If Steve Winwood has a signature song, this is probably it. One of the song's most iconic features, its keyboard introduction, was not ...

In 1985, Paul Simon heard a recording of the Boyoyo Boys, which inspired him to make the album 'Graceland', an unusual sounding reco...

Released in June 1985, 'Soul passing through soul' was the second solo single by Toyah Willcox. Although Toyah was originally the na...

I don't know why, but I've always thought that this sleeve is a very beautiful one. It's one of those illustrations that keep im...

I don't buy many Kim Wilde singles anymore, since my collection is fairly complete. But sometimes a rare item pops up, and I have to hav...

I had the 12" single of ' Always something there to remind me ' by Naked Eyes years before I found the 7" single. The trac...

In 1982, a relatively new band called U2 performed live in the Netherlands. The performance was recorded by Veronica, a Dutch broadcaster. W...

Today is the 90th birthday of Heinz Polzer, better known as drs. P. in the Netherlands. (Foreign readers are probably looking away now.) He ...

Although this song sounds innocent and playful, rumour has it that Prince wrote this song for Martika with something else than cooking on hi...

Green Jelly band members Marc Levinthal and Bill Manspeaker wrote 'Three little pigs' after a 'late-night drinkfest' at Zata...

Duran Duran worte and recorded 'Hungry like the wolf' on a Saturday in the spring of 1982 at the basement studios of EMI's Londo...

After All about Eve disbanded, Julianne Regan went on to work with Tim McTighe (ex-Powder) to work on new songs. Levitation guitarist Christ...

'Cities in dust' was released as the first single from the seventh studio album by Siouxie and the Banshees: 'Tinderbox' (19...

After being away from the music business for five years, Ten Sharp returned in the form of a duo. Michiel Hoogenboezem and Niels Hermes pick...

The 1991 single 'Thank you world' by World Party was released in between albums. 1990's 'Goodbye Jumbo' had been relativ...

Time for some intellectual music again. Back in 1990, I simply couldn't resist a track that had the great lyric ' Get up, get up, ge...

The most interesting singles are those you can't find in the shops. And then there's the singles released in other countries. Combin...

After I found the 12" single of ' She's strange ', the 7" single followed rather quickly. You know how it is: you sear...

'Memories' was the last single to be released from Beverley Craven's self-titled debut album. The song already foreshadowed the ...

A-ha was going through troubled times when they released their 1993 album 'Memorial beach'. There were internal conflicts and confli...