1987 in British music the Christmas number one of 1987, with their cover of Elvis Presley's "Always on My Mind". The Pogues peaked at number 2 and has been re-issued several times since, reaching the top 10 in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In the world of classical music, Nicholas Maw's new work "Odyssey" made an impact, and veteran composer Malcolm Arnold produced his "Salute to Thomas Merritt", Op. 98, whilst Michael Nyman and Judith Weir both brought new operas to the stage. The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition was won by Italian soprano Valeria Esposito, and the Lieder prize was introduced into
Stiff Records discography Stiff Records discography This is the discography of Stiff Records' single releases in the United Kingdom with a prefix catalogue number of BUY, and album releases with a prefix catalogue number of SEEZ. It excludes non-BUY singles catalogue numbers such as DAMNED 1 ("Stretcher Case Baby" by The Damned), DEV 1 ("Jocko Homo" by Devo) and NY 7 ("Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl) and non-SEEZ album catalogue numbers such as FIST 1 ("Hits Greatest Stiffs"), GET 1 ("Live Stiffs Live"), and LENE 1 ("Lene Lovich Speaks" by Lene Lovich). Just under a quarter of all