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Johnnie gets festive with the biggest '70s seasonal smashers, and soul singer Bobby Womack remembers the decade.

The 70s had all the best Christmas hits from Merry Xmas Everybody, to I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, and Johnnie gets his pick of the bunch in our Christmas show.

We raid the archive to hear the artists behind some of our festive favourites from Greg Lake to Slade, Wizzard, Paul McCartney - plus how to make the perfect Christmas cake with 70s cooking icon Fanny Cradock.

And soul singer, songwriter and hero - Bobby Womack remembers the decade. Best-known in the UK for the song Across 110th Street during the 1970s, Bobby's hits also included Lookin' For A Love and That's The Way I Feel About Cha.

His career dates back over 50 years but he's still achieving great success, collaborating with Blur frontman Damon Albarn on a new critically acclaimed studio album, The Bravest Man In The Universe.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Dec 2012 15:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • The New Seekers

      I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

  • Elvis Presley

    Always On My Mind

  • Featured Event: Christmas In The Seventies

    • Wings

      Mull Of Kintyre

  • Fleetwood Mac

    You Make Loving Fun

  • Featured Event: Christmas In The Seventies

    • Slade

      Merry Xmas Everybody

  • Dan Hill

    Sometimes When We Touch

  • Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Peace On Earth / The Little Drummer Boy

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

  • The Congregation

    Softly Whispering I Love You

  • Elton John

    Ho! Ho! Ho!

    • Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas.

  • Featured Event: Christmas In The Seventies

    • Wizzard

      I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

  • Junior Campbell

    Hallelujah Freedom

  • Hour 2

    • Queen

      Crazy Little Thing Called Love

  • John Holt

    Help Me Make It Through The Night

  • Shirley & Company

    Shame Shame Shame

  • Bobby Womack

    Across 110th Street

  • Lynn Anderson

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

  • Featured Event: Christmas In The Seventies

    • Greg Lake

      I Believe In Father Christmas

  • My 70s: Bobby Womack

    • Bobby Womack

      Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out

  • Bobby Womack

    That's The Way I Feel About Cha

  • Janis Joplin

    Trust Me

  • Janis Joplin

    Mercedes Benz

  • The Rolling Stones

    It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)

  • Donny Hathaway

    This Christmas

  • R. Dean Taylor

    There's A Ghost In My House

  • The Wombles

    Wombling Merry Christmas

  • Love Unlimited

    It May Be Winter Outside

  • Bing Crosby

    White Christmas

  • Jackie DeShannon

    Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Dec 2012 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2