The first song I fell in love with
I remember standing up in year 3 and doing the routine to The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Laurel and Hardy and the Avalon Boys. I really wanted it for Christmas – it went to No 2 in 1975 – and Father Christmas managed to get it in my stocking.The first single I bought
I was on a canal boat holiday with the Scouts and Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners was all over the radio, so I went down on my bike to buy it from Wilco in Bradpole Road in Bournemouth.The song I do at karaoke
I went to Japan with two of my kids earlier this year, on a government thing promoting British food and drink, and we got stuck into Bohemian Like You by the Dandy Warhols, which is just so effortless and joyous.The song I inexplicably know every lyric to
It always surprises me that I still know the lyrics to the Christmas carols I learned as a kid. Gloria in Excelsis Deo is like seeing an old friend, and I can sing it without looking at the hymn sheet.The best song to play at a party
