Wizzard came off second best that time but the song has charted every year in the UK since 2007 and has already reached the top 30 in 2024. It earns songwriter Roy Wood a reported £200,00 a year.

Noddy Holder could score a second Christmas Number 1 single with his upcoming charity song, having previously topped the chart as part of band Slade with the track Merry Xmas Everybody in 1973 ...

Noddy calls the song his pension and in 2015 it was estimated to generate £500,000 of royalties every year. Related articles. Noddy Holder’s quiet life with wife Suzan in idyllic Cheshire village ; ...

Ozzy Osbourne and Slade frontman Noddy Holder are among the stars who have joined forces on a new Christmas single in support of a cancer awareness project. Recorded at the world-famous Abbey Road ...

A song featuring the Black Country's own Slade legend Noddy Holder and inspired by the heroism of First World War soldiers is set to be released in full this week for charity.

And it all came about because of a boozy night in the Midlands home of frontman Noddy Holder’s parents. Noddy, 77, said: “The song that became Merry Xmas Everybody was written in 1967.

Noddy Holder said his act was an equal split between songs and anecdotes now. Kath Stanczyszyn. BBC WM. Andy ... Published. 26 September 2024. Noddy Holder hopes to go on the road again in the new ...

Noddy Holder has revealed the real inspiration behind Slade’s festive 1973 hit ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’.. The song is arguably one of Slade’s biggest hits, becoming so famous that ...