In 1961 the musical  Bye Bye Birdie  opened in London's West End, after its Broadway debut a year earlier. The role of the titular Conra...

I posted no. 11 of the Big Four EP's three years ago, and here is no. 20. The formula remains the same: four songs by four different ar...

The German duo Belle Schnetzler and Horst Hornung released one single in 1971, a cover version of 'In this world we live in', a song...

An EP called 'More of Marty' offers, indeed, more of Marty Wilde: four tracks instead of two. This EP was released in Denmark, which...

Although picture sleeves were very rare in the 1960's, I still have this EP of Marty Wilde featuring his January 1962 release 'Come ...

EP's like this were quite popular in the Sixties and Seventies, because it was a way to own several hits for a reduced price. The only d...

L os Valentinos was a Danish group who made a name for themselves with instrumental numbers between 1974 and 2000. In the band's heyday...

Who is Paul Andrews? Try as you might, you will not get an answer to this question, because the web lists a lot of Paul Andrews-es, but not ...

This EP was released in May 1959, and featured four hits from 1958 and 1959. My reason for buying this EP is obviously the appearance of Mar...

This blog has never featured a 78rpm disc before. But I've had a few of these for some years now, and I think it's only right to inc...

When I mention this band named the 3 Jacksons, your thoughts immediately drift towards Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. But nothing could ...

Nothing, but nothing makes me happier than getting my hands on an ultra rare single. And this is certainly a good example. A year ago, I was...

My collection of Wilde-related singles is growing lately and it's thanks to the internet. I have found some pretty obscure singles these...

Some time ago I bought the Shang-a-lang-song single on a German pressing. I recently found out that there was a UK version with a different...

2020 was a historic year for Marty Wilde. Not only did he release a new studio album, it also reached the UK albums chart. This made him the...

Things tend to get confusing sometimes, in the pop world. For instance, if I categorize this single under the name Shannon , this single wil...

George McCurn was born on January 21, 1920 in Chicago. He was a bass singer who started off singing gospel and switched to pop in the Sixt...

The previous two entries on this blog came with the big one: this single. I have been hunting for the two Wilde Three singles for decades ...

I've already got a lot of singles by Marty Wilde - you have seen them on this blog no doubt - but there are still some missing. For in...

I have been after this single for a long time, primarily because of the sleeve. I already have the two tracks on this single, thanks to th...