Music

by **spainboy** » Sun 19 Dec 2004 23:34 GMT

And then there is Mike Bat

A--ll da--y long were wombling in the snow,
we wish you a wombling merry christmas :wink:

by **ruggie** » Mon 20 Dec 2004 20:22 GMT

Didn't Rolf Harris' Little Drummer Boy drive everyone mad one year at Christmas?

Oh, and how about Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock. That was top of the Hit Parade on 31 December in two consecutive years - once in its own right, and once as the theme music from Blackboard Jungle. (We're talking late fifties here, so many of you weren't even born. Sorry).

by **justajester** » Mon 20 Dec 2004 21:48 GMT

I was born, know the song, but never thought about it as a Christmas song...maybe i've got it mixed up with some other song?

by **Dave** » Tue 21 Dec 2004 04:07 GMT

ruggie wrote:Didn't Rolf Harris' Little Drummer Boy drive everyone mad one year at Christmas?

Not sure, Mike - if it did, it wasn't as a single release (I've checked), though he did sing it on one of his albums. But of course Two Little Boys was No.1 at the tail end of 1969.

And Little Drummer Boy went to No.13 in December 1972, but performed by (yes, them again) the Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

by **chocks away** » Thu 4 Sep 2008 15:21 GMT

How about David Essex with "A Winters Tale" which was also written by womble Mike Batt!

by **dave dee** » Thu 4 Sep 2008 16:08 GMT

cheers choks for bringing this thread back to life, O.K. why are the pogues and Kirsty Mc.coll not in the poll? surely the best christmas song, little drummer boy was that not Bing mixed with Bowie singing peace on earth? :lol: