What’s Christmas without music? Some of the greatest music topped the UK singles chart around this time back in the 1970s. Queen reigned the chart with Bohemian Rhapsody during Christmas in 1975. Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd was the Christmas chart-topper in 1979.
Here’s Pink Floyd followed by Queen and a couple of other Christmas chartbusters from the Seventies.
Now for something sweet and schmaltzy: Lonely This Christmas by Mud. Sounds a bit like Roy Orbison. It was the UK Christmas No 1 in 1974.
I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds was another big hit, the UK Christmas No 1 in 1970.
Here’s the complete list of UK 1970s Christmas chart-toppers, taken from the Official Charts Company, with the date they went No 1 and the number of weeks they spent at the top.
1979 Another Brick In The Wall: Pink Floyd (Dec 15, 5 weeks)
1978 Mary’s Boy Child — Oh My Lord: Boney M (Dec 9, 4 weeks)
1977 Mull Of Kintyre/Girls’ School: Wings (Dec 3, 9 weeks)
1976 When A Child Is Born: Johnny Mathis (Dec 25, 3 weeks)
1975 Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen (Nov 29, 9 weeks)
1974 Lonely This Christmas: Mud (Dec 21, 4 weeks)
1973 Merry Christmas Everybody: Slade (Dec 15, 5 weeks)
1972 Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool: Little Jimmy Osmond (Dec 23, 5 weeks)
1971 Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West): Benny Hill (Dec 11, 4 weeks)
1970 I Hear You Knocking: Dave Edmunds (Nov 28, 6 weeks).
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