failed contestants The Cheeky Girls charted with a novelty hit, ""Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)"", at third. Briton Will Young, winner of the first"
"2002 in the United States. In 2006, the song was recorded and released by British singer Leona Lewis, the winner of the third series of ""The X Factor."" Her version was the Christmas number one for 2006, outselling the rest of the top 40 combined. Lewis' version has sold 914,000 copies as of 2015. The song was co-written by Jörgen Elofsson and John Reid (of dance act Nightcrawlers) and produced by Stephen Ferrera and Steve Mac. It was written to be the first single for the winner of the first season of ""American Idol"". As a result, the four remaining"
"first solo number 1 single with ""I Just Called to Say I Love You"", from the soundtrack of the film ""The Woman in Red"", selling over a million. He had first charted at the age of 15 with ""Uptight (Everything's Alright)"" in 1966, and had previously had a number 1 in 1982 with a duet with Paul McCartney, ""Ebony and Ivory"". In 1985 his harmonica playing featured in Eurythmics' number 1 hit ""There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"". The Christmas number one single contained over 40 artists. ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"", written by Bob Geldof and"
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"", a song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, was introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical ""Meet Me in St. Louis"". Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In 2007, ASCAP ranked it the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members. In 2004 it finished at No. 76 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs rankings of the top tunes in American cinema. The song was written while Martin was vacationing in a flat in"
"went to number one on 29 December 1990, becoming that year's Christmas number one and replacing the previous week's UK number one, ""Ice Ice Baby"" by Vanilla Ice. A week later ""Saviour's Day"" dropped back down to number three, and spent only one more week in the top 40 at number twenty. The final charted spot in the top 100 was on 19 January 1991, when ""Saviour's Day"" was at number 53. The song was Richard's second solo Christmas number one in the UK, after ""Mistletoe and Wine"" in 1988. In 2005, ""Saviour's Day"" was one of two songs by"
"they agreed to record an a cappella Christmas album called ""An Evening in December"". The album sold well in the Contemporary Christian market, and the trio was offered the opportunity to accompany five-time Grammy Award-winning Christian vocalist Sandi Patty on her 150-city ""Let There Be Praise"" tour. Their first album of non-Christmas music, ""Undivided"" (1986), was followed by ""Something Takes Over"" (1987) and ""God Is Good"" (1989). The two Christmas music collections, ""An Evening in December"" Volume I (1985) and Volume II (1987), have long been bestsellers in the group's catalog. Many comparisons have been made to the group's style"
"finest pop songs in ""Cry Just A Little Bit"" in 1983 and ""Breaking Up My Heart"" for Shakin' Stevens in 1985. The song was another hit (helped in part by a music video). Coincidentally, it was also the song that Stevens performed for his record-setting 50th appearance on the BBC's ""Top of the Pops"" weekly UK music chart television programme on 7 March that year. ""Merry Christmas Everyone"" was first recorded by Shakin' Stevens, reaching the top of the charts in many European territories around Christmas 1985. ""Merry Christmas Everyone"" has since become an annual mainstay of radio airplay in"
"to a Canadian audience. The second album, ""Scrooge and the Stars"", featured Little acting out Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"" entirely on his own, playing all the roles as 22 different Hollywood stars, ranging from Jack Benny to Jack Webb. In the early 1960s, Rich began hosting a radio talk-show on CJET in Smiths Falls Ontario. His afternoon-evening shift ran from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays. On the strength of his club work and recordings, Little was asked to audition by Mel Tormé, who was working behind the scenes on a new variety show for Judy Garland. The audition"
"Christmas"". It was one of the last Christmas singles to sell one million copies, won an Ivor Novello Award for highest selling record of 1980 – beating Barbra Streisand's ""Woman in Love"" and The Police's ""Don't Stand So Close to Me"". Subsequently employed full-time by EMI, Lorenz became one of the most prolific record producers in the music industry, producing over 800 albums (believed to be a world record), selling 8 million records, earning 17 platinum, gold and silver discs featuring some of the biggest international artists. After being asked by Unicef to help raise funds for children in Africa"
"Greene wrote the music to the song. The Christmas play script then became the song. The song has become a popular Christmas song performed by more than thirty artists including Cee Lo Green, Clay Aiken, Kenny Rogers, Wynonna Judd, Michael English, Daniel Childs, Natalie Cole, Pippa Wilson Kathy Mattea, Michael Crawford, Zara Larsson, Peter Hollens, and Pentatonix. In 2016, Lowry, himself, sang it, backed by the a cappella group, Voctave. In 1988, Lowry was approached by Bill Gaither and asked to join the Gaither Vocal Band as the baritone. Lowry's career with the band spanned thirteen years during his first"
"charts. Of these, six reached Number One: ""Someone Else's Star"" (1995), ""Rebecca Lynn"" (1996), ""So Much for Pretending"" (1996), and ""Sittin' on Go"" (1997). ""So Much for Pretending"" is the longest-lasting of these four, with a two-week stay at Number One. Two additional Top Ten hits, 1996's ""I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore"" ""From This Moment On"" with Shania Twain, and 1997's ""Love Is the Right Place"", peaked at #4 on the same chart. White has also charted a Christmas single, 1999's ""Holiday Inn"", as well as two guest singles. The first of these was a multi-artist charity single"
"the list. Collaborations are important especially for artists of the 21 century. For instance, Rihanna is number 2 on the list but if only solo singles were counted or her shared sales were split she would not even be among the TOP 10 best selling artists as around 70% of her sales are from collaborations. The record is held by Wham! with their 1984 Christmas release, ""Last Christmas"" / ""Everything She Wants"", which peaked at number two, being kept off the top by Band Aid's ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". It has sold 1.77 million copies following first week sales"
"characterizations. Little also appeared on a second season episode of ""The Muppet Show"". In 1981 Little appeared in a comedy LP called ""The First Family Rides Again"", which was the fourth and final 'First Family' comedy LPs originally created by Bob Booker and Earle Doud. Little starred along with Melanie Chartoff, Michael Richards, Shelly Black, Jenilee Harrison, Earle Doud, and Vaughn Meader, making light of US President Ronald Reagan's years in the White House. Little has starred in various HBO specials including the 1978 one-man show, ""Rich Little's Christmas Carol"", in which Little portrayed famous comedians in established roles (W."
