Ecco le 25 canzoni natalizie più eseguite di sempre
La ASCAP ha stilato una classifica ufficiale delle 25 canzoni natalizie più eseguite, così come risulta dalle proprie statistiche sulla raccolta e redistribuzione dei diritti agli autori ed agli esecutori. Prevedibilmente, prevale "White Christmas" di Irving Berlin, seguita dalla popolarissima “Santa Claus is coming to town”. Di seguito, la graduatoria completa:
1. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
2. "Santa Claus is coming to town" (J. Fred Coots e Haven Gillespie)
3.
"The Christmas song (chestnuts roasting on an open fire)" (Mel Torme e Robert Wells) .
4. "Winter wonderland" (Felix Bernard e Richard B. Smith)
5. "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" (Johnny Marks)
6. "Sleigh ride" (Leroy Anderson e Mitchell Parish)
7. "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" (Ralph Blane e Hugh Martin)
8. "Silver bells" (Jay Livingston e Ray Evans)
9. "Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!" (Sammy Cahn e Jule Styne)
10. "Little drummer boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati e Harry Simeone)
11. "Jingle bell rock" (Joseph Carleton Beal e James Ross Boothe)
12. "I'll be home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon e Buck Ram)
13. "Frosty the snow man" (Steve Nelson e Walter E. Rollins)
14. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson)
15. "Carol of the bells" (Peter J. Wilhousky e M. Leontovich)
16. "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" (Meredith Willson)
17. "Here comes Santa Claus (right down Santa Claus Lane)" (Gene Autry e Oakley Haldeman)
18. "(There's no place like) Home for the holidays" (Bob Allen e Al Stillman)
19. "Rockin' around the Christmas tree" (Johnny Marks)
20. "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus" (Tommie Connor)
21. "We need a little Christmas" (Jerry Herman)
22. "The Christmas waltz" (Sammy Cahn e Jule Styne)
23. "The chipmunk song (Christmas don't be late)" (Ross Bagdasarian - David Seville)
24. "Feliz Navidad" (Jose Feliciano)
25. "It’s the most wonderful time of the year" (Edward Pola e George Wyle)