George Lam is a singer, songwriter and actor from Hong Kong, born on 12 October 1947. His career spans more than four decades.  In 1980 he r...

Since 2021 I have bought a handful of singles by the 3 Jacksons, a trio that worked the accordeons like madmen. Their instrumental versions ...

Bernard Colin Day (born 2 February 1941) and Brian John Alford (born 31 December 1939) were marketed as the brothers Bob and John Allison, ...

This was an unexpected pearl: a Japanese single of Andy Williams's version of ' Love is blue ', the Eurovision song originally p...

Some countries are currently boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest because Israel is embroiled in a war against Palestinians. They seem to ...

This 'Schlager cocktail' EP is a collection of songs that were popular in the early Sixties. None of the songs are performed by the ...

Udo Jürgens competed in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, but ' Warum, nur warum ' and ' Merci, Chérie ' were the bes...

The Eurovision Song Contest certainly divides opinions. Some feel it's the best event of the year, whereas others criticize it for its n...

Roy Etzel appeared on this blog before, when I bought his version of ' Dansevise ' (the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 196...

After the German pressing of ' A-ba-ni-bi ', featured recently on this blog, I found myself confronted with the French one, which fe...

In december 2021 I bought a single by Bruno Martino featuring a cover version of 'Piove'. Of course, while I was ordering some singl...

The five members of Los Españoles were Manuel Perez ("Lito") on saxophone, clarinet, guitar and violin; José Luis Muñoz on guitar...

Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini  on 20 January 1922) is an American retired bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor. He is best known...

Michèle Torr certainly knew her languages. When she represented Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with ' Une petite Français...

The United Kingdom won the Eurovision Song Contest a few times, but the best known song is probably Brotherhood of Man's 'Save your ...

I got ' What do I do ' in 2000 as a present from Puck, and since I had all the other versions of ' Als het om de liefde gaat ...

Katja Ebstein represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970 with ' Wunder gibt es immer wieder '. While I was searching...

'Rock Me’ was composed by Rajko Dujmić, with lyrics by Stevo Cvikić. Dujmić performed with his own band Novi Fosili in 1987 and composed...

It's not difficult to find a copy of ' A-ba-ni-bi ' in the Netherlands. It seems that thousands of copies have been left in reco...

I bought Tina's ' Cross your heart ' in 2014, in a downright ugly sleeve. I was glad to have the opportunity to buy a better ver...