Muffet, Pat-a-cake, Pop Goes the Weasel, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, Peter
Piper, Hickory Dickory Dock, One for Sorrow, This Old Man, Simple
Simon, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Bo Peep, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Mary,
Mary, Quite Contrary, Old King Cole and Humpty Dumpty.
Christmas carols in English first appear in a 1426 work by John Awdlay,
a Shropshire chaplain who lists twenty five "caroles of Cristemas", probably
sung by groups of 'wassailers', who went from house to house.
Some of the
most notable
carols from the UK include; We Wish You a Merry
Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, The First Noel, God Rest You Merry,
Gentlemen, The Holly and the Ivy, I Saw Three Ships, Deck the Halls, In the
Bleak Midwinter, Joy to the World, Once in Royal David's City, Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing, What Child Is This?, Good King Wenceslas, Here We
Come A-Caroling and While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks. Themusic of
Christmas has always been a combination of sacred and secular, and every
year in the UK there is highly publicised competition
to be the Christmas
number one single, which has led to the production of music which still
provides the mainstay of festive playlists. During WWII, Vera Lynn was
known as the Forces' Sweetheart, with "We'll Meet Again", sung to
British
troops,
among
the
songs
most
associated
with
her.
The
UK single and album charts are revealed every Sunday on BBC Radio 1,
with Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" the best-selling single in the
UK, and Queen's
Greatest Hits
the best-selling album.
The United Kingdom supports a number of major orchestras including
the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Philharmonia, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic
Orchestra. London is one of the world's major centres for classical music: it
has several important concert halls and is also
home to the Royal Opera
House, one of the world's leading opera houses. British traditional music has
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also been very influential abroad. The Brit Awards, the BPI's annual pop
music awards, take place at The O2 Arena every February.
The UK was one of the two main countries in the creation and
development of many genres of popular music, including; rock music; The
Beatles,The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks; hard rock; Led
Zeppelin, Cream, Def
Leppard, Whitesnake;
progressive
rock; Pink
Floyd, Genesis, Yes; glam rock; Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, T. Rex,
blues rock; The Yardbirds, The Animals, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits;
heavy
metal; Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Judas Priest;
punk rock; Sex Pistols, The Clash, Billy Idol; new wave; The Police, Elvis
Costello,Culture Club, Duran Duran; goth rock; The Cure, Siouxsie and the
Banshees; art rock; The Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Procol
Harum, Peter
Gabriel, Kate
Bush;
folk
rock; Van
Morrison, Cat
Stevens, Donovan, Mumford & Sons; soft rock; The Hollies, blue-eyed
soul; Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Steve Winwood; disco; Bee Gees; synth
pop; Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Pet
Shop Boys; reggae; UB40; pop
rock; Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Sting, Joe Cocker, Robert Palmer, Bonnie
Tyler; alternative rock; The Smiths, New Order, Radiohead, Coldplay;
symphonic
rock; ELO, Muse;
Britpop; Oasis, Blur, The
Verve;
soul; Sade, Amy Winehouse, Adele.
The UK has also pioneered various forms of electronic dance
music including dubstep, acid house, uk garage, drum and bass and trip hop,
with acts including; The Prodigy,Massive Attack, Jamiroquai, The Chemical
Brothers, Gorillaz, Calvin Harris and Fatboy Slim. Other notable British
artists in pop music include; Spice Girls, George Michael, Seal,Leona
Lewis, One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Robbie Williams. In 2009, British
artists topped the decade end ranking, with "Chasing Cars" by Snow
Patrol announced as the most widely played song of the decade in the UK,
and
Back to Bedlam
by James Blunt the best selling album of the 2000s in the
UK.
Since the mid 2000s, British rap is becoming increasingly popular,
mainly within the youth of large cities such as London, Manchester,
Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds and Sheffield. Popular British R&B artists
include Taio Cruz, Jay Sean, M.I.A. and Jessie J.
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