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“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was sung by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical “Meet Me In St. Louis” – in which a family is distraught by the father’s plans to move to New York City for a job promotion, leaving behind their home in St. Louis, Missouri just before the long-anticipated Louisiana […]

Nat King Cole recorded The Christmas Song for the first time in 1946 with his group The Nat King Cole Trio. The record company re-recorded it with a string section, and Cole recorded it again in 1953 with Nelson Riddle. Capitol Records released it in December of 1960. It stayed on the chart for a […]

“Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” is a song by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the The Plastic Ono Band. It was recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York City in late October of 1971, with the help of producer Phil Spector. The children singing in the background were from the Harlem Community Choir. This […]

Walking in the Air is the signature song from The Snowman an animated Christmas film about a boy who makes friends with a snowman. It is shown at Christmas time every year. It was sung by St. Paul’s Cathedral choirboy, Peter Auty for only £300. He was left out of the credits in a rush […]

It’s one of those golden oldies that gets wheeled out for four weeks of the year and results in serious torture issues for anyone working in a shop with music on repeat. Supermarket workers and Gap employees are most at risk. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge […]

In the 1970’s Wonder Woman hit US television in the shape of Lynda Carter. The series started with Major Steve Trevor crash landing in the Bermuda Triangle onto Paradise Island. He finds a society of Amazon women who compete for the opportunity to take him back to the US. Wonder Woman wins and dresses up […]

Happy Days was nostalgic in its own right, being set in the 1950’s but first aired in the 1970’s. Howard, Marion, Richie, Joanie, and Chuck are the Cunningham family. Richie gets up to tricks with his friends Potsie and Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli. The Fonz was originally a dropout but became a huge hit with viewers. […]

Robin Williams was Mork, an alien who came to Earth from the planet Ork in a large egg-shaped space ship, and Pam Dawber was Mindy McConnell, his human friend, roommate, and wife after they married in the final season. The series was a spinoff of the sitcom Happy Days. The character of Mork first appeared […]

Mike Brady (Robert Reed), has three sons; Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight) and Bobby (Mike Lookinland). He marries Carol Martin (Florence Henderson), who has daughters; Marcia (Maureen McCormick), Jan (Eve Plumb) and Cindy (Susan Olsen). Carols daughters take the Brady surname like their mum. Mike brings a live-in housekeeper Alice (Ann B. Davis) to […]

I remember Potsworth & Co. with fondness from my childhood, but a look back at the video shows that, compared to today’s cartoons, it was a pretty budget affair, which relied on good storylines. In the USA, it was called Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone – what a mouthful! Potsworth & Co. is […]

Before Ben Elton made the hit musical We Will Rock You about a band called Queen, a band called Queen made the song We Will Rock You as one of their most popular track of many great tracks. With their ebulient frontman, Freddie Mercury, Queen really were a phenomenon for many years – bridging the […]

Released in 1966, “Reach Out I’ll Be There” epitomised the Tamla Motown era. Sung by Levi Stubbs, Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Peyton and Abdul Faki, the song took the US and UK by storm. They were shown round Britain by Beatles manager Brian Epstein. In Stubbs obituary, The Independent says: “The unusual arrangement with its use […]

This song was so blatant and rude, the kids loved it. Is it wrong that they played this at our school disco? Ten points to anyone who knows the dance. Careful though, this can get you jailed in some countries. Enjoy it and laugh one more time. Lyrics to “Sex on the Beach” Oh We […]

I can’t believe we haven’t had The Raccoons featured in this Popular Nostalgia website, I mean it was Saturday morning gold when I were a wee laddie. BBC One mornings, before your mums and dads got out of bed were made all the more enjoyable/tolerable by The Raccons while we waited for Going Live to […]

He’s way meaner than Postman Pat but “Number One” and the Welsh deliveryman share a love of cats. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, was the inspiration for Austin Powers’ character, Dr. Evil. He appeared in early Bond films as just a pair of hands, a white Persian cat and a voice. His face was provided by Donald […]