Shakin' Stevens – Merry Xmas Everyone

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The Bee Gees had Otis Redding in mind when they wrote on of their classic songs.

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Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

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Elton John eyesight

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The Happy Mondays and Steve McQueen

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The Beach Boys

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The Bee Gees scored a major hit with a song that they originally wrote for their idols, The Seekers.

How a song intended for The Seekers became one of the Bee Gees' biggest hits

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Paul McCartney with Martin Scorsese and Chris Rock

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Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

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So here it is, Merry Quizmas...

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Bay City Rollers

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Rod Stewart in concert

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Davy Jones

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Tom Jones and Ella Fitzgerald on This Is... Tom Jones

The magical moment Tom Jones sang 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' for Ella Fitzgerald

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Bob Dylan and Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan has insisted that his biopic must have one totally inaccurate moment in it

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Rod Stewart announces his retirement from "large-scale world tours"

Rod Stewart