Shane MacGowan Irish in London and the United States, and London life in general. These influences are documented in the biography, "Rake at the Gates of Hell: Shane MacGowan in Context". MacGowan has often cited the 19th-century Irish poet James Clarence Mangan and playwright Brendan Behan as influences. Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote "Fairytale of New York", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl. In the coming years MacGowan and The Pogues released several albums. In 1997, MacGowan appeared on Lou Reed's "Perfect Day", covered by numerous artists in aid of Children in Need. It was the UK's number one single for
Christmas Day in the Morning Seven Joys of Mary,' the songs that Mr. Ives sings to his own guitar accompaniment, are the most attractive, for in the others the ballad singer is pulled out of his element by being starred as the soloist with a choir and an orchestra." The same eight songs, along with four others, were released as "Christmas Eve with Burl Ives" (Decca DL 8391) in 1957. These songs, in turn, were released as "Twelve Days of Christmas" (Pickwick SPC 1018) in the 1960s. Christmas Day in the Morning Christmas Day in the Morning (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of