The height of Boney M's success was gone, vanished by the end of the Eighties. Still, someone thought it would be a good idea to release...

Written by Michel Berger, 'Ella elle l'a' is a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. France Gall, who was married to Berger, recorded the ...

It's not always a bad life, being a pop star. Colin Blunstone not only has one of the best male voices in the industry, but for the slee...

The Allisons were an English pop duo consisting of Bob Day (born Bernard Colin Day, 2 February 1941, Trowbridge, Wiltshire) and John Alford ...

'If you leave' was recorded in 1986 by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark for the soundtrack of the movie 'Pretty in pink'. T...

'Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye' was written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, using the band name Steam. I...

Mike Oldfield and Anita Hegerland, who became his partner in the mid-Eighties, said during an interview that 'Innocent' was inspired...

In 1980, squatters were dominating the news in the Netherlands. During the crowning of Queen Beatrix they used the occasion to protest again...

When Harmony were selected to represent the Netherlands during the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest with ' 't Is OK ', they recorded...

Diana Ross and Lionel Richie recorded 'Endless love' for the soundtrack of the movie 'Endless love' starring Brooke Shields....

Having achieved widespread success in Europe and Japan with '99 Luftballons', Nena wanted to try their luck in the rest of the world...

'I hear talk' was released on December 15, 1984, in the same week when Bucks Fizz were involved in a road accident: their tour bus c...

'And when the night comes' was released as the second single from Jon & Vangelis' third album 'Private collection'. ...

ZTT Records signed Frankie Goes to Hollywood after producer and co-founder Trevor Horn saw the band play on the TV show The Tube, where they...

The song 'Take me home' is not to be taken literally: it's not about a man going home. Phil Collins has explained that the song ...

While in most of the world 'Union city blue' was released as the second single from Blondie's 1979 album 'Eat to the beat...

'Reet petite' by Jackie Wilson was re-released in December 1986 after a clay animation video was shown in the BBC 2 documentary seri...

For the second time I bought the single 'If I had you' by the Korgis. I already had this version , which includes two tracks on the ...

Bolland and Bolland started producing themselves with this single, and in a sense it's the start of a successful career as producers. ...

'One man woman' was the third single by Sheena Easton, released in November 1980. Recorded at George Martin's Air Studios and pr...