![]() ![]() Lester would go on to join another band two singles later. The real Renée, Hilary Lester, doesn’t even appear in the actual music video, replaced by a model. This song is now so reviled it was banned from every outlet of Costa Coffee, after a poll of 3,000 people declared it the worse Christmas song of all time. Well, it probably doesn’t get more awkward than a song by a convicted paedophile called 'Oh Yes! You Are Beautiful!'.Īlthough the Christian rocker has scored the Christmas top spot in the UK four times, his fortunes have fared worse in Ireland, with this being his only standalone number one (he gets another for his contribution to Band Aid II in 1989). Worthy of mention given that it was still the number one having made the top spot on the 2 nd of November…ġ974: Oh Yes! You Are Beautiful! – Gary Glitter One of the only records ever released by Morgan, the single included impressions of US-president Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Bob Geldof.ġ992: I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston A bit less What If, a lot more WTF…ġ985: Thank You Very Much Mr Eastwood – Dermot MorganĢ0 years before Mario Rosenstock’s parody work, the late Father Ted actor was taking pot shots at Irish boxer Barry McGuigan’s famous declarations of gratitude to his trainer, Barney Eastwood, at the end of every bout. ![]() But surely her number one single for an animated version of A Christmas Carol is the thing she’s most proud of her in illustrious career. In the meantime, the British actress has gone on to win an Oscar and a couple of Golden Globes, becoming one of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed screen actresses of her generation. Worse still, it kept a single released by John Lennon off the Christmas number one, just three weeks after the Beatle had been shot dead in New York. Novelty records come and go, but this song, which topped the charts on both sides of the Irish Sea did so at the expense of Jonah Lewie’s Stop the Cavalry – now a holiday favourite. ![]() Over the 52-year history of the Irish singles’ charts, some unusual songs have made it to number one, so here’s our look at the odd, the bad, and one rather unfortunate song by Gary Glitter…ġ980: There’s No-one Quite Like Grandma – St Winifred’s School Choir ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |