A Brief History of Christmas Songs
Chris Hawkins tells the stories behind the best-loved Christmas songs of all time, featuring archive interviews from Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Greg Lake, Jona Lewie and Roy Wood.
Fresh new music and amazing classics for Friday; Chris kicks off the Christmas weekend with the best early morning music.
In the final hour of the show today, Chris Hawkins presents 'A Brief History of Christmas Songs', telling the stories behind a selection of the greatest Christmas songs of all time.
In this hour long special, you can hear the best selling Christmas song in history; songs that were never intended to be festive tunes and how watching football inspired a huge Christmas hit in the 80s.
This perfect Christmas soundtrack features 成人快手 archive interviews with Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Greg Lake, Jona Lewie, Noddy Holder, Chrissie Hynde, Roy Wood, Noddy Holder, George Michael, Shane McGowan and Kirsty MacColl.
Each of the artist's reveals how their Christmas song came about. Bing Crosby describes the first time Irving Berlin, who wrote White Christmas, played it to him. Berlin described it as "a nice little song, an amusing little number" and according to Andy Williams, "When Bing heard it for the first time, he took his pipe out of his mouth and said to Irving Berlin, this one you don't have to worry about". It has since sold 150 million copes.
With additional music from Judy Garland and a rare recording by Rod Stewart, Chris Hawkins presents 60 minutes of unbridled Christmas joy.
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Prince
Uptown
- Warner Bros.
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The Beat
Side To Side (feat. Ranking Roger)
- DMF Records.
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Kaity Rae
Red Paper Wrapping
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John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (feat. The Harlem Community Choir)
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Beach House
Sparks
- Bella Union.
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Boxed In
Melt
- Nettwerk Records.
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Ann Peebles
Slipped Tripped And Fell In Love
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Peek-A-Boo
- Polydor.
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Tricky
Black Steel
- Indolent.
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Cocteau Twins
Frosty The Snowman
- (CD Single).
- Fontana.
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The Rolling Stones
Hate To See You Go
- Promotone B.V/International Music B.V..
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Throwing Muses
Counting Backwards
- BEECHWOOD.
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Edwin Starr
25 Miles
- Spectrum.
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Baloji
Spoiler
- Bella Union.
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Echo & the Bunnymen
The Killing Moon
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James Brown
Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
- Brunswick.
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Bing Crosby
White Christmas
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Judy Garland
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- The Greatest Hits.
- Pure Music.
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The Crystals
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
- A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
- Phil Spector Int.
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Greg Lake
I Believe In Father Christmas
- The Anthology, A Musical Journey.
- BMG.
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Jona Lewie
Stop The Cavalry
- The Ivor Novello Winners.
- EMI.
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Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody
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David Bowie & Bing Crosby
Little Drummer Boy
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Pretenders
2000 Miles
- The Best Christmas Album In The World.
- Virgin.
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Andy Williams
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Christmas Love Songs (Various Artist.
- Arcade Records.
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Wizzard
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Rod Stewart
Away In A Manger
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Wham!
Last Christmas
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Band Aid
Do They Know It's Christmas?
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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The Pogues
Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
- (CD Single).
- Warner Music UK.
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搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁.
Christmas In Hollis
- A&M.
Broadcast
- Fri 23 Dec 2016 05:00成人快手 Radio 6 Music