Edwin Green
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Edwin Green
@edwingreen.bsky.social
Music lover, reputedly
Happy Christmas all!
You can never have too many Beatle books - or friends...
Thank you to my wife Laura and, I should say Stuart Maconie too... lots of great festive reading to come!
All the very best!
December 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Festive greetings all!
Here's the final entry in our profiles of the fabled Christmas number one.

Take care everyone!

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Wham! A Christmas number one
The best one of them all?
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December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Penultimate profile in our series profiling Christmas number ones. Some would say this is the ultimate!

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Queen, a Christmas number one
Any guesses for which song?
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December 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The greatest duo in the history of pop? Pet Shop Boys were number one for Christmas 1987, read on...

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Pet Shop Boys, a Christmas number one
What did they do to deserve it? Read on...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The greatest duo in the history of pop? Pet Shop Boys were number one for Christmas 1987, read on...

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Pet Shop Boys, a Christmas number one
What did they do to deserve it? Read on...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today's Christmas number one recall... Band Aid

Please click the link to find out more of 1984's biggest pop news story

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Band Aid, a Christmas number one
Give us your money!
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December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Hi everyone, here's the Sladest post on our Christmas number one journey.

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Slade, a Xmaaaaassss number one!
Get down and with it!
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December 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A recent ramble down Christmas number one memory lane...to 2016.

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Clean Bandit...a Christmas number one
They're going to rock you...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Another Christmas throwback... to 1995

Click the link for more...

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Michael Jackson... a Christmas number one
What have we done to the world?
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December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Celebrating Jackie Wilson's unlikely Christmas number one...

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Jackie Wilson... a Christmas number one
In heaven with a smile
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December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hoping for a Fab Four Christmas?

Click the link for a day trip back in time!

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The Beatles, a fab four Christmas number ones
And with five songs too.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There's a riot going on at the Christmas number one (well, almost)... Looking back to 2009's 'festive' chart-topper.

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Rage Against The Machine...a Christmas number one?!
What the Raging X????
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December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Today's Christmas number one recall... the entire late 90s!

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The Spice Girls, a Christmas hat-trick
A little extra Spice for your festivities...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Another festive number one recall, from 1974...

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Mud, a Christmas number one
Back to 1974, a Glam-busting year
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December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You can't talk festive number ones without mentioning Cliff...

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Cliff Richard, many Christmas number ones
Christmas without Cliff? Are you kidding?
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December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For today's Christmas number one recall, we head back to 2017...

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Ed Sheeran, a Christmas number one
But what about Beyoncė?
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December 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Latest installment on the history of the Christmas number one... and a decent X Factor winning song!

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X Factor, too many Christmas number ones...
Hallelujah for Alexandra Burke!
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December 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A trip back to the 1980s for today's Christmas number one...

#ShakinStevens #officialcharts

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Shakin' Stevens, a Christmas number one
Time for a little love and understanding...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Today we go back to 1953, the second-ever Christmas number one...

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Frankie Laine, a Christmas number one
Delving way back to the second-ever festive chart-topper
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December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Back to 1994 for a Christmas number one story!

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East 17, a Christmas number one
Wait...what? It wasn't Mariah? Humbug!
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December 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Another trip down Christmas number one memory lane... to 1978

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Boney M, a Christmas number one
A second foray into the world of the festive chart-topper
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hello all... a link to a new Christmas piece. And we all love a little piece at this time of the year don't we...?

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Elvis Presley, a Christmas number one
A new series focusing on the finest artists to top the Christmas charts
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December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We've reached the final note of our top 20 BIGGEST BEATLES' YEARS countdown.
Which year topped the chart?
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Our countdown of the top 20 BIGGEST BEATLES’ SONGS reaches its conclusion… After 1964, the biggest BEATLE year of all is… (no.1) 1967 - We hope you all enjoyed the show… The Beatles were ne...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Down to the final 2 in our top 20 BIGGEST BEATLES' YEARS countdown.
The runner-up? Click to find out...
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We’re down to the last two in our countdown of the top 20 BIGGEST BEATLES’ YEARS. The runner-up… (no.2) 1964 - “Ladies and gentlemen… the Beatles!” In which Britain became the epicentre of g...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We've reached the top 3 of our 20 BIGGEST BEATLES' YEARS countdown!

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Just three more to go on the top 20 BIGGEST BEATLES’ YEARS countdown! It’s getting near crunch time… (no.3) 1963 - Word of the year: Beatlemania! It was commonly accepted that they had a daf...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM