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
Christmas in New York on his 1990 Christmas album "Julstämning". US jazz singer Linda Bianchi recorded the song on her 2009 Christmas album "Christmas in New York". The Swedish-language version, which was recorded by the Glennmarks Family on the 1983 holiday album "Från advent till jul", the song is called Jul i Gamla stan, with lyrics by Monica Forsberg, reflecting Christmas in the Stockholm oldtown. With these lyrics, the song was recorded by among others Sten & Stanley (1986), Jan Malmsjö (1987), Hasse Andersson (1996) and Cyndee Peters (1986). Christmas in New York "Christmas in New York" is a Christmas song written by Billy