Way back Wednesday: In 1958, “The Chipmunk song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” by David Seville and The Chipmunks made history as the first Xmas song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard hot 100.
The holiday classic spent four weeks at the top of the chart beginning December 22, 1950s and held the record as the only festive tune to reach top spot for 61 years, until Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Christmas is you” topped the chart in 2019.
Also, tasking home three GRAMMY awards in 1959 for: best comedy performance, best recording for children, and best engineered record, non-classical.