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"with a remixed version of ""Living on My Own"", the original version of which made number 50 in 1985, making it the first remix of a previously charted single to reach number 1. The biggest selling single of the year came from Meat Loaf, who hit #1 for seven weeks from October with ""I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"". It came from the album """", also the biggest selling of the year. Finally, as usual, December saw the Christmas number one single. Meat Loaf's successor at number 1 was Mr. Blobby, a popular character on the"
"for all single releases, however. The major difference between the 1970 and 1978 versions is a newly recorded vocal by Karen Carpenter on the latter. Richard Carpenter himself calls the original recording one of his sister's very best. The original single version of the song can be found on the compilation albums ""From the Top"" and """". The single went to number one on ""Billboard"" magazine's Christmas singles chart in 1970 (and did again in 1971 and 1973) and peaked at number 41 in ""Cashbox"". The song was sung by actress Lea Michele for the second season Christmas episode of"
"Little Town of Bethlehem"", ""White Christmas"", ""Gounod's Ave Maria"", and ""The Lord's Prayer"" for her 1967 Christmas album, ""A Christmas Album"". Furthermore, ""I'll Be Home for Christmas"", ""A Christmas Love Song"", ""It Must Have Been the Mistletoe"", ""I Remember"", ""Snowbound"", ""Christmas Lullaby"", ""Christmas Mem'ries"", ""What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"", ""Ave Maria Op. 52 No. 6"", and ""One God"" were taken from her 2001 album, ""Christmas Memories"". Regarding the 2013 standard release, AllMusic's Steve Leggett awarded ""The Classic Christmas Album"" 3.5 out of 5 stars, even though he noted how simple it is to create a holiday album within"
"the Christmas season 1987. The track was recorded to raise funds for Comic Relief. Its accompanying video featured the two hosting a Christmas party with guests including The Mekon and an appearance from Smith's comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones, carol singers played by the band Curiosity Killed the Cat and Spitting Image puppets of Bette Midler and Tina Turner. Kim Wilde recorded a new version of the song on her 2013 holiday album ""Wilde Winter Songbook"" together with Nik Kershaw. Bob Rivers did a parody of the song entitled ""Shoppin' Around for a Christmas Tree,"" released on his ""White Trash"
"girls (Alison Iraheta, Lil Rounds, Megan Joy, Alexis Grace & Jasmine Murray) ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" (Fergie) - Fergie with Top 13 girls ""Boom Boom Pow"" (The Black Eyed Peas) - The Black Eyed Peas ""Time After Time"" (Cyndi Lauper) - Cyndi Lauper & Alison Iraheta ""Hello"" (Lionel Richie) - Danny Gokey ""Just Go"" (Lionel Richie) - Lionel Richie & Danny Gokey ""All Night Long"" (Lionel Richie) - Lionel Richie & Danny Gokey ""Beth"" (KISS) - Adam Lambert ""Detroit Rock City"" (KISS) - KISS & Adam Lambert ""Rock and Roll All Night"" (KISS) - KISS & Adam Lambert ""Black Magic"
"Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of ""Always on My Mind"". MacGowan was reported to have said ""We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine"". MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music. The song was re-released by the Pogues in the UK in 1991 (reaching #36), and again in the UK and Ireland for Christmas 2005, reaching number three in the UK. All proceeds from the latter release were donated towards a mixture of"
"places to Number 96 in the UK that same week. When Christmas Comes Around ""When Christmas Comes Around"" is the debut single by English singer Matt Terry. The song was written by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge and was released as the winner's single of thirteenth series of ""The X Factor"" on 11 December 2016. All the record company profits from Terry's single will be shared equally between two charities: Together for Short Lives and Shooting Star CHASE. It is the sixth year running that the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer has waived VAT on ""The X Factor"" winner's single."
"Forsman as Juletid (""Christmastime""), Carola Søgaard and Christer Sjögren recorded the song on the 1991 Christmas album ""Jul"". Mistletoe and Wine ""Mistletoe and Wine"" is a Christmas song made famous as a single by Cliff Richard in 1988. The song was written by Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart and Keith Strachan for a musical called ""Scraps"", which was an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's ""The Little Match Girl"" set in Victorian London. ""Scraps"" was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London in 1976. The musical was renamed ""The Little Match Girl"" and adapted for television by HTV in 1987,"