Irish folk band The Pogues joined forces with pop singer Kirsty Maccoll in 1987 for Fairytale of New York, one of the most well-known and beloved modern Christmas standards in the UK. Denied ...

Kirsty MacColl also secured a festive legacy, duetting with The Pogues on their 1987 song Fairytale of New York, which originally peaked at Number 2 that Christmas, and since 2005 has made an ...

The late Shane MacGowan and the late Kirsty MacColl performing ... Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You has climbed from sixth to second. But The Pogues' rise to third spot puts them in the ...

Shane MacGowan had managed to persuade Kirsty MacColl ... the most played Christmas song in the UK of the 20th Century.