With Punk now in full swing, there was little room for Christmas hits in 1977, in fact there was just one.
The Christmas number one was a double a side, neither of which are Christmas records but one is still heard at Christmas time today. The record is "Mull of Kintyre/Girls School" by Wings. At the time this was the biggest selling single of all time, and today it's the fourth biggest selling single ever. Of course it's "Mull of Kintyre" that gets played now, there's probably few people outside of those that know there is such a song as "Girls School". When Paul McCartney did release an actual Christmas record 2 years later, the chart career of the Wings was over although they didn't actually split until 1981.
The only Christmas record of the year was "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby. Originally recorded in 1942, it never charted in the UK the first time around as the UK Singles Chart didn't exist then. It finally charted a couple of months after the death of Bing Crosby and was the third version to chart in the UK after versions by Mantovani and Pat Boone.
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