1970s Christmas Memories
…radio show
The Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show, with a look at the Christmas music and what was happening in the 1970s – in 1970s Christmas Memories radio show.
First broadcast – 21 December 2020
…on Access North West
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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.
PLAYLIST
1970s Christmas Memories radio show
1 Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime
2 John Prine – Christmas in Prison
3 Marvin Gaye – I Want to Come Home for Christmas
4 Jethro Tull – A Christmas Song
5 The Dickies – Silent Night
6 Slade – Merry Xmas Everbody
7 T.Rex – Christmas Bop
8. Bennie Hill – Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
9. The Band – Christmas Must Be Tonight
ROCK’N’ROLL UNRAVELLED SHOW
How rock’n’roll came about, it’s transition into rock music in the mid-1960s and the array of rock genres which followed in the late 1960s and ‘70s.
Blues, R&B, rock’n’roll, rock, prog, folk rock, country rock, psychedelia, glam, early metal, punk, new wave +++… will all find their way into the shows. Plus artists and bands, some well known and others who are more on the cult side. Stories behind classic singles and albums, record labels, venues, gigs… Not forgetting the people behind the scenes: producers, managers, promoters, writers, Svengalis – the people who made it all happen.
If it’s relevant to the music of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, I’ll be talking about it.
All this and great music, although, some you’ll recognise and some you might well be hearing for the first time.
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1970s Christmas Memories radio show
First broadcast on Access North West 21 December 2020
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1970s Christmas Memories radio show
A look at the Christmas music and social events across the 1970s.
