Bupa residents choose their Christmas karaoke favourites

Dancing Queen by Abba was among the favourites in a poll of Bupa care home residents’ favourite karaoke songs this Christmas.

Ranging from the Victorian era to the modern day, the top 40 shows that karaoke can be great fun for everyone this party season. And your gran might be more down with the kids than you give her credit for – with some top chart hits featuring alongside more traditional ballads.

Other favourites included Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre, Can’t Help Falling in Love With You by Elvis Presley and You Are My Sunshineby Jimmie Davis.

The full list is:  

Raise Your Glass – Pink

Dancing Queen – Abba

Karma Chameleon – Culture Club

Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey

These Boots Were Made for Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra

Mama Mia – Abba

Delilah – Tom Jones

The Only Way is Up – Yazz

Yellow Submarine – The Beatles

By the Rivers of Babylon – Boney M

Can’t Help Falling In Love With You – Elvis Presley

Daisy Bell – Harry Dacre

You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis

The Happy Wanderer – Obernkirchen Children’s Choir

(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover – Vera Lynn

Moon River – Audrey Hepburn

If You Were The Only Girl in the World – Bing Crosby

When Irish Eyes are Smiling – Bing Crosby

Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens

Que Sera Sera – Doris Day

Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis

I Want To Be Happy – Ella Fitzgerald

I Do Like to Be Beside The Seaside – Florrie Forde

Show Me The Way To Go Home – Frank Crumit

New York, New York – Frank Sinatra

Oh My Darling Clementine – Freddy Quinn

Sunshine – Gabrielle

Singing in the Rain – Gene Kelly

Imagine – John Lennon

Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland

What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – Marvin Gaye

Bring Me Sunshine – Morecambe and Wise

Edelweiss – Richard Rodgers

She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes – Steve Songs

The Skye Boat Song – The Corries

Molly Malone – The Dubliners

Last Rose of Summer – Laura Wright

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