"Petit Papa Noël" is a 1946 song recorded by French

France

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 singer Tino Rossi

Tino Rossi

Tino Rossi was a singer and film actor.Born Constantino Rossi in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, he became a tenor of French cabaret and one of the great romantic idols of his time. Gifted with an operatic voice, a "Latin Lover" persona made him a movie star as well...

. Written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet, this Christmas song was originally performed by Rossi in Richard Pottier's film Destins. It is currently the best-selling single of all time in France, with over 5,711,000 units sold. The song peaked at #6 on December 28, 1991 (the French SNEP Singles Chart was created on November 4, 1984), and was ranked every year under several labels, including Disques Pathé, Fifty Five and M6 Interactions (every label is charted separately). The song was covered by many artists throughout the years.

Cover versions

The song has been covered and released as singles by Bébé Lilly

Bébé Lilly

Bébé Lilly is an animated baby girl singer in France. She has released thirteen singles, mainly in French, but several have also been recorded in other languages. She also has four albums and a DVD...

, Pinocchio & Marilou, Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna is a French-Italian tenor. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Early years:Alagna was born outside of the city of Paris in 1963 to a family of Sicilian immigrants . As a teenager, the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Parisian cabarets for tips...

, Roch Voisine

Roch Voisine

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, Céline Dion

Celine Dion

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, Josh Groban

Josh Groban

Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...

 and The Smurfs

The Smurfs

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. Other versions only available on an album including those by Dalida

Dalida

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 (1960), Jean Yves Thebaut, Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat

Paul Mauriat was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his million selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968...

 (1967), Michèle Torr (1977), Nana Mouskouri

Nana Mouskouri

Nana Mouskouri , born Ioánna Moúschouri on October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a Greek singer who has sold about 300 million records worldwide in a career spanning over five decades, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She was known as Nána to her friends and...

 (1972), Boney M. (1981), Claudia Jung

Claudia Jung

Claudia Jung , is a German Schlager singer and politician.-Biography:...

 (1996), Daniela Simmons (2006), Nicole

Nicole

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 (1994) and Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...

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Track listings

Tino Rossi

CD single - 1992 version

1. "Petit Papa Noël" — 3

07

"Minuit, chrétiens" — 3:11

NEWLIN

CD single - Disques Pathé

1. "Petit Papa Noel" — 3

07

"Vive le vent" — 2:30

"Douce nuit" — 2:05

"Noël des enfants oubliés" — 2:45

NEWLIN

CD single - Fifty Five

1. "Petit Papa Noël"
2. "Ave Maria"
3. "Mon étoile"
4. "Minuit Chrétien"

NEWLIN

Bébé Lilly

CD single

1. "Petit Papa Noël" — 3

26

"Vive le vent d'hiver" — 2:00

"Mon beau sapin, roi des forêts" — 2:09

"Bonne année" — 3:28

NEWLIN

Pinocchio & Marilou

CD single

1. "Petit Papa Noël" — 3

59

"Sous la neige étoilée" by Pinocchio — 4:16

NEWLIN

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Tino Rossi (from 1984)
French SNEP Singles Chart1	6
French SNEP Singles Chart2	17
French SNEP Singles Chart3	17
French SNEP Singles Chart4	29
French SNEP Singles Chart5	9
The Smurfs (1996)
French SNEP Singles Chart	21
Roch Voisine (2000)
French SNEP Singles Chart	49
Roberto Alagna (2003)
French SNEP Singles Chart	91
Pinocchio & Marilou (2005)
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	17
French SNEP Singles Chart	7
Swiss Singles Chart	23
Bébé Lilly (2006)
French SNEP Singles Chart	5
Swiss Singles Chart	41
Josh Groban (2008)
French SNEP Singles Chart	12

¹ Original version

² "Petit Papa Noël / Minuit, chrétiens"

³ Disques Pathé label

⁴ Fifty Five label

⁵ M6 Interactions label