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There are two golden eras of Christmas pop songs. The most recent one was in the mid-to-late 1980s when Band Aid, Wham! and The Pogues dominated the chart. But the first golden period was between 1972 ...

Les Gray, lead singer of Seventies chart-toppers Mud, has died a week before he was due to make his career comeback. The 57-year-old pop legend had suffered from throat cancer for some time. He died ...

GLAM rocker Les Gray, the lead singer of Mud who has died suddenly only weeks before his 58th birthday, was due to make an emotional return to Northern Ireland, it emerged today. GLAM rocker Les Gray, ...

Les Gray, lead singer of 1970s chart topping band Mud has died at 57. The glam rock star died of a heart attack in Portugal, his home for 12 years, and had been battling against throat cancer for some ...

LONDON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Les Gray, singer with the 1970s British rock group Mud, has died at a Portugal hospital after battling throat cancer for several years. He was 57. Mud, formed in 1966 by Gray, ...

Fifty years since it became 1974’s Yuletide number one, the Mud hit Lonely This Christmas is as much part of Britain’s festive repertoire as Jingle Bells. Sadly, two of the four original Mud line-up ...

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