1986 in British music cover of the disco song "Don't Leave Me This Way". The band included singer Jimmy Somerville who had previously enjoyed success with Bronski Beat, and later started a solo career. The Christmas number one single was something of a surprise, a re-issue of Jackie Wilson's 1957 single "Reet Petite". Wilson had died in 1984, but the song been re-issued after being used in a television advert for Levi's, with a new video made of a Claymation version of Wilson. Having first been released 29 years earlier, it broke the record for the longest time between a single being released and
This Christmas Day who died from Alzheimer's disease in 2001, aged 81. This Christmas Day "This Christmas Day" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald. The song was released as a digital download on 1 December 2017 through Mercury Records with all proceeds going to Alzheimer's Research UK. The song has peaked at number 57 on the Scottish Singles Chart. A music video to accompany the release of "This Christmas Day" was first released onto YouTube on 1 December 2017 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds. The video features home videos of Amy and her family during the