Kim Carnes released her seventh album 'Voyeur' in 1982. The title track was released as a single ahead of he release of the album, but it failed to live up to record company expectations, especially after the big success of her 1981 hit 'Bette Davis Eyes'.
Although the single reached number 10 in Sweden, it only managed to get to number 68 in the UK singles chart and number 29 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
My collection: 7" single no. 4534 Found: Any old time, Amsterdam, January 30, 2010 Cost: 0,1 euro Tracks: 'Voyeur' / 'Thrill of the grill'
In 1978, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands took place on February 22. Eight songs were selected to be sung by Barry Duncan, Harmony, The Internationals and Kimm. The jury consisted of old Dutch Eurovision Song Contest competitors.
While Harmony was selected with their song ''t Is OK', the Internationals recorded one of their two songs as a single. It was released shortly after the national final - but it didn't chart.
My collection: 7" single no. 4533 Found: Any old time, Amsterdam, January 30, 2010 Cost: 0,1 euro Tracks: 'Boom boom' / 'Boem boem'
Fleetwood Mac were formed in 1967 in London by Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, Jeremy Spencer and John McVie. They released their self-titled debut album in February 1968. Six months later, 'Mr Wonderful', their second album was released. Both albums were very blues-oriented. Shortly after the release of their second album Fleetwood Mac added guitarist Danny Kirwan to their line-up. With him they recorded their third album 'The pious bird of good omen'. They soon made their last all-blues recordings, as they changed label and changed style.
Even though The Beatles wanted the band on Apple Records (Mick Fleetwood and George Harrison were brothers-in-law), the band's manager Clifford Davis decided to go with Warner Bros. Records, the label they have stayed with ever since. Their first album for Warner, released in September 1969, was the well-regarded 'Then play on'. This album contained the single 'Oh well', a single that became a number 1 hit in the Netherlands and a number 2 hit in the UK singles chrat in the autumn of 1969.
My collection: 7" single no. 4532 Found: Any old time, Amsterdam, January 30, 2010 Cost: 0,1 euro Tracks: 'Oh well (part 1)' / 'Oh well (part 2)'
Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk was born on February 3, 1947. She made her first public appearance at four on the radio show 'Live like a millionaire', performing the song 'Gimme a little kiss'. Her biggest successes followed in the late Sixties, when she had a hit in the Netherlands with 'Beautiful people', before performing at the famous Woodstock festival.
The inspiration for 'Lay down (Candles in the rain)' apparently arose from the Woodstock audience lighting candles during her set. She recorded the track with the Edwin Hawkins Singers, who provide gospel vocals in the background of each chorus. The single reached number 1 in the Netherlands and was a top 10 hit all over the world.
My collection: 7" single no. 4531 Found: Any old time, Amsterdam, January 30, 2010 Cost: 0,1 euro Tracks: 'Lay down' / 'Animal crackers'
'When I fall in love' was written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman and was introduced in the 1952 movie 'One minute to zero'. It has since been recorded by lots of artists, most famously (these days) by Nat 'King' Cole and Rick Astley.
Nat 'King' Cole recorded his version in 1956. It was released on the album 'Love is the thing' and released as a single in the UK in 1957. It reached number 2 in the UK singles chart. The song was actually re-released in 1987, competing with Rick Astley's version for a chart position. While Astley reached number 2 with his single, Nat 'King' Cole peaked at number 4.
My collection: 7" single no. 4530 Found: Any old time, Amsterdam, January 30, 2010 Cost: 0,1 euro Tracks: 'When I fall in love' / 'Calypso blues'
Dave 'Dee' Harman, Trevor 'Dozy' Ward-Davies, Anthony Stephen 'Beaky' Carpenter, Michael 'Mick' Wilson and Ian 'Tich' Amey formed 'Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich', an amalgam of their nicknames in the late Sixties.
One of their many successful singles between 1965 and 1969 was the nonsensical 'Zabadak!', released in the autumn on 1967. The single reached number 3 in the UK singles chart and the Dutch Top 40.
My collection: 7" single no. 4529 Found: Any old time, Amsterdam, January 30, 2010 Cost: 0,1 euro Tracks: 'Zabadak!' / 'The sun goes down'
Denny Zager and Rick Evans got together in Lincoln, Nebraska in the late Sixties as Zager & Evans. Their biggest hit was the 1969 single 'In the year 2525', the lyric of which warned of the dangers of technology, portraying a future in which the human race would at length be destroyed by its own technological and medical innovations and divine wrath. The last stanza of the song intimates a continuing cycle of birth, death and rebirth of mankind.
The song was originally written in 1964 and recorded and released in 1968. After a radio station in Odessa, Texas popularized the record, RCA Records distributed the song nationwide - and subsequently worldwide. The single reached number 1 in the UK, the USA and the Netherlands, as well as several other countries.
My collection: 7" single no. 4528 Found: Any old time, Amsterdam, January 30, 2010 Cost: 0,1 euro Tracks: 'In the year 2525' / 'Little kids'
Kim Carnes released her seventh album 'Voyeur' in 1982. The title track was released as a single ahead of he release of the album, but it failed to live up to record company expectations, especially after the big success of her 1981 hit 'Bette Davis Eyes'.
