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The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's 50 (though the exact figure varied above and below this number) best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for by listeners to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. It was usually dominated by indie and rock songs which did not fully represent the diversity of music played by Peel but rather the majority opinion among his listeners. After Peel's death the tradition of the Festive Fifty was continued, first by other Radio 1 DJs and then (when Radio 1 decided to discontinue it) by the Internet radio station Dandelion Radio.
The FestiveFifty was originally an annual list of the year's 50 (though the exact figure varied above and below this number) best songs compiled at the...
major national coverage to bands that later achieved fame. The annual FestiveFifty countdown of his listeners' favourite records of the year was a notable...
John Peel's FestiveFifty for 1996, and held the same position in 1997. A track would not usually be permitted to qualify for the FestiveFifty more than...
Peel's FestiveFifty for 1993. The re-recorded version of "French Disko" (see below) was voted #5 in the same poll, and #36 in the All-Time FestiveFifty broadcast...
[citation needed] In 1976, "Paralyzed" ranked 15th in the first ever FestiveFifty, a top 50 list documenting the favourite songs of listeners of John...
played extensively by John Peel and took the 6th position in the 1998 FestiveFifty. Following this it was released as the band's first single. A six-track...
"Under Canvas, Under Wraps" being voted number three in John Peel's FestiveFifty that year. The band released their second studio album in 1998, Peloton...
Their track "Low & Sweet" was listed in British DJ John Peel's 2001 FestiveFifty. Their song "Vagabond" has been featured in the popular video game Grand...
reaching No. 4 and "Alternative Ulster" being voted No. 11 in the annual FestiveFifty broadcast on the John Peel show. In February 1979, SLF released their...
b-side "Incendiary Device" made number 15 in BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel’s ‘FestiveFifty’, the so-called ‘lost list’ of 1977. Sixteen years after its release...
Hamster Dance Enhanced". gettingit.com. Retrieved January 31, 2024. BBC: FestiveFifty 1999 "KOCH RECORDS TO RELEASE HAMPTON THE HAMPSTER: THE HAMPSTERDANCE...
track "Long Distance Love" was placed at number 26 in John Peel's 1976 "FestiveFifty". The album was voted number 555 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's...
"Birthday", which was later voted by his listeners as #1 in the 1987 FestiveFifty, and #23 in the All Time Chart. Their music has been described as avant-pop...
albums of all time. Tracks from Second Light also dominated Peel's FestiveFifty in 1995, and the band recorded six Peel sessions between 1993 and 2001...
Club Deluxe) (2006) – "Once I Was" Classics From John Peel's All-Time FestiveFifty (Universal) (2006) – "Song To the Siren" The Old Grey Whistle Test-The...
Guitar Solos of All-Time. English disc jockey John Peel's 1976 list of FestiveFifty featured the song at no. 25. It was second, third or fourth place for...
at BBC Radio 1. The song went on to make number 47 in John Peel's 'FestiveFifty', the so-called 'lost list' of 1977; it was also number 8 in the Sounds...
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