Wizzard

**Wizzard** were an English rock band formed by , who was previously a co-founding member of The Move and the Electric Light Orchestra. They are most famous for their 1973 Christmas single "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", which peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. They also achieved two number one singles in the UK with "" and "".

## Personnel

- - vocals, guitars, saxophone, woodwinds, strings, keyboards, percussion <small>(1972–1975)</small>
- Mike Burney - saxophone, clarinet, flute <small>(1972–1975; died 2014)</small>
- Charlie Grima - drums, percussion, vocals <small>(1972–1975)</small>
- - keyboards, French horn <small>(1972–1973)</small>
- - cello, synthesisers <small>(1972–1973; died 2018)</small>
- Nick Pentelow - saxophone, clarinet, flute <small>(1972–1975)</small>
- - bass, vocals <small>(1972–1975; died 2022)</small>
- Keith Smart - drums <small>(1972–1975; died 2025)</small>
- Bob Brady - keyboards, vocals <small>(1974–1975)</small>

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="1"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: May 1973 * Label: Harvest|25|||||||
|* Released: August 1974 * Label: Warner Bros.|19|* BPI: Silver||||||
|* Released: 2000 * Label: Edsel|—|||||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||

### Compilation albums

|scope="col" style="width:24em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:14em;"|Details|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 1973 * Label: Harvest||||
|* Released: 1996 * Label: Disky||||
|* Released: December 2006 * Label: Sanctuary Records||||

### Singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:26em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="8"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1972|6|—|—|—|—|8|—|—||rowspan="4"|_Wizzard Brew_||
|rowspan="3"|1973|1|20|19|41|5|1|10|9|* BPI: Gold|||
|1|—|—|50|22|7|—|—|* BPI: Silver|||||
|4|—|—|—|—|6|—|—|* BPI: 4× Platinum|||||
|rowspan="3"|1974|6|—|—|—|—|13|—|—||rowspan="3"|_Introducing Eddy and the Falcons_|
|34|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|8|—|—|49|—|10|—|—||||||
|1975|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Look Thru' the Eyes of Roy Wood & Wizzard - Hits & Rarities, Brilliance & Charm... (1974-1987)_|||
|1976|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Main Street_|||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.||||||||||||

### "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" re-issue and re-entry positions

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:26em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="2"|Peak chart positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1981|41|—||||
|rowspan="2"|1984|86|—|||
|23|—|||||
|2007|16|—||||
|2008|31|—||||
|2009|45|—||||
|2010|46|—||||
|2011|28|—||||
|2012|29|—||||
|2013|31|—||||
|2014|35|68||||
|2015|27|49||||
|2016|23|46||||
|2017|15|29||||
|2018|12|—||||
|2019|10|—||||
|2020|12|44||||
|2021|15|26||||
|2022|19|25||||
|2023|25|32||||
|2024|22|33||||
|2025|24|33||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Wizzard
- **background**: group_or_band
- **image**: Wizzard - TopPop 1974 4.png
- **caption**: Wizzard in May 1974
- **origin**: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
- **genre**: Glam rock, art rock, rock and roll, Jazz fusion#Jazz_rock, jazz rock
- **years active**: 1972–1975
- **label**: , EMI Records, EMI, United Artists Records, United Artists, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros., Edsel
- **spinoffs**: ,
- **past members**: *
* Mike Burney
* Charlie Grima
*
*
* Nick Pentelow
*
* Keith Smart
* Bob Brady