WHEN Slade recorded Merry Xmas Everybody they were described as the ... the Fab Four’s achievement of 22 Top Ten records in a single decade. Their 17 Top 20 hits included six No1s — with ...

and the Christmas classic Merry Xmas Everybody. He branched out into radio and television after quitting Slade in 1992, most famously as the star of the ITV comedy-drama series The Grimleys.

Noddy Holder said the success of Merry Xmas Everybody had been "massive" and earned "serious dough" for Slade's record label Half a century after Slade recorded their massive hit single Merry Xmas ...

It’s coming on Christmas, as Joni Mitchell begins the song River, and everybody's having fun, as Slade noted in Merry Xmas Everybody ... May’s 1930s poem into a hit single in 1949; Autry ...

Don't miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here According to their findings, the top earner is Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody, which rakes in £ ...