Christmas number two

[night_thing]

Anyone got examples of good song being beaten to Christmas number one (in UK charts) by complete cruddy song.

Cant' seem to find website that gives Top 10/40 by individual week (including everyhit.com)

[stoo_pid]

1972: Jimmy Osmond got the Xmas no 1 with Long Haired Lover from Liverpool instead of Solid Gold Easy Action by T-Rex

1980: St Winifred's School Choir with There's no-one quite like Grandma knocked John Lennon's (Just Like Starting Over) off the no1 slot

1982: Renee & Renata with Save Your Love knocked The Jam's Beat Surrender off the top slot to become Xmas no1

 

[jenstar]

That'll be Renato rather than Renata. You appear to have inadvertently given him a sex-change.

[Gevs]

whatever finished second to Mr Blobby that year. You'd have to be disappointed with that really wouldn't you!

[night_thing]

Mr Blobby beat Take That.  Talk about the devil and the deep blue sea!!

[littleoldme]

I must admit to laughing my socks off when Bob The Builder kept Wetwipe off the top spot one Christmas, thereby becoming the first act ever to prevent the ten-legged (as they were then) ballad-strangling collective getting to number one.



Good old Bob's been a bit of a hero of mine ever snce :O)

[Philtaz]

Don't know about Christmas but one that sticks in my mind is Joe Dolce singing Shaddapa You Face which kept Vienna by Ultravox off the top spot.

 

An absolute travesty!

[Kev_UK]

http://www.pure80spop.co.uk/bestsellerssingles.htm

 

There may be something on this website.