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