Slade legend Dave Hill says the secret behind the success of Merry Xmas Everybody is that it’s about normal Brits having a normal Christmas.

AS LONG as music is being played over the airwaves you will hear Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade announcing the start of the festive season. What Christmas would be complete without it. Well on a ...

Singer Noddy Holder avoids going to restaurants on Christmas Day because of how often his famous festive song is played, his ...

The 1973 glam-rock classic “Merry Xmas Everybody” continues to chart every December, creating an odd situation for the wife of Slade guitarist and co-writer Noddy Holder. “Never in my wildest dreams ...

It’s Christmas Eve and Toyah and Robert Fripp are celebrating in their kitchen with a Sunday Lunch cover of Slade‘s 1974 hit “Merry Xmas Everybody” which was the band’s sixth and final #1 single in ...

Want a quick fix to become a multi-millionaire? Then pen a Christmas hit. It's certainly worked for Slade's Noddy Holder, who is reported to earn up to £1m a year in royalties thanks to co-writing ...

Rock legend Dave Hill has revealed that John Lennon of The Beatles played a surprise part in Slade's Christmas hit, Merry ...

While Luke Spiller feared looking back, wondering if it "Could Have Been Me," he need not worry that he could have been merry. The Struts frontman has released a cover of the song "Merry Xmas ...

A survey has revealed that the 1973 hit Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade is the nation’s favourite ever Christmas number one. Second favourite in the poll of 4,000 people conducted by David Ormerod ...

No matter how lucrative, a millstone is a millstone. And while the evergreen charms of the annually unavoidable Merry Xmas Everybody might have allowed the formerly flared gentlemen of Slade to enjoy ...

CHRISTMAS is around the corner, and festive music is flooding radio stations and shopping centres across the globe. But one particular tune will be everywhere and anywhere – a holiday staple since the ...

Mariah Carey, Paul McCartney, Slade and many other stars have their Christmas songs played by millions year after year ...