Australia Australia
Top Album
Bernard Fanning - Departures
Top Single
Robin Thicke Feat. T.I. & Pharrell - Blurred Lines
USA USA
Top Album
Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Top Single
Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell - Blurred Lines
UK UK
Top Album
Black Sabbath - 13
Top Single
ROBIN THICKE / TI / PHARRELL - Blurred Lines
3636
Rolf Harris at the ARIA Hall Of Fame 2008
Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Rolf Harris Joins Status Quo

By Paul Cashmere
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:35:02 +1100

Rolf Harris is no stranger to rock. He once did a biting version of Led Zeppelin’s `Stairway To Heaven`. Now the legendary Australian entertainer has teamed with Rick Parfitt of Status Quo for a Christmas song.

‘Christmas In The Sun’ will be released on December 7 in the UK, making it a contender the number one song at the end of the year.

That could be a big ask. For the last four years, the number one song has gone to an X-Factor winner.

For the Harris - Quo song, out goes the snow and reindeer and in comes the sun and roasts.

The song was inspired by an Australian Christmas in the summer heat. Rolf grew up in the 1930s and very much lived the Aussie Christmas. For Australians, ‘I’m dreaming of a white Christmas’ is somewhat of an alien though considering so few places in Australian even get snow in winter.

Parfitt told the BBC “forget rock n roll, this is Rick n Rolf’.
Heading_relatedcontent
  1. OH NO, STATUS QUO.

    The members of Status Quo must be hard up for cash at the moment. They have recorded a version of their 1975 chart topper "Down Down" mixing in words from the Coles advertsing jingle.
    2:28pm Jul 11, 2012
  2. Rolf Harris To Do One Venue Tour

    Soon to be ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Rolf Harris is going on a one-venue tour. In December, Harris will do his Sydney Opera House Tour.
    7:08am Jun 20, 2008
  3. Rolf Harris Sings For Stranded Qantas Flyers

    The Qantas strike has had one positive side-effect. Stranded Melbourne flyers in the Qantas Club today were treated to some entertainment from Rolf Harris.
    11:30am Jul 02, 2008
Loader

  1. Catherine Britt - Undercover Interviews

    Catherine Britt chats to Undercover about her latest self-titled album release.
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  2. Dan Kelly - Undercover Interviews

    Dan Kelly plays the tracks ‘The Decomissioner’, ‘Dan Kelly’s Dream’ and ‘Drowning...
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  3. Jamie Cullum - Undercover Interviews

    Jamie Cullum talks to Undercover about his music career.
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  4. Jason Derulo - Undercover Interviews

    Jason Derulo comes in to the Undercover Studio to chat about his music and life o...
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  5. Stereophonics - Undercover Interviews

    Welsh band Stereophonics have a chat to Undercover about their latest music achie...
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  6. Catherine Britt - USessions

    Catherine Britt comes into the Undercover studios to play a few songs off her lat...
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  7. Dan Kelly - USessions

    Dan Kelly plays the tracks ‘The Decomissioner’, ‘Dan Kelly’s Dream’ and ‘Drowning...
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  8. Darlene Love - Undercover Interviews

    Darlene Love has a chat to Undercover about her 50-years in show business.
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  9. Rebecca Barnard - USessions

    Rebecca Barnard comes into the Undercover studio to play a few songs off her late...
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
  10. Lazy Susan - USessions

    Paul Andrews from Lazy Susan plays the tracks ‘Expecting To Change’, ‘Bad Hands’ ...
    4:25pm Jun 25, 2010
Heading_hottopics
Processing...
Closepopup
Ajax-loader_3