In January I posted a 7" single by the Corrs on this blog for the first time (' Little lies / Songbird '), and I'm glad to ...

'Here we are' was released in February 1990 in the United Kingdom as the third single of her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways (1989...

Back in 1994, The The released Hanky Panky , an album filled with cover versions of songs by Hank Williams, an American singer-songwriter. I...

Beat were a Finnish band who represented their country in Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The group was composed of members Janne Engblom, Kim...

Sometimes record company strategies can be mystifying. Why would 'Merci Cherie', a song from 1966, become a hit in 1992? Still, they...

' The woman in me ' was a hit for Donna Summer. Heart probably thought they could also have a hit with the song (or were they pushed...

It's hard to imagine now, but in the early Nineties vinyl was on its way out. Record companies embraced the CD format (just as quickly a...

Kate Bush's 'Running up that hill' was very popular two years ago, thanks to a certain Netflix series, but the song has always a...

'Seal our fate' was released as the second single from Gloria Estefan's album Into the light (1991). In the UK, the 7" vin...

Today is King's Day in the Netherlands, and traditionally this means that you take the stuff you don't want anymore and offer it for...

During the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 Portugal was represented by Anabela with the song 'A cidade (até ser dia)', written by Pe...

Why would I buy another copy of 'Love is stronger than death' by The The? After all, I already owned that single . I bought it in Au...

Anyone who has ever seen Twin Peaks and the movie Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me will probably remember Julee Cruise, the singer who perfor...

Although I have been quite successful in collecting Pet Shop Boys singles (with only a few titles missing), somehow I missed this one. It...

Philippe Lafontaine (born 24 May 1955) spent a short time in a Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pursue a career in music.His first succ...

In 1993, Heaven 17 released a series of singles featuring remixes of their Eighties hits. ' Temptation (Brothers in Rhythm remix) ' ...

I'm not a fan of bootleg singles, mainly because they're illegal and always released without the artist's consent. On the other ...

It's easy to dismiss music from the Nineties because it was so bad. At least, a lot of bad music was produced during that decade. This s...

You would almost forget if you listen to the cheesy ' Insieme: 1992 ' or the infernal racket of Italy's most recent winners Mane...

A lot of years have passed by since I originally bought the single ' Again ' by Janet Jackson. Back in 1994 I thought it was a brill...