Perthshire song storms the charts

A “catchy” Christmas song featuring Perthshire choirs is heading up the festive download charts.

Chris White, 46, of Perth Autism Support, wrote Wishing You (A Very Very Merry Christmas), which has reached number two in the Amazon download charts.

The song was recorded with the choirs of the Community School of Auchterarder and Perth Grammar School, along with children from Perth Autism Support.

It has also been picked up by Radio 2, which Mr White hopes will help it maintain a high chart position.

“The song is quite catchy and has done a lot better than we thought,” he said.

“Today we heard that it’s been picked up by Chris Evans’s production team on BBC Radio 2, which is very exciting. Hopefully they’ll play it and it will get then get noticed by the BBC’s One Show.”

The song will be performed at the Community School of Auchterarder Christmas concert tonight in Gleneagles and also at the Perth Grammar School Christmas concert on December 20.