1954: Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" enters the Billboard Pop chart for the first time, seven years after it was recorded. According to Guinness World Records, Bing's rendition has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. It was the largest selling single in the US and the UK until it was surpassed by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997". (Princess Diana version)

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1966: At a Christmas Eve taping session, Tommy James And The Shondells record "I Think We're Alone Now", which will go on to be the group's forth number one song in the US, selling over a million copies.

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1957: The title song to his movie "April Love" becomes Pat Boone's fifth US number one hit

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1963: Dion DiMucci reaches the Top Ten of the Billboard singles chart for the eighth time as a solo artist when "Drip Drop" peaks at #6. It was a feat that he wouldn't accomplish again until 1968's "Abraham, Martin And John".

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1974: Harry Chapin enjoys his only number one single with "Cat's In The Cradle". The song's theme about a distant father and son relationship was suggested to Harry by his wife, after he expressed disappointment about being on tour instead of attending his son's birth.

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