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Fairytale of New York was originally penned ... I gave them both to Shane and he gave it a Broadway melody, and there it was." MacGowan named the song after the JP Donleavy's 1973 novel A Fairy ...
Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, died at the age of 65. Fairytale of New York, his most famous song, is a Christmas ...
The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, who died in November, made a fortune from the iconic Christmas song Fairytale of New York ...
Shane MacGowan’s wife, Victoria May Clarke, has revealed how the late Pogues frontman felt about the success of his biggest hit, “Fairytale of New York”, as she reflected on their ...