Christmas 1975/6: Chris Hill: Renta Santa / Bionic Santa

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The time around Christmas is often referred to as the ’silly season’, particularly when it comes to Christmas songs. Chris Hill’s contributions to Yuletide mirth certainly prove the rule.

Over the Christmases of both 1975 and 1976, this British DJ released two novelty records which both entered the UK Top 10. Both discs were what was known as “break-in” records. With Hill acting as narrator, he interspersed his words with small sections of other well-known hits of the era.

Firstly in 1975, he brought us Renta Santa which peaked at Number 10. You would have to know the personalities of the mid-1970s to really “appreciate” the humour of both this and his follow-up hit in 1976, Bionic Santa. They were a bit of fun at the time and make for nostalgic listening today.

See also:

Christmas Songs of the 1970s

UK Christmas Number One Songs of the 1970s

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A couple of years later, he released Disco Santa, but this one did not go down so well with the record buying public. It bombed, spectacularly.

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More about Chris Hill

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