STORIES BEHIND CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SINGLES

This podcast was first broadcast on The Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show, Access North West – 3 December 2018.

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STORIES BEHIND CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONGS

There are some fascinating back stories to some of the classic Christmas songs. In this show we delve into the histories for: White Christmas, Merry Xmas Everybody, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, Fairytale of New York, Mistletoe and Wine and Happy Xmas (War Is Over).

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We’ll be looking at how rock’n’roll came about. It’s development into rock music in the mid-1960s the array of rock genres 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… they will all find their way into the shows. Plus artists and bands some well known, some more on the cult side. Stories behind classic singles and albums, record labels, venues, gigs… Not forgetting the people behind the scenes, 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.
There will be some great music, some you’ll recognise and some that you might well be hearing for the first time.

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