Up On the House Top

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Up On The Housetop (Ho! Ho! Ho!) is a Christmas song composed by Benjamin Handy in 1864. It has been recorded by Gene Autry, Cass County Boys, King Sisters & Carl Cotner's Orch. in 1953 on Columbia J4-176(45rpm) / J-176(78rpm). This came with a colorful picture sleeve.

In 2005, the song was brought back to life with a new recording by Kimberley Locke. The recording broke a Billboard record when it made the largest leap into the Top 5 in the AC chart's history, moving from 32 to 5 in only a week. It was also the second longest Billboard AC chart topper in the chart's history, sitting at #1 for 4 consecutive weeks.