Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
1970s Christmas Memories
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Nine great Christmas songs from the 1970s. A couple of Christmas classics but also Christmas songs you rarely, if ever, hear on the radio – from Marvin Gaye, The Dickies, T.Rex, Jethro Tull and The Band.
As well as the music, we take a look at life in the 1970s – BMX bikes, skateboards, the birth of punk and on the downside the three-day week – all in 1970s Christmas Memories podcast
1970s Christmas Memories
…..podcast
This is the original radio show, including all the music played on the show.
First broadcast on Access North West 21 December 2020.
PLAYLIST
- Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime
- John Prine – Christmas in Prison
- Marvin Gaye – I Want to Come Home for Christmas
- Jethro Tull – A Christmas Song
- The Dickies – Silent Night
- Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
- T.Rex – Christmas Bop
- Benny Hill – Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
- The Band – Christmas Must Be Tonight
1970s Christmas Memories
In this Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show, we’re taking a look at the background to some of the Christmas songs and what else was happening in the 1970s.
With great Christmas music, some you’ll recognise and some that is very rarely, if ever, played on the radio.
The 1970s was a time of development for the music scene, with new genres emerging including, glam, metal and jazz-rock.
New crazes arrived with skateboards and BMX bicycles. It was also a dark time (literally) in the UK. The three-day week and the miner’s strike brought black-outs and turmoil. It also toppled the Ted Heath Conservative Government and in came Labour with Harold Wilson at the helm.
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