'The Dollar Album' was Dollar's third album and the duo's most successful one. No less than five singles were drawn from the album, of which 'Gimme some kinda magic' was the last one.
It was the least successful of the five in the UK, peaking at number 34. It did better in Ireland, where the single reached number 12, overtaking both 'Hand held in black and white' and 'Videotheque', the first and fourth single from the album.
My collection: 7" single no. 5163 Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, June 9, 2011 Cost: 1 euro Tracks: 'Gimme some kinda magic' / 'You made me love you'
'Desire' was released as the first single from Andy Gibb's 1980 album 'After dark'. The song was originally recorded in 1978 by the Bee Gees during sessions for their album Spirits Having Flown, and intended for release on that album. When it was rejected by the band, it was instead released expressly as an Andy Gibb song, having Andy recording a new lead vocal in 1979 replacing his brother Barry's.
The single reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
My collection: 7" single no. 5143 Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, June 9, 2011 Cost: 1 euro Tracks: 'Desire' / 'Waiting for you'
You don't hear the word 'boogie' anymore. Back in the Seventies, is was the buzzword for having a good time, dancing around and generally going out of your mind. And the Jacksons, Michael included, had one of their biggest hits with 'Blame it on the boogie' in 1978.
The first promotional music video by the Jacksons was created for 'Blame it on the boogie', thus marking Michael Jackson's video debut. The video, featuring the group's members dancing on a black background, relied heavily on vintage electronic trail effects, created at Image West, Ltd. using then-cutting edge equipment: the Scanimate analog computer system and a Quantel DFS 3000 digital framestore.
My collection: 7" single no. 5156 Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, June 9, 2011 Cost: 1 euro Tracks: 'Blame it on the boogie' / 'Do what you wanna'
Ann Christy's 1975 entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, 'Gelukkig zijn', was released in two versions: the original Dutch (Flemish) version, and this English translation. Both singles are considered a rarity, extremely hard to find, and so I was lucky to find both on one day.
Although the original title means 'Being happy', the title 'Could it be happiness' was chosen for this English version.
My collection: 7" single no. 5182 Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, June 9, 2011 Cost: 3 euro Tracks: 'Could it be happiness' / 'This world is full of pain'
Chris Rea released his sixth album 'Wired to the moon' in 1984, keeping up his 'one album per year' tempo without any problem, it seemed. A whopping five singles were drawn from the album, although only the first one, 'I don't know what it is but I love it', reached the UK singles chart.
The title track was the fifth single, and like the previous three, it didn't chart. All this despite the fact that it's actually a lovely sort of lullaby.
My collection: 7" single no. 5171 Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, June 9, 2011 Cost: 1 euro Tracks: 'Wired to the moon' / 'True love'
Ann Christy was born as Christianne Leenaerts on 22 September 1945 in Antwerp, Belgium. She began a singing career with The Adams Orchestra. She later married the drummer, Marc Hoyois. Her first solo recordings met with little success. In 1968 she won the Knokke Cup singing contest.
Her first attempt to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest came in 1970 with the song 'Le temps, le vent'. She also tried the next year with 'Dag vreemde man', which finished second in the national final. A third attempt in 1973, when each of five chosen acts performed two songs, ended in third place for 'Bye Bye'. She finally had success in 1975 when 'Gelukkig zijn' ('Being happy') was chosen to represent Belgium in Stockholm. Christy sung the first half of the song in Dutch and the second half in English, and although the song had been tipped to do well, it ended the evening in a very disappointing 15th place out of 19 entries.
Christy was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1982, and died on 7 August 1984, aged 38.
My collection: 7" single no. 5181 Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, June 9, 2011 Cost: 3 euro Tracks: 'Gelukkig zijn' / 'Er is zoveel verdriet in de wereld'
'Sad song' was released as the third single from Ellen Foley's debut album 'Night out'. It featured Ellen's trademark voice, which was used to so much effect on Meat Loaf's 'Paradise by the dashboard light'.
Contrary to the previous two singles 'We belong to the night' and 'What's a matter baby', the single was not a commercial success.
My collection: 7" single no. 5173 Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, June 9, 2011 Cost: 1 euro Tracks: 'Sad song' / 'Stupid girl'
'The Dollar Album' was Dollar's third album and the duo's most successful one. No less than five singles were drawn from the album, of which 'Gimme some kinda magic' was the last one.
