 The song was also used in "D-TV" set to the Disney cartoons, "Pluto's Christmas Tree" and "Mickey's Christmas Carol".Although Decca released the single in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee became a popular star in 1960.That Christmas holiday season, Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" placed on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart for the first time, eventually peaking at No.