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
A Partridge Family Christmas Card Jones as the lead singer ("The Christmas Song"). "A Partridge Family Christmas Card" was the best-selling Christmas album in the United States during the Christmas season of 1971. It was the number 1 album on "Billboard" magazine's special Christmas Albums sales chart for all four weeks that the magazine published the chart that year. The album was reissued in 1992 on CD and is also available as mp3 downloads. Only two tracks, "Winter Wonderland" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", were featured on the TV show (in the second-season episode "Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa") A Partridge