So by the time Merry Xmas Everybody was joyously belting out exactly 50 years ago – yes, it was another No1 – Slade were the biggest stars in Britain. I met Noddy at a bar in London in the mid ...

the top earner is Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody, which rakes in £1million in royalties each year. Meanwhile, Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl brings in £400,000 annually ...

970s rockers Slade are also famous for their ... as the start, it was estimated last year that the Brummy rockers' track Merry Xmas Everybody brings in a very fruitful £520,000 every single ...

970s rockers Slade are also famous for their hits Come On Feel The Noize and Cos' I Love You, but it's Merry Xmas Everybody that is the song played on a loop over the festive period. And we reveal ...

The 78-year-old Slade frontman says doctors 'keep checking' after he was diagnosed with cancer five years ago Noddy, famous for the 1973 hit Merry Xmas Everybody, told Sky News: "I did have ...