60 years ago today, the Beatles’ Beatles For Sale was the number-one album in the U.K. It was one of the six times the Fab Four had the top LP in England on Christmas during a seven-year span. The others were With The Beatles (1963), Rubber Soul (1965), Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The White Album (1968) and Abbey Road (1969). What was number one on Christmas in 1966? The Sound Of Music soundtrack. Read our review of the essential Beatles Christmas boxed set:
