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Though Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' has topped the charts at Christmas on three occasions, the only song by the same artist to make Christmas No. 1 twice is Queen's epic 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. It first topped the Christmas charts in 1975 and pulled it off again 16 years later, following the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. As a result, it is one of the longest-reigning Number 1 hits of all time. The song from the band's 1975 album 'A Night At The Opera' was first released on October 31 that year. By the end of the following January it had spent nine weeks on top of the char...
Though Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' has topped the charts at Christmas on three occasions, the only song by the same artist to make Christmas No. 1 twice is Queen's epic 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. It first topped the Christmas charts in 1975 and pulled it off again 16 years later, following the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. As a result, it is one of the longest-reigning Number 1 hits of all time. The song from the band's 1975 album 'A Night At The Opera' was first released on October 31 that year. By the end of the following January it had spent nine weeks on top of the char...
"When one becomes enlightened one kills the fool within" -Jack Conroy To do a 2020 Christmas show or not to do a 2020 Christmas show – that is the question! And, given the pandemic, it’s a hard question. But we’re doing one (although we’re not including any songs that would encourage gathering in large groups :-)). Usually I put together a primarily British voices/tradition Christmas show heavy on uncommon carols, wassails and songs of joy. This year, I focused on presenting the Christmas story in song, with familiar material in predominantly American iterations (although I still t...