A sprightly carol with a seemingly everlasting line of ‘Glorias’, Ding Dong! Merrily on High is one of world’s best-loved Christmas melodies. But what are the lyrics, and what does it all mean? Its ...
Freddie Bell, the frontman of a Las Vegas showband, seemed an unlikely candidate for rock'n'roll stardom but in 1956, almost by chance, he captured the spirit of the moment with "Giddy-Up-A Ding Dong" ...