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 (Elaine Paige album) featured Paige in a fake fur stole decorated with mistletoe. The reverse cover showed another 12 shots from the photoshoot where Paige makes a variety of humorous poses. The Astarte Orchestra was led by Gavyn Wright Christmas (Elaine Paige album) Christmas is an album Elaine Paige, released in 1986, the fifth and final album to be released on the label until the release of "Piaf" in 1994. The album reached number 27 in the UK album charts. The album was re-issued on CD in 2006. It was the fourth and last of Paige's albums to be produced by Tony Visconti,