Time for my annual look at the Christmas charts 60, 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago plus the Christmas chart for this year.
We begin with 1959 where we have 2 versions of "Little Donkey" in the charts at the same time. The highest charting of these came from the Beverley Sisters which made 14. It was their penultimate Top 40 hit having made their Top 40 debut in 1953 with another Christmas song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". The other one came from Gracie Fields which made 20 and was her second and final hit.
We also had a Christmas hit from Russ Conway with "Snow Coach" which came at the end of his most successful year in the Top 40 having had 2 number ones.
For the 3rd year in a row and final time "Mary's Boy Child" by Harry Belafonte entered the charts, but it only made 30 at a time when it was still a Top 30. There was another version of "Mary's Boy Child" in the charts coming from Nina And
Frederick. It was there first of three Top 40 hits, the second would come the following year with "Little Donkey".
Max Bygraves had a Christmas hit with his version of "Jingle Bell Rock". This was the first version of the song to make the Top 40 and highest charting reaching 7.
The Christmas number one wasn't a Christmas song, it was the very long titled "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? " by Emile Ford & the Checkmates. This was their debut hit and only number one.
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