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PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:28 pm 
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Singer-songwriter and The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died aged 65, following ill-health and a recent hospital stay after being diagnosed with encephalitis.

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The lyrics mention: “The boys of the NYPD choir still singing ‘Galway Bay’.” The NYPD doesn’t actually have a choir, but it does have an Irish pipe band who are featured in the music video. They didn’t know ‘Galway Bay’, so they played
the ‘Mickey Mouse Club March’ instead, and the video was later slowed down to fit the beat.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67546785

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Think he packed a fair bit into those 65 years.

By all accounts gets about £350,000 a year in royalties.

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Sussex wrote:
Think he packed a fair bit into those 65 years.

By all accounts gets about £350,000 a year in royalties.


Noddy Holder said Slade's "Merry Christmas" made him rich in royalties

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But research carried out by Channel 5 in 2016 did attempt to find the answer and concluded the top earning songs every year are as follows:

“Merry Xmas Everybody” by Slade £1m (in royalties per year)
“Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl £400,000
“All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey £400,000
“White Christmas” by Bing Crosby £328,000
“Last Christmas” by Wham! £300,000
“Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney £260,000
“Stop the Cavalry” by Jona Lewie £120,000
“2000 Miles” by The Pretenders £102,000
“Mistletoe and Wine” by Cliff Richard £100,000
“Stay Another Day” by East 17 £97,000

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