Sunday 9 June 2019
Rivers of Babylon - Boney M
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Back in 1980, I already bought a copy of Boney M's biggest hit - and one of the biggest hits of all time - ' Rivers of Babylon ...
Saturday 8 June 2019
Love of the common people - Paul Young & The Family
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Many people know Paul Young's 'Love of the common people' - just not in this particular version. It was the original single by...
Method of modern love - Daryl Hall & John Oates
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Back in 1985, Daryl Hall and John Oates were regulars on pre-MTV music channels Sky Channel and Music Box. Their colourful music video for...
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Stuck on you - Lionel Richie
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Lionel Richie is one of those artists that are loved by many and scorned by the rest. Especially his ballads are divisive: considered too ...
Walk right now - The Jacksons
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Record dealers are often likely to charge an arm and a leg for records of famous bands and the Jacksons can count as one of the most famou...
Almost over you - Sheena Easton
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'Almost over you' sees Sheena Easton at her most melodramatic. The single was taken from her 1983 album 'Best kept secret'...
Friday 7 June 2019
Deeper than the night - Olivia Newton-John
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Olivia Newton-John's career is long and impressive. In 1978 she didn't just appear in (and sing on the soundtrack to) the movie ...
Primaballerina - Siw Malmkvist
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Germany was one of a few countries that didn't win that year's Eurovision Song Contest - 1969 is the year that came up with four ...
Für immer (Rock bottom) - Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran
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Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 with ' Rock bottom '. Such was the popular...
Einfach weg - Anita
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Austria was represented at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest by Anita Spanner, born on December 22, 1960 in the Fürstenfeld District, Styri...
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Thursday 6 June 2019
Boom boom boomerang - Schmetterlinge
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Eurovision Song Contest fans always have to deal with criticism from other people. There are always comments about the music, the nonsensi...
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Wednesday 5 June 2019
Songfestival-successen - Various artists
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I don't often post LP's on this blog, simply because I don't often buy them. And even the ones I did buy were not always that ...
Eitt lag enn / One more song - Stjórnin
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I only had one Icelandic entry to the Eurovision Song Contest on 7" vinyl so far - Stefan & Eyfi's ' Nina ' - and, it...
Boys keep swinging - David Bowie
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Parlophone continues with their series of '40th anniversary picture discs' of David Bowie singles. It is a lucrative series becaus...
Tuesday 4 June 2019
Occhi di ragazza - Gianni Morandi
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Italy was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970 by Gianni Morandi, singing 'Occhi di ragazza' ('Eyes of a girl...
Li´ per li´ / Piove...! - Teddy Reno
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Released in 1959, this single features cover versions of two wellknown songs of that time: Li' per li' (also covered by Teddy Scho...
Monday 3 June 2019
King of fools - Perfect day
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Having bought ' Jane ' and ' Liberty town ' in April, I followed up last month with the acquisition of 'King of fools&...
I love Paris / Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) - The 'Go' Sound of the Kirby Stone Four
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Domenico Modugno's ' Nel blu dipinto di blue ' - better known as 'Volare' is one of the Eurovision Song Contest's ...
Se piangi, se ridi - Bobby Solo
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Collecting Eurovision singles is a confusing business, especially when there are so many different releases of the same song in different ...
Call of the wild - Midge Ure
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I didn't just find Midge Ure's ' Dear God ' on clear vinyl recently, but also his lesser known single 'Call of the wil...
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