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.: A Winters Tale :. Sir Ian Paul Date Submitted:  2013-11-24 [Archive Date: 2014-02-22] Genre:  Holiday/Seasonal Original Artist:  David Essex Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  A Winter's Tale is a song by David Essex from the 1983 album The Whisper. First released as a single in 1982, it reached #2 in the UK singles chart in January 1983. ______________________________________________________ A Winter's Tale was written by Mike Batt and Tim Rice in late 1982 in response to a request from Essex. It was released as a single in December 1982. It spent ten weeks in the UK chart, peaking at #2 on 15 January 1983. Later in 1983, the song was included on Essex's album The Whisper ______________________________________________________________ The song was covered by Michael Ball for his 2000 album Christmas. Joe McElderry performed the song at Durham Cathedral, this version features a new verse written by Tim Rice _____________________________________________________________ A Winter's Tale was used to open the musical All the Fun of the Fair, launched in 2008, in which it was performed by Louise English. A 2008 poll by Asian News International saw A Winter's Tale placed as the fourth worst Christmas song. The Coronation Street Christmas special of 2010 ended with the character Rita Sullivan performing a version of the song accompanied by electric piano in the Rovers Return pub. During the song, we see various characters coming to terms with their losses after the devastating tram crash. Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

Sir Ian Paul performs A Winters Tale on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: Sir Ian Paul performs A Winters Tale on Karaoke Showcase - A Winter's Tale is a song by David Essex from the 1983 album The Whisper. First released as a single in 1982, it reached #2 in the UK singles chart in January 1983. ______________________________________________________ A Winter's Tale was written by Mike Batt and Tim Rice in late 1982 in response to a request from Essex. It was released as a single in December 1982. It spent ten weeks in the UK chart, peaking at #2 on 15 January 1983. Later in 1983, the song was included on Essex's album The Whisper ______________________________________________________________ The song was covered by Michael Ball for his 2000 album Christmas. Joe McElderry performed the song at Durham Cathedral, this version features a new verse written by Tim Rice _____________________________________________________________ A Winter's Tale was used to open the musical All the Fun of the Fair, launched in 2008, in which it was performed by Louise English. A 2008 poll by Asian News International saw A Winter's Tale placed as the fourth worst Christmas song. The Coronation Street Christmas special of 2010 ended with the character Rita Sullivan performing a version of the song accompanied by electric piano in the Rovers Return pub. During the song, we see various characters coming to terms with their losses after the devastating tram crash.
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