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 Christmas in New York "Christmas in New York" is a Christmas song written by Billy Butt at the piano at the Church of Sweden in New York during the 1970s (1979). It was recorded by John Wesley Shipp and released as a single in 1982, with "The Christmas Song" acting as a B-side. The English-language version was original performed annual between 1986 and 2002 by The Rockettes during the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" in New York City. Lyrical, the song describes New York City at Christmastime. It has also been recorded by Loa Falkman, as "It's Christmas in New York",