I wasn't really planning on spending a lot of money on a single called 'Do the Bartman', despite the fact that I have an impre...

Beautiful Boy was founded by Singer Dane Etteridge, who began writing and demoing a handful of songs with the intention of starting a new ...

Princess Stephanie from Monaco appeared on this blog before with singles from her debut album, released in 1986. It was a rather successfu...

On the day of the dramatic outcome of the British referendum about the EU and proof that democracy does not always work well, I thought it...

Habibi represented Israel during the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Layla'. The band consisted of: Shlomit Aharon, Ki...

I remember the song 'Radio's on' by Promises best for a home-made remix of Queen's 'Radio gaga' which was played o...

Just like I am the beat , The Look's 'Tonight' is a song I know well from my childhood. Finding the single has proved a little...

Such was the success of the song 'Dschinghis Khan' at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, that the German band decided to also recor...

Although 2016 has confronted us with morality in a big way - with David Bowie, Prince and several other big names in music departing - las...

Princess Stephanie from Monaco made a name for herself as a singer with the 1986 hit 'Ouragan' / 'Irresistible', and on th...

If you look at the list of singles by Michael Jackson on this blog, it's hard to believe that I haven't got them all already. But ...

Sheena Easton recorded 'Telefone (Long distance love affair)' in 1983 for her album 'Best kept secret'. It was released as...

Since this week is Eurovision Song Contest week, it shouldn't be a surprise that I have a few Eurovision singles for you, even if I de...

The Miami Vice theme was created and performed by Jan Hammer as the theme to the television series Miami Vice. It was first presented as p...

A simple song was the English version of this single. Quite why the band was suddenly called Bandjo is unclear to me, because 'En lil...

'Just What I Needed', like many other tracks on The Cars' debut album, originated as a demo tape recorded by the band in 1977....

Two months ago, I got me a copy of Bobby Patrick Band's interpretation of the 'Dallas' theme , but that was of course not the ...

Some songs are classics that everyone should own. This blog is littered with them, of course, but there are some tracks that defy criticis...

The Yugoslavian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 was performed by Doris Dragovic. She sang the dramatic love ballad 'Zelj...

Nik Kershaw had a big hit in 1984 with I won't let the sun go down . Such was the success of this single, that other artists were inspir...