" Little Town " is a new arrangement of the traditional Christmas carol " O Little Town of Bethlehem " by English singer-songwriter Chris Eaton . Eaton adapted the lyrics (with some rearrangement of parts of verses) to a new melody he composed in a contemporary Christmas music style. It was first recorded by English singer Cliff Richard and released as a single in the UK for the 1982 Christmas season, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart .
12-530: Little Town may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] "Little Town" (song) , a new arrangement of the carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" United Kingdom [ edit ] Little Town, Cheshire , England, a location in the United Kingdom Little Town, Cumbria , England Little Town, Highland , Scotland, a location in the United Kingdom Little Town, Lancashire , England,
24-606: A location in the United Kingdom United States [ edit ] Little Town (Littleton, Virginia) , listed on the NRHP in Virginia See also [ edit ] Littletown (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Little Town . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-490: A Christmas carol, intending it to be sung ironically while the little matchgirl is kicked out into the snow by the unfeeling middle classes. By the time the musical transferred to television, the song had become a lusty pub song sung by the local whore, as played by Twiggy. Richard liked the song but changed the lyrics to reflect a more religious theme (which the writers accepted). Richard's ninety-ninth single, it became his twelfth UK number-one single, spending four weeks at
48-527: A slightly more upbeat version of the song on her Christmas album, A Christmas Album . Mistletoe and Wine " Mistletoe and Wine " is a Christmas song made famous as a chart-topping single by Cliff Richard in 1988. The song was written by Jeremy Paul , Leslie Stewart and Keith Strachan for a musical called Scraps , which was an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen 's " The Little Match Girl " set in Victorian London. Scraps
60-610: Is his achievement of number one hit singles in five consecutive decades. Richard's version of the song was also used in a British public information film about drink driving . The film was part of the Drinking And Driving Wrecks Lives campaign, in which films were shown during ad breaks over the Christmas period. This version also appeared in BBC Two's 2015 comedy-drama A Gert Lush Christmas in
72-583: Is the rendition by renowned CCM artist Amy Grant , who included it on her 1983 album A Christmas Album . "Little Town" was released in November 1982 as the third single from Richard's 1982 studio album Now You See Me, Now You Don't . It peaked at number 11 for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart over the Christmas week and the following week. The recording featured singer and vocal arranger Tony Rivers and countertenor Nigel Perrin. As per
84-630: The album liner notes: The song was first released on 30 August 1982 on Richard's studio album Now You See Me, Now You Don't . The single was released in the UK on the 15 November 1982 in the standard 7-inch vinyl format with picture cover, and also as a 7-inch picture disc variant. On the B-side were "Love and a Helping Hand" and "You, Me and Jesus", except in the US/Canada, where "Be in My Heart" (from
96-599: The album) was used instead. In 1988, the song was included on Richard's compilation album Private Collection: 1979–1988 and as an extra B-side on the 12-inch and CD single of his UK Christmas hit " Mistletoe and Wine ". A remixed version of the song with additional instrumentation was included on Richard's 1991 and 2003 Christmas albums Together with Cliff Richard and Cliff at Christmas . The song has also been included on some compilation box sets, The Singles Collection (2002) and ...And They Said it Wouldn't Last (2008). In 1983, CCM artist Amy Grant recorded
108-455: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Town&oldid=1071122532 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Little Town (song) In the US, the better known version
120-528: The scene where Dan ( Russell Howard ), his girlfriend Lisa (Hannah Britland) and his family are having Christmas Dinner. It became 1988's Christmas number one single on 18 December 1988, beating the likes of Petula Clark , Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan (who got 1988's Christmas number two with " Especially for You " and who ended up spending three weeks at number one in January 1989 with that song), Erasure , Phil Collins , U2 and Angry Anderson to
132-548: The top in December 1988 and selling 750,000 copies in the process. In the short six-week period since its release, it became the highest-selling single of 1988 . Simultaneously, it also spent four weeks at the top of the Irish Singles Chart . In December 2007 the single re-entered the UK Singles Chart by virtue of downloads , peaking at number 68. One of the record-breaking statistics often cited about Richard
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#1732800958588144-475: Was first performed at the Orange Tree Theatre , Richmond, London in 1976. The musical was renamed The Little Match Girl and adapted for television by HTV in 1987, and featured Roger Daltrey , Paul Daneman , Jimmy Jewel and Twiggy . As originally conceived, "Mistletoe and Wine" had a different meaning from that for which it has come to be known. The writers wanted a song that sounded like
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