KVKI Playlist December 2011 Top Songs
The #1 song for December on the Christmas Station 96.5 KVKI is, 'Jingle Bell Rock', recorded by Bobby Helms.
Robert Lee Helms (August 15, 1933–June 19, 1997), better known as Bobby Helms, was an American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with his hit, "Jingle Bell Rock". He was mostly known for the Christmas song. His other hits include "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel".
Released just a few days before Christmas 1957, his song "Jingle Bell Rock" was a big hit. Uniquely, it also re-emerged four out of the next five years, and sold so well that it repeated each time as a top hit, and became a Christmas classic still played to this day. It took five years for this song to become a second million seller for Helms.
It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 21 weeks in the chart. The record gained gold disc status. Accounts that Helms wrote and recorded the song with Hank Garland seem to be apocryphal — ASCAP and Allmusic list the writers of the song as Joseph Beal, Joseph Carlton, James Ross and James Boothe.
KVKI Playlist-December 2011 Top Songs
1. BOBBY HELMS - Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bell Rock - A Bobby Helms Christmas2. BURL IVES - Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas3. BRENDA LEE - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree4. NAT KING COLE - The Christmas Song
The Christmas Song5. JOHN LENNON - Happy Xmas/War Is Over
Anjos6. TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA - Christmas Canon
The Christmas Attic7. ELVIS PRESLEY - Blue Christmas
Elvis Christmas8. MICHAEL BUBLE - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Christmas9. JOSE FELICIANO - Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad10. DAN FOGELBERG - Same Old Lang Syne
The Very Best of Dan Fogelberg- 11
11. ANDY WILLIAMS - Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season
12. BING CROSBY - White Christmas
White Christmas13. WHAM! - Last Christmas
Last Christmas - Single14. CARPENTERS - Merry Christmas Darling
Christmas Portrait (The Special Edition)15. MARIAH CAREY - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Merry Christmas16. GENE AUTRY - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Gene Autry Sings Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer17. ANDY WILLIAMS - Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
The Andy Williams Christmas Album18. EURYTHMICS - Winter Wonderland
A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1- 19
19. TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA - Christmas Eve/Sarajevo
20. HALL & OATES - Jingle Bell Rock
The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas21. PAUL MCCARTNEY - Wonderful Christmastime
The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas22. HARRY SIMEONE CHORAL - Little Drummer Boy
The Little Drummer Boy23. JOHNNY MATHIS - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas24. EAGLES - Please Come Home For Christmas
Please Come Home for Christmas / Funky New Year - Single25. BAND-AID - Do They Know It's Christmas?
All Star Karaoke Gold 166 (Karaoke)26. JOHNNY MATHIS - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection27. DAVID FOSTER - Carol Of The Bells
Gift Wrapped, Vol. II: Snowed In28. CARPENTERS - Home For The Holidays
Christmas Collection29. WHITNEY HOUSTON - Do You Hear What I Hear
A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 130. BEACH BOYS - Little Saint Nick
The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas31. BARENAKED LADIES - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Barenaked for the Holidays32. JOSH GROBAN - O Holy Night
Sing Like Josh Groban, Vol. 3 (Karaoke Performance Tracks)33. NEWSONG - The Christmas Shoes
The Christmas Shoes34. JACKSON 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
A Motown Christmas35. VANESSA WILLIAMS - Do You Hear What I Hear
20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Vanessa Williams36. PERRY COMO - Home For The Holidays
Now That's What I Call Christmas!- 37
37. GAYLA PEEVY - I Want A Hippopotomas For Christmas
38. MARIAH CAREY - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Merry Christmas39. AMY GRANT - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
A Christmas Album40. KELLY CLARKSON - My Grown Up Christmas List
American Idol - The Great Holiday Classics