When Roxette recorded 'Dressed for success', there were some problems. Marie Fredriksson later commented: 'I was so mad when I d...

'Honesty' was released in the summer of 1979 as the third single from Billy Joel's sixth studio album '52nd Street'. Thi...

Scritti Politti originally consisted of lead vocalist Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Stromheyer), Nial Jinks as bass player, Tom Morley as...

The 10" single of 'Hide & seek' already featured on this blog earlier, but obviously I've got the 7" single as we...

I remember the media made a big thing out of the fact that chameleon David Bowie had become 'himself' for the 1983 album 'Let...

The Dutch group Renée achieved their biggest success with the single 'High time he went', taken from the album 'The future none ...

'The logical song' by Supertramp is a 'story of innocence and idealism lost' with Hodgson condemning an education system not...

Noel Gallagher commented about 'D'you know what I mean?': 'I was going to make up some profound statement in the chorus but ...

'History' was the fourth hit single for Mai Tai in the Netherlands, peaking at number 22 in the Dutch Top 40 in May 1985. The single...

After all the sonic mayhem of the Trevor Horn-produced album 'Slave to the rhythm' (1985), Grace Jones returned in 1986 with the alb...

When Dutch producer Jaap Eggermont achieved international success with his series of 'Stars on 45' singles, the group Rubberen Robbi...

'It's only love' was written by Jimmy and Vela Cameron and recorded by Barry White on his album 'The man' (1978). In 198...

Imagination's 'Shoobedoo da dabba doobee', released in the USA with the considerably duller title 'This means war', was ...

Joe Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty wrote 'I'm gonna love you too', originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. Mauldin ...

Cock Robin released their third album 'First love last rites' in 1989. The music on the album was a bit darker than on previous effo...

Coincidence or not? In 1960, a French horror movie called 'Les yeux sans visage' was released. Billy Idol came up with the song ...

Not one, but two classic songs feature on this 'Old Gold' single from 1985. I bought this single for the A-side track, 'Hotel Ca...

Kim Wilde made her return to the limelight with this 1988 single, 'Hey mister heartache', the first single from her sixth album ...

Lisa Stansfield recorded 'Someday (I'm coming back)' for the soundtrack of the very successful movie 'The Bodyguard' sta...

Bono and The Edge worked for a long time on 'Stay (Faraway, so close!)', a track that was inspired by the music of Frank Sinatra. Th...