Monsoon's 1982 single Ever so lonely is wellknown, as it got a Europe-wide release after relative success in the UK. The single displ...

The American series Dallas is an integral part of the Eighties experience, and as a child of the Eighties I was just as addicted to the sh...

While I have been collecting singles for almost 40 years now, and I have been obsessed with Eighties music ever since the Eighties, there ...

Child star Anne Mette Torp from Hønefoss (Norway) had a great year in 1973, when she shot to fame with a cover version of Ricky Wilde...

I first got to know the UK band Black in 1984, when the music video for 'Hey presto' appeared on television. I'm not sure whet...

The death of Colin Vearncombe, singer and sole member of the band Black, on January 26 this year, was a big blow. I have collected all of ...

In the name of love was originally a song by the Thompson Twins released in 1982. After that, the group made it big with hits such as Do...

It's not a bad idea, sometimes, to let your biggest stars record a duet together. That's what must have gone through the executive...

When Wham! released 'Young guns (go for it)' in October 1982, it broke new ground for the duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. ...

Why not start the new year with two music legends? I received this 12" single just before the turn of the year, after a month of wait...

There are many versions of Kim Wilde's 'Kids in America', but there are also a lot of versions of 'Kaupungin lapset', ...

'Think sometimes about me' was released in November 1966, just months before the singer would become a Eurovision icon with 'P...

Park Cafe formed in 1986 with members Rom Heck, Maggie Park and Gast Waltzing in Luxembourg. They released their self-titled debut album a...

Heidi Rosemarie Brühl was born on January 30, 1942. She was a German singer and actress who came to prominence as a young teenager and had...

'Red rose' was the fifth and final single from Alphaville's 1986 album, 'Afternoons in Utopia'. It was released in Apr...

Five years ago you met the D. Twins on this blog, with a 12" single of 'Falling' , which was a cover version of Julee Cruise...

Agnetha Fältskog and Ola Håkansson of the Swedish band Secret Service recorded 'The way you are' in 1986. The song was used to pro...

Another example of Manuela's practice of recording German versions of Eurovision songs is this single: 'Alles und noch viel mehr...

The popularity of the Eurovision Song Contest was perhaps even bigger in the Seventies than it is now. The winning songs were often big hi...

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 ...