Saturday, 28 November 2015
L'amour s'en va - Françoise Hardy
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Françoise Hardy was born on January 17, 1944. She grew up in Paris. She had her breakthrough when she was just 18 years old with the hit ...
Don Quichotte (The remixes) - Magazine 60
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Once you get that line ' No señor, Don Quichotte y Sancho Panza no están aqui ', you may fall victim to actually liking this song....
Saturday, 14 November 2015
Writing's on the wall - Sam Smith
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With the latest installment of James Bond movies, 'Spectre' in the cinemas right now, these are exciting times for James Bond fans...
The same old way - Frankie Vaughan
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Frankie Vaughan was born on February 3, 1928. He made a name for himself singing easy listening and traditional pop music, starting with ...
Yo soy aquel - Raphael
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One of my favourite singers of the early years of Eurovision is Raphael. He's got a voice that cuts through your soul and songs to mat...
June bride - China Crisis
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China Crisis recently returned with a crowdfunded album, and it's one of the best releases of this year I think - even if it didn'...
Friday, 13 November 2015
Que tiempo tan feliz - Mary Hopkin
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There are a lot of Spanish singles with translated titles on the sleeve - Bobby Goldsboro's Autumn of my life is an example - but whe...
La source - Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra
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Isabelle Aubret competed in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest with 'La source', representing France. Paul Mauriat and his orchestra...
The autumn of my life - Bobby Goldsboro
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There are some singers that are blessed with both a unique voice and great compositions. I haven't heard much from Bobby Goldsboro dur...
The Shang-a-lang song - Ruby Pearl and the Dreamboats
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Marty Wilde wrote some catchy songs, verging on the naff sometimes. The title 'Shang-a-lang song' alone will have some people shud...
Rub my tummy - Zenda Jacks
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I've recently started buying songs that were written by Marty Wilde. Between his own career in the early Sixties and his daughter'...
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
In the night - Ben Cramer
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In 1969, Marty Wilde released 'Diversions', an album of original songs written by himself and several collaborators. One of the s...
Night of the swallow - Kate Bush
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After seeing Kate Bush live on stage in London, a little over a year ago, my bucket list was almost totally executed. There was only one t...
Jag är en astronaut - Linus Wahlgren
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By all accounts, Ricky Wilde's I am an astronaut was a hit in Scandinavia, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the song was c...
Heimatpop EP - Heimatglück
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The German punk rock band Heimatglück was founded in 1996 in Hamburg by Coco and Jana after their previous band Paradontax broke up. They ...
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Aina mun pittää - Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
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'Aina mun pittää' ('I always have to') is a punk song by a Finnish band of adults with developmental disabilities. They pa...
Dreams are made for everyone - Wind
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In 1992, Wind participated in the Eurovision Song Contest with Träume sind für alle da . And as with their other two entries, there is an ...
Found you out - Daniela Simons
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Eurovision singer Daniela Simons followed up her 1986 Eurovision single 'Pas pour moi' with several other singles. 'Found you ...
Sobran las palabras - Braulio
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Braulio García was born in 1946 in Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. He began his career in music in 1971, debuting in ...
Canzone per te - Sandra Simo
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Sandra Simo was born as Sandra Studer in Zurich (Switzerland) on February 10, 1969. She represented her country in 1991 with this song, ...
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