CHINNY’S XMAS TOP TEN

13-12-2007

Local historian Carl Chinn opens the bidding with his fave festive tunes. Are there any good ones he’s missed?

Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody ..... has to be as they're local

Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas ...... wonderful words and song

Gracie Fields - Little Donkey .... I used to sing it all the time as a toddler, so Our Mom says!

Dean Martin - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow .... reminds me of family parties as a kid.

Matt Monro - Mary's Boy Child ..... one of Britain's finest ever singers and a song about Jesus that is sensitive and not schmaltzy

Vera Lynne - Away in a Manger .... brings to mind school carol services and nativity services when I was at Moseley Church of England School

Aled Jones - Walking on Air .... beautiful

Ella Fitzgerald - Silent Night .... powerful and moving version of a compelling carol with compelling words

The Pogues and Kirsty McColl - Fairy Tale of New York .... cracking song, different take and brings to mind my pails in the New York Fire Department

White Christmas - Bing Crosby ......because it has to be in any top 10!

This selection taken from Pete Millington’s rather wonderful blog Spaghetti Gazetti – the Magazine of West Midlands Heritage History and Culture.

To see the latest edition out now click here http://spaghettigazetti.blogspot.com/

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