The Greatest Hits of All Time: Song Facts

Mud - Lonely This Christmas

'Lonely This Christmas' by Mud: The making of the Elvis-inspired Christmas classic

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

'Do They Know It's Christmas?' by Band Aid: The making of the original Feed The World hit

Wings - Mull of Kintyre

'Mull of Kintyre' by Wings: The making of the massive-selling Christmas number one

Paul McCartney

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

'The Christmas Song' by Nat King Cole: The making of the evergreen seasonal classic

Boney M - Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord

'Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord' by Boney M: The making of the masterful Christmas mashup

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite

'Reet Petite' by Jackie Wilson: The making of the unlikely Christmas Number 1

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Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett

'Monster Mash' by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett: The making of the spooky Halloween classic

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Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

'Bat Out of Hell' by Meat Loaf: The making of the operatic rock epic

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The Beatles - Yesterday

'Yesterday' by The Beatles: The making of Paul McCartney's masterpiece

The Beatles

Jeff Wayne and David Essex - Rock On

Jeff Wayne opens up about recording David Essex classic 'Rock On'

Music

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

How Johnny Cash's future wife wrote one of his biggest songs

Music

Scott McKenzie - San Francisco

'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)' by Scott McKenzie: The making of the flower power anthem

The Beatles - Free As A Bird and Real Love

'Free as a Bird' and 'Real Love': The story of the previous "new" Beatles songs

The Beatles

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen: The making of the operatic epic masterpiece

Queen

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - The Beatles - Revolution 9

'Revolution 9': The case for the defence of The Beatles' weirdest song

The Beatles

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

'The Sound of Silence' by Simon & Garfunkel: The making of the groundbreaking folk rock classic

Creedence Clearwater Revival and Tina Turner - Proud Mary

'Proud Mary' by Creedence Clearwater Revival: The making of John Fogerty's hit that Tina Turner made her own

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American glam rock singer and bassist Suzi Quatro in 1975. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Suzi Quatro's 10 top songs, ranked

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James Brown

James Brown's top 15 songs, ranked

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Halloween Songs

The ten monster classics you have to play at this year's Halloween party

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Kiss

The top 10 Kiss songs, ranked

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Earth, Wind & Fire

These are the 10 best Earth, Wind & Fire songs of all time

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The Kinks wrote a punk rock ripper of a Christmas song in 1977.

Do you remember The Kinks' forgotten Christmas song?

The Kinks

Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool

When Little Jimmy Osmond got the Christmas number one

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When Simon & Garfunkel covered the Christmas carol 'Silent Night', they turned the gentle song into a poignant political statement.

Why Simon & Garfunkel made a political statement out of Christmas carol 'Silent Night'

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John Lennon was disappointed by the outcome of his 1971 Christmas single 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'.

Why John Lennon was disappointed with the outcome of 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'

John Lennon

John Cleese on Fawlty Towers

John Cleese opens up about how 'second choice' Prunella Scales was exactly right for Fawlty Towers

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