Monday 15 April 2019
Sobe, sobe, balao sobe - Manuela Bravo
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Maria Manuela de Oliveira Moreira Bravo, (known as Manuela Bravo) was born in Queluz (Sintra) on December 7, 1957. She made her first publ...
Sunday 14 April 2019
Here today, gone tomorrow - The Duskeys
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The Irish family pop group The Duskeys represented Ireland at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest. Formed after the break-up of Sandy Kelly...
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Wednesday 10 April 2019
Que bueno, que bueno - Conchita Bautista
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'Qué bueno, qué bueno!' was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, performed in Spanish by Conchita Bautista. This...
Pop corn - Gershon Kingsley and the Moog
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So here it is, finally.... the original version of 'Popcorn', the synth-pop instrumental composed and performed by Gershon Kingsle...
Saturday 30 March 2019
Vita vidder - Family Four
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In 1971 Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by Family Four. With the song 'Vita vidder' they managed to get to s...
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Ein Hoch der Liebe - Wencke Myhre
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Wencke Myhre was born on February 15, 1947 in Kjelsås, Norway, and became a popular singer after signing her first recording contract at t...
Friday 29 March 2019
Popcorn - Hot Butter
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My copy of 'Popcorn' by Hot Butter , described on this blog ten years ago, wasn't very interesting to look at for its lack of ...
4 bugg & en coca cola - Lotta Engberg
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Lotta Engberg was born on March 5, 1963 and represented her country Sweden in 1987 with the song 'Boogaloo'. The song was original...
Colorado (international version) - Xandra
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On June 6, 2017 Sandra Reemer passed away following a long battle with breast cancer. She had a long and interesting career, not least bec...
Thursday 21 March 2019
Refrain - Lys Assia
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It doesn't happen very often that I buy a single that I have been looking for for years, but today is such a day. I started collecting...
Free 4 track solid EP - Various artists
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British magazine Record Mirror would give away 7" vinyl singles with their issues from time to time, sometimes containing exclusive c...
Well, did you evah! - Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
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In 1990 the album Red Hot & Blue raised money for Aids research. The album contained Cole Porter songs covered by pop artists. Miss Ot...
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Danube - M
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You wouldn't be far off the mark if you associated the letter M with that one hit single, Popmuzik , from 1979. Personally I always pr...
Word up - Melanie G
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After the Nineties were taken over by the Spice Girls, the group fell apart as quickly as they'd appeared in the charts and the member...
Menina do alto da serra - Tonicha
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Tonicha was born as Antónia de Jesus Montes Tonicha on 8 March 1946, in Beja, Alentejo, Portugal. She represented Portugal in the Eurovisi...
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Midnight - Coldplay
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Coldplay has become, for some, the epitome of uncool. Still the band manages to release some cool songs from time to time - although I mus...
Leyla - Vayta
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Vayta was born as Seid Memić on March 8, 1950. He was the vocalist for the Yugoslav rock band Teška Industrija between 1975 and 1979. In 1...
Both sides now - Clannad & Paul Young
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After a successful album campaign for 'From time to time', a collection of Paul's hits since he went solo, he recorded 'Bo...
Monday 18 March 2019
Matador - Jeff Wayne
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People who know me, know that any activities involving sports or anything associated with sports turn me off big time. So it's quite i...
Bravo tu as gagné - Mireille Mathieu
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I wonder how many Abba fans are aware that this track happened. I don't recall any news items about this back in 1981, but it is prett...
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