Band, 1972-2009 GB
Pop and Children's Music
St Winifred's School Choir, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport, England, was a choir of children whose single in 1980 became that year's British Christmas number one single. Entitled "There's No One Quite Like Grandma", written for the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in 1980 by Gordon Lorenz, it became that year's British Christmas number one single. It sold one million copies, most of them Christmas presents from grandchildren. It spent two weeks at number one, and 11 weeks in the UK Singles Chart in total. Dawn Ralph provided the lead vocal of the song composed by award-winning record producer Gordon Lorenz. During the late 1970s and the 1980s, Miss Terri Foley trained and conducted the choir, who gave the Music for Pleasure record label its
![]() | Julia Adamson *1960 GB |
![]() | Mike Timoney key, syn *1944 GB |
![]() | Miss Terry Foley acg |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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A Better World | St. Winifred's School Choir featuring Ziba Banafsheh | 1990 | Single |
It's A Small, Small World (Celebrate Disney's Diamond Jubilee, 60 Sparkling Years) | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1983 | Album |
Welcome John Paul | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1982 | Single |
Christmas For Everyone | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1982 | Album |
Hold My Hand | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1981 | Single |
Hold My Hand | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1981 | Album |
I Can't Think Of Anything More Beautiful | Tony Troy With St. Winifred's School Choir | 1980 | Single |
There's No One Quite Like Grandma | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1980 | Single |
And The Children Sing | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1980 | Album |
My Very Own Party Record | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1980 | Album |
Bread And Fishes | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1979 | Single |
Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Sea Of Songs | St. Winifred's School Choir | 1979 | Album |